Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] as [adv] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some time later , my headache had receded , my costume was discarded and my bunk was clasping me as tenderly as a mother 's arms . |
| 2 | However , an outside developer has expressed a serious interest in taking over the A-listed building and running it as both as a commercial mill and as a tourist attraction . |
| 3 | They fully considered that there was merit , great merit , in running it as far as the Council was concerned . |
| 4 | They were successful in taking it as far as the stairs , but when they tried to bring it down it slipped , nearly killing one of them . |
| 5 | Yet it was Everton who had the clearer second half opportunities after manager Howard Kendall had gambled on the pace of substitute Stuart Barlow by introducing him as early as the 50th minute . |
| 6 | When he reaches back into his jacket pocket for that inevitable pack of cheap cigars I 'm watching him as carefully as a dog with a drunken master , unsure whether he 'll get a kick or a bowl of food . |
| 7 | One moment the sun was on her face , the next raindrops the size of golf balls were pelting down on her , drenching her as thoroughly as a bathroom shower . |