Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] as [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Laura could n't seem to tear her eyes away as she absorbed the man 's hawk-like , tanned face and the sensual appeal of his tall , broad-shouldered body elegantly clad in a black long-tailed jacket and dark-striped trousers . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , it 's nice not to find yourself dead , ’ she said , but she closed her eyes submissively as he drew the sheets up over her . |
| 3 | He nodded and the bookie nodded back , his eyes everywhere as he scanned the other faces , looking for takers amid the din . |
| 4 | ‘ How do you find yourself now , my dear wife ? ’ said the locksmith , taking a chair near his wife ( who had resumed her book ) , and rubbing his knees hard as he made the inquiry . |
| 5 | I , the armchair observer , lament the cessation of the old skills and crafts just as I deplore the desecration of the open fields by more and more bypasses , pylons , wires , bungalows , concrete , traffic and litter . |
| 6 | Ross said some hours later as he entered the apartment while she was giving the children their supper . |
| 7 | In other words , the undersurface curves upwards as it approaches the trailing edge.In fact this is so prominent in the Flexifoil that the section could be said to be upside down ! |
| 8 | There were no sounds aboard as she crossed the gangway . |
| 9 | The Lieutenant 's horse was tossing its head , snorting , raising its bright hooves high as it trampled the crop . |
| 10 | TYCOON Richard Branson launched sky wars yesterday as he slashed the cost of return trips to America to just £93 . |
| 11 | A DOCTOR choked back tears yesterday as he told the Beverley Allitt murder trial how a seven-week-old baby had died inexplicably . |
| 12 | FILM star Audrey Hepburn fought back tears yesterday as she re-lived the horrors of famine-stricken Somalia . |
| 13 | THE most outspoken critic of Malawi 's repressive government , Mr Chakufwa Chihana , was arrested by police yesterday as he entered the country . |
| 14 | ESSEX villagers rediscovered the outer limits of their parishes yesterday as they re-enacted the centuries-old custom of Beating the Bounds . |
| 15 | Julia admits that she resents linguistic laws just as she resents the canon law of the Church : ‘ I 'm interested in language as a process , not a thing or an essence . |
| 16 | He , like Beatty , manipulates women just as they do the media . |
| 17 | Her face set in a mask of intense fury , she slammed the doors hard as she left the court . |