Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I left in early afternoon to catch the London train , I reflected that here was as large number of small businessmen who were likely to see some radical changes in the way they operated . |
| 2 | Mrs Clinton tells Vanity Fair , apparently without weighing the truth of the charges against Mr Bush : ‘ What Bill does n't understand is you 've got ta do the same thing in response as you do in negative advertising . ’ |
| 3 | You can buy what you want there , as long as you pay in good gold . |
| 4 | It is always running in the background as you work in other applications , ready to switch between applications or control a multitasking session . |
| 5 | But as she forecast in recent months ( The Art Newspaper No.19 , June 1992 , p.3 ) , Ms Radice believes that sexual content is grounds for a grant 's denial . |
| 6 | Frankie watched her now with a mixture of awe and delight as she pranced in little pirouettes around the kitchen . |
| 7 | Dimly his voice reached her as she drew in deep breaths of air . |
| 8 | ‘ And so , ’ Mr Malik was saying , ‘ we observe the accumulation of gods , very much as one saw in pre-Islamic Medina . |
| 9 | The Public Enemy had been a Warner Bros film and that studio soon went on to consolidate its reputation as one specializing in contemporary themes by releasing I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang . |
| 10 | We await the Light of the World with this powerful symbol underlining for us the real nature of Advent : a time of expectation ‘ as we wait in joyful hope for the coming of our Saviour Jesus Christ ’ . |
| 11 | ( Martin et al , 1987 ) It also confirmed what we already knew — that no amount of keep-fit exercises and high fibre would improve our health as long as we lived in damp housing conditions and a polluting environment . |
| 12 | Some initiatives have already fallen on stony ground , but , as we see in subsequent features , others keep coming . |
| 13 | It would encourage pupils to relate to their own uniqueness as a normal activity — not as something done in special sessions or requiring special structures or special input by someone like a teacher . |
| 14 | ‘ These people were cold bloodedly shot in the head as they slept in separate bedrooms . ’ |
| 15 | He relished the thought of showing that he could create a viable large-scale industrial organisation in the public sector , as they had in private industry . |
| 16 | But with the tide of war now running against the Allies , many of the natives decided to join the winning side , just as they had in Dutch Timor the previous winter . |
| 17 | The lords-of the manoirs and their servants converged as they had in medieval times . |
| 18 | There is a choice of either still ( about 48p ) or sparkling ( about 55p ) both of which are user-friendly as they come in recyclable bottles . |
| 19 | Khrushchev 's denunciation of Stalin had angered the Chinese Communist leaders , as they believed in rigid adherence to the Stalin type government , and they disapproved of any form of ‘ co-existence ’ . |
| 20 | I shall argue for the importance of this history for all three kinds of difference — sexual , cultural , and semiotic — as they figure in current theory . |
| 21 | The room was rippling with the sounds of their scuffle as they fought in bitter silence , knocking into wooden furniture , she trying to get away , he trying to get her to the bed until they fell against a nightstand and it crashed to the floor . |
| 22 | And then the music as they followed in full cry ! |
| 23 | Each glance , each pair of eyes , even as they narrow in ingenuous appraisal , draws a bead on something inside him , and I sense the heat of fear and shame . |
| 24 | ‘ I do what I have to do , as they say in Western films , ’ he declaimed , ogling my ear . |
| 25 | The icing on the scrummy cake is the brilliant pre-match options menu , offering the selection of your squad , any of the eight national teams , a full tournament , lots of control options , two-player games and , as they say in cruddy Christmas album adverts , much much more ! |
| 26 | IF THIS WEEK 'S striking display of Labour unity was more show than substance , there was no sign of it among the party 's ‘ other ranks ’ as they dispersed in buoyant mood from Brighton . |
| 27 | In addition to this short formal session issued related to culture and race are considered as they arise in other parts of the course . |
| 28 | Sounds — This section focuses on individual sounds or groups of sounds and practises them as they arise in common contexts ( e.g. the sounds / s / , / z / , and iz at the end of words ) . |
| 29 | Catfish of several species do so and appear to be calling to one another as they move in murky water . |
| 30 | There were occasions to admire the police en masse as they marched in serried ranks to patriotic tunes from the Police Band . |