Example sentences of "[adj] as [pers pn] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The distant forest became obscured by a misty darkness which closed in round them , broken by the odd pinprick of light as they passed some hamlet or village . |
| 2 | They are expensive and share many of the disadvantages of hypochlorites although they are more acceptable as they have little smell or taste . |
| 3 | Detailed ultrasound scanning has been shown to be cost effective as it detects most cases of Down 's syndrome as well as other life threatening conditions . |
| 4 | What possible justification can there be for that , given the fact the actions are reasonable as they stay this year . |
| 5 | As long as they get some exposure to written language , most learners will acquire at least a modicum of literacy . |
| 6 | The birds hatched in an incubator can then be hand-reared or given back to their parents , who will rear any number of chicks as long as they have enough food . |
| 7 | As long as we stay this dose to the hole we have to keep the rocket thrust going . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Or , at least it is n't so long as we avoid that bit of road . ’ |
| 9 | We are humbled and brought low by them , but the spirit of man — and I now have to say woman — and the freedoms that we enjoy lie within our grasp as long as we hold this House . |
| 10 | But as long as we bear these limitations in mind we can , to some extent , assess the muscle of the political machine . |
| 11 | ‘ As long as we understand each other on that score , fair enough . ’ |
| 12 | As long as we understand each other . |
| 13 | Peter Rogers , who produced all the movies , told me that he said that as long as he had enough money to keep himself and his mother he was happy . |
| 14 | But it was his duty to suffer , if only vicariously , with his people , and as long as he had any strength left he would fulfil his duty as he saw it . |
| 15 | ‘ As long as I drink some Lucozade straight away , then I 'm OK . |
| 16 | You can withdraw up to £50 a day as long as you have enough money in your account . |
| 17 | It was released in 1990 , and is written in C. Secretary of the British APL Association , Anthony Camacho , claims that J is less complicated as it uses fewer symbols than APL — its syntax analyser takes up only one page of C , while other versions take up enormous amounts . |
| 18 | The mosquitoes and the noise of the guns were not as important as they seemed several days ago . |
| 19 | Only James remained as abstracted as he had all day yesterday . |
| 20 | In Lille last night , Diana was radiant as she met former Beatle Paul McCartney and his wife Linda before a performance of his Liverpool Oratoria . |
| 21 | ‘ He sure seems to have taken to you , ’ said Janine as she loaded another sack on to his saddle . |
| 22 | By mid — 1943 it was made very clear to the Main Force Groups that their " selection " was unacceptable as I sent more crews back than we kept . |
| 23 | And so whilst the popular perception of Harrogate will remain of it as being a very prosperous and pretty borough er with everything going for it , in fact there 's a very serious unemployment problem of structural er magnitude and we felt that the county structure plan had not acknowledged this erm special difficulty that Harrogate was facing , and had merely applied as we heard this morning the standard formula as it were to Harrogate , as it had to all the other local authority areas in the county . |
| 24 | With many hand shakes and introductions , the candidates and their leader met as many people as possible as they visited each department . |
| 25 | If you enjoy penetrative sex and would like your partner to use a condom , his response might range from ‘ it interrupts making love ’ , ‘ it reduces my sensitivity ’ , or ‘ it is unnecessary as we trust each other ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've known just what sort of a woman you are ever since the first time I was unfortunate enough to meet you — though I confess I did n't realise even you could stoop quite as low as you have this time . ’ |
| 27 | They were silent as they undressed each other , their movements slow and sensual . |
| 28 | Kate was silent as she digested this fact . |
| 29 | I do not at this precise moment , therefore , feel quite as wretched as I did this morning after using the public telephone or as bewildered and terrorized as I did this afternoon while sitting half-frozen on the trembling suspension bridge across the sleazy Thames . |
| 30 | Mark claims that all the people were astonished as they witnessed this contest between good and evil . |