Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt sad about this as I have several friends from my Salford days in Hong Kong , but I understand a decision to carry out this action has been put off for some time , so perhaps it was a regrettable necessity . |
| 2 | As you select each colour from the palette , you are required to give it a code number or letter . |
| 3 | Ma is trying to apologise for it with her eyes as she sucks khaki splodges from the sleeve of her cardigan . |
| 4 | as she scrubs frail blood-shapes from the windscreen |
| 5 | Christina 's hand shook as she sipped golden rum from the bottle and passed it to Stephen . |
| 6 | Words from the letters banged about in Thérèse 's head , just above her eyebrows she pictured them , as she dripped melted butter from the little saucepan on to the yellow puddle of egg yolks . |
| 7 | Given their age , symptoms and frailty , it might have been thought that the residents of old people 's homes would receive more care from visiting nurses than people in the community , as they received more visits from general practitioners . |
| 8 | Ten minutes later Rachel sat opposite Jimmy in the hospital self-service bar as they sipped hot tea from plastic cups . |
| 9 | Never before , and probably not for a very long time again will it be possible to recreate such an exhibition , containing as it does important paintings from major Western and Russian museums and private collections , as well as outstanding works from circa fifty provincial and specialised museums in the former Soviet Union . |
| 10 | The team certainly lived up to its reputation as it whipped first place from under the noses of the Golden Wonder team at the end of the last game . |
| 11 | The consultation on the plans to devolve 80 per cent of school budgets to head teachers closes today as it faces growing opposition from education authorities . |
| 12 | THE Chattahoochee river seems tranquil enough as it meanders 385 miles from north Georgia 's mountains past Atlanta , along the Alabama border and across the Florida Panhandle , finally spilling into the Gulf of Mexico . |
| 13 | And here was his colleague , probably , as he heard brisk footsteps from across the road , and a muffled goodnight . |
| 14 | As he told little aphorisms from Rumi or the anecdotes of Ferdowsi 's Shah Nama — the Mughal Emperors ' favourite storybook-his gentle voice soothed away the irritations of modern Delhi . |
| 15 | Lynagh , helped off just before the interval , failed to score for the first time in 60 Tests , but new goal-kicker Marty Roebuck was cool as he amassed 17 points from three penalties and four conversions . |
| 16 | Yet even ‘ Disgruntled , Kilgraston Road , Edinburgh , ’ who had expressed his disquiet most volubly to the The Scotsman sports desk had to gorge on his opprobrious remarks as Hastings became the leading scorer in matches between the two countries with some imperious striking as he landed five goals from eight attempts . |
| 17 | He smiled as he poured hot chocolate from a vacuum flask for her , then drew a chair up near the bed . |
| 18 | In the bottom half of the draw Chris Wilkinson was again preparing for a second challenge to Jeremy Bates ' domination as he overcame strong challenges from Italy , South Africa and Sweden to reach his second final . |