Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [adv] as [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It says much for Robertson that in spite of the general disorder he still contrived to look dangerous and Craig Levein and Derek Ferguson strove to play properly as the rubbish raged around them . |
| 2 | The Doctor began to talk faster as the pain built up . |
| 3 | Grant felt a gentle lethargy creeping over him , and the aches and pains of his battered body began to ebb away as the drug started to take effect . |
| 4 | Bayonets were carefully sharpened then fixed ; hearts began to beat faster as the minutes passed , and they waited in silence for the command to advance . |
| 5 | Her voice began to peter out as the tears threatened . |
| 6 | In most cases , the ministers not directly involved had either read the brief late the previous night , or started to do so as the argument proceeded . ’ |
| 7 | Jake started to slow down as the station came in sight , and Shiona turned to him , pulling a face . |
| 8 | Miss Fergusson , umbrella aloft and pistol at her belt led the way with the certain tread of the righteous ; Miss Logan , dangling her bag of lemons , struggled to keep up as the terrain grew more precipitous ; their Kurdish guide , weighed down with baggage , brought up the rear . |
| 9 | I went to wash up as the table edge trembled to a familiar sick-to-the-gut miasma of nothingness . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , he continued to prevaricate even as the Dec. 20 deadline for registering as a candidate for the New Hampshire contest approached , while indicating that he might yet join the contest for his party 's presidential nomination if he could satisfactorily resolve the current impasse between himself and the state legislature over the budget . |
| 11 | He also postulated that when they reached a certain length they fractured , producing several shorter lengths of shape-specific polymer which then continued to grow again as the potentization process was continued . |
| 12 | We had to pause awhile as the body of a suicide , dragged by the feet , was taken by city bailiffs to be dumped in the city ditch . |
| 13 | His two elderly companions had to watch helplessly as the skinheads attacked Mr Leonard on Vane Terrace . |
| 14 | In thunderous silence he raced to the traffic lights and had to brake hard as the lights changed . |
| 15 | Beside him , James continued to moan loudly as the pain seemed to intensify . |