Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Refusing to cower behind the racks as she usually did , she walked boldly along the centre aisle . |
| 2 | Finally , check the upper hall and then the staircase , remembering to go under the stairs as well , which is a weak point for woodworm and damp . |
| 3 | People had to flee into the bush , seeking to hide from the bandits as best they could , coming into the village only by day . |
| 4 | The first great white flakes had melted on the pavements , now it was falling thicker and faster , building up on the window ledges and in the cricks and crannies , turning to slush on the roads as the traffic churned through it . |
| 5 | She opened her mouth to yell , turning to retreat into the theatre as she did so . |
| 6 | In looking into the future it is always difficult to tell which changes are going to happen within the system as we know it ( democracy , capitalism , banks ) and which changes are going to alter the system — itself . |
| 7 | By the time he wrote the survey quoted above , evolutionary morphology was beginning to fall into the background as new sciences such as genetics took over the forefront of scientific research . |
| 8 | This is beginning to happen through the exhortation as well as education received from Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace . |
| 9 | Opera managers , for once , are not simply weeping and wailing ; they are trying to adjust to the cuts as best they can . |
| 10 | I know I was trying to think of the word as well , I thought now what is it ? |