Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [adv] as [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chariot itself may attack only as it charges causing D6 hits plus +1 per scythe if scythes are fitted on the model . |
| 2 | ‘ Every Brownie must stay exactly as I put her — on the ground . |
| 3 | I must finish now as I have to prepare teaching for tomorrow . |
| 4 | It is full of ideas to try out and everyone should do just as it recommends . |
| 5 | Dana thought everyone should do just as she wanted , and why not ? |
| 6 | I just thought I should do exactly as they said . |
| 7 | That is what we in Britain must do : we must catch up , and then we must compete effectively as we have not done since the present Government came to office . |
| 8 | I 'll tell Joe-soon as I see 'im , ’ he replied . |
| 9 | His problem seemed to be that he believed a Government could do exactly as it liked without taking public opinion into account . |
| 10 | I made the mistake of giving in too often and paying her so much attention that eventually she felt she could do exactly as she pleased . |
| 11 | If she married Pogo , she could do exactly as she pleased and she would be mistress of her own home . |
| 12 | As usual , he thought he could do just as he pleased , without any regard for the consequences . |
| 13 | All the while you were building this future I knew there 'd come a morning like this , when I 'd smile sadly as I left you , when I 'd give a last half wave at the corner , when I 'd set my face to the reality of the serious work ahead . |
| 14 | Steve would feel exactly as she had felt when she had thought Fernando was the father of that child — absolute desolation . |
| 15 | If she had n't known her twin better , Dana 's mask of sophistication could have wounded her deeply , particularly when she persisted in being so sure that Roman would do exactly as she wished . |
| 16 | At times he would brood gloomily as he thought of the future course of the Reformation . |
| 17 | That summer her island trip was to Thásos , and I was particularly glad that she would go there as it entails flying to Kaválla , which can be the most desirable flight that a woman can make in Greece . |
| 18 | Her father would groan sleepily as she hurried her kiss to him through the smell of cigars on his night 's breath . |
| 19 | The general property will exist just as it did — at least on several views of general properties — if the weight of this bottle of wine changes and the napkin is not flattened in the same way . |
| 20 | If you get it right the engine will catch just as it slows almost to a halt and , to the accompaniment of a swirling grey cloud of oily smoke stage right , the hiccupping bass thumping will grow into the irregular loping lumpy grumble of a healthy Pratt 986 . |
| 21 | BBCBASIC(Z80) will appear exactly as you left it . |
| 22 | Effective marketing , the programme offered , the speakers appearing , the styles of presentation — all these elements contribute to pulling in the public and the theme of ‘ bottoms on seats ’ will appear again as I deal with them . |
| 23 | She will respond intuitively as she senses the class 's needs , or , rather , she may have to respond to the class 's wants . |
| 24 | The review body will recommend precisely as it sees fit . |
| 25 | What 's more , the toolbox will change automatically as you switch between programs , should you so desire , to load the right set of buttons for the application you 're in . |
| 26 | What I 'm talking about here are not things that are unnatural but things that er will come naturally as you relax into your presentation . |
| 27 | Loose boards will creak annoyingly as you walk over them , and raised edges or pronounced warping may show as lines through your new floorcovering . |
| 28 | It takes you and deposits you at the edge of a precipice and you can watch helplessly as you dangle and your hopes for survival are sinking into the depths of despair ’ . |
| 29 | You know if they think they can do just as they like at that age , well I mean er the , the |
| 30 | ‘ You think that you can do just as you like — well , you 're wrong . ’ |