Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] for [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She barely noticed it at all as she stood for a few seconds in front of the mirror and pulled the comb through her hair . |
| 2 | She might have guessed that as soon as she tried for a little peace and quiet the whole place would be inundated with callers . |
| 3 | We were bunched together in the semi-final of the 1976 Olympic 1500m in Montreal and as we went for the same small gap I felt his spike again my shin . |
| 4 | Anthropologists , following Evans-Pritchard 's lead , have reacted against this way of seeing primitive , or non-literate , peoples , and maintained that they do not act as they do for the same reasons that neurotics act in Western society . |
| 5 | As he lay for a few seconds recovering from his efforts , Grant ran his eye along the expanse of the steeply sloping roof . |