Example sentences of "[adv] as the [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much as the work fascinated me , and fonder each day as I became of Edward , there was nevertheless a growing sense of frustration . |
| 2 | Jean felt belittled ; for as long as the dance lasted she seemed no more to him than any girl there , but then he came round to her again and clasped her closely as they stepped it down the aisle between the lines of dancers . |
| 3 | Support continues for as long as the parents feel they need it , and is renewed , if they wish , if and when the mother becomes pregnant again . |
| 4 | Only as the car approached them did Ludens think he glimpsed a figure standing in the shade under a tree . |
| 5 | just as the ermine changes it coat for winter ; just as the seed can lie dormant for thousands of years ; just as the bacteria and the rotifers can live in their desiccated time capsules for perhaps longer than we can ever envisage , awaiting a change of outer circumstances for the tiny living specks of dust to take on another form — just so , perhaps , may the living forms we know so well have secrets tucked away within them that only the rolling of the aeons can reveal . |
| 6 | But it is by mixing the personal and the cosmic in his reporting , just as the scientists mix them in their lives , that Mr Overbye has managed to write such a good book . |
| 7 | I dashed into a record shop , begged a loan of the album , transferred it onto cassette in Dixon 's next door , sped back to the hall and managed to shove it into the system just as the chairman announced it and the audience was standing . |
| 8 | Jesus said I love you just as the Father loves me , remain in my love . |
| 9 | In the Gospel , too , Jesus alludes to himself as Paraclete : for when promising ‘ another paraclete ’ or ‘ another as paraclete ’ in 14:16 ( it makes no difference which way you take the Greek ) Jesus is dearly insisting that he is their Paraclete already , just as the Epistle says he is . |
| 10 | Let's have a look , then , at my little circuit of friends just as the calendar tells us that a new year is dawning … |
| 11 | ‘ And they play the pipes , just as the Arab plays them with a bag holding air , ’ I added . |
| 12 | They are exactly as the computer drew them when they evolved inside it . |
| 13 | They 'd been itching to do something to help for all this time , and as soon as the campaign started they rushed into action . |
| 14 | As soon as the boy left I 'd pull him into the alley and take it from him . |
| 15 | You 'd go through to the back place and as soon as the licensee saw you , there 's two pints . |
| 16 | I 'll be back to work as soon as the doctors let me . |
| 17 | He raised his hands in the boxer 's victory salute to acknowledge the roar of applause from the cheerleaders that began as soon as the eulogy to announce him had ended . |
| 18 | As soon as the song finished she grabbed her cousin and the two of them sank into a heap on the floor , hiding their faces and giggling . |
| 19 | No , there ca n't be anything there because Terri said she 'd brought it all upstairs as soon as the brewery bought it in . |
| 20 | She was small , and looked so frail it was a wonder she could bold the child , who began bawling as soon as the cold found it . |
| 21 | As soon as the dance ended she was swept away by somebody else . |
| 22 | As soon as the eggs hatch you will need to provide a plentiful supply of the plant that the caterpillar feeds on . |
| 23 | As soon as the mortaring finished we crawled out to the entrance to the trench , and manned the Bren gun . |
| 24 | There can be little doubt as to what in the way of topics and register the Host expects in the Monk 's Tale ; he concludes his observations on Melibee with : and continues with a description of the Monk that matches with the impression " Chaucer " claims to have of the Monk in the General Prologue , of a " " manly man " " , straining at the bounds of what is allowed to a monk ( and not dissimilar to the monk of the Shipman 's Tale ) : After nearly a hundred stanzas of the Monk 's tragedies , the Host is prepared to give him a second chance , as " Chaucer " had , but feels this time he has to be more specific as to what is wanted : But as soon as the Monk speaks we have the opportunity to see , firstly , that his reaction does not suggest he is flattered or pleased by the Host 's appraisal of him , and secondly that he sounds quite different from the bold and thrusting " man 's man " that " Chaucer " and the Host would make of him : Note how the Monk 's desire to offer literature that " " sowneth into honestee " " anticipates Chaucer the prosist 's retraction of the tales " " that sownen into synne " " . |
| 25 | As soon as the rain stopped they rushed to the old roofleaf beds and tried to find the old roots . |
| 26 | ‘ We 're ready to go , just as soon as the UN tells us , ’ said one source , who asked not to be identified . |
| 27 | As soon as the rains come it needs to emerge quickly in order to find food , and water in which to breed . |
| 28 | changes will come into effect as soon as the Bank informs you of them . |
| 29 | As soon as the bell goes you 're in trouble int you ? |
| 30 | And as soon as the bell went I could release my energy . |