Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All right , ’ I had said listlessly , disconcerting my mother considerably , since I was perfectly aware that she had expected me to turn down this preposterous proposal with as much intractability as I had turned down the others . |
| 2 | Just as I had fired up the cooker the cat rod that had caused me all the grief earlier was off again . |
| 3 | I am in no doubt about that , particularly as I have toured regularly the difficult areas in all parts of the country . |
| 4 | Playing with the selectors challenged my mathematics as I tried to work out the exact number of available tones , but let's just say there should be something here for virtually every style of player . |
| 5 | Use the cell phone ; let the caller know as soon as you 've switched off the alarms . |
| 6 | Your mouth goes hard and ugly as you try to choke back the tears , but it is honest . ’ |
| 7 | Just as you have written off the 1991 vintage in France , a sample appears on the doorstep to confound you . |
| 8 | clarification that that 's the er just the amendment relating to where you were trying to take away the rights of ward members to attend ? as you have taken away the rights of members on questions , comments er and other things |
| 9 | Well , I will tell you now , Murphy , that as long as you continue to do properly the job for which you are paid I do n't care how much you drink nor shall I tell anyone about it , not anyone . |
| 10 | Even as you begin to draw back the snap punch , pick up your front foot and set it down diagonally forwards and outwards , using a thrusting action from the rear leg to cover ground . |
| 11 | She had used make-up sparingly due to the heat , and had chosen a blouson dress with thin straps , made of numerous tiny pleats that fanned out as she walked showing off the pastel rainbow hues of the silky material . |
| 12 | She gulped , unable to continue speaking as she fought to keep back the tears that were threatening to fall yet again . |
| 13 | As soon as she had forced down the last of her food , she pushed her plate away and stood up . |
| 14 | That was a pretty daft offer , she thought as soon as she had put down the phone . |
| 15 | Melissa closed her eyes and gnawed her thumb as she struggled to nail down the clue that fluttered moth-like in her memory . |
| 16 | Rachel bit her lip as she struggled to hold back the tears . |
| 17 | If you had n't come along when you did … ’ she trailed off as she struggled to hold back the tears . |
| 18 | She felt little pain unless she moved , which she tried not to do as she struggled to pull apart the serrated jaws of the trap . |
| 19 | ‘ And it has to be a good idea to stay on here , in the Hamptons , until tomorrow , ’ she added as she finished packing up the hampers . |
| 20 | She moved stealthily down the hall to the kitchen , her hearing sharpened by fear as she strained to detect even the slightest movement in the old house . |
| 21 | Though everyone was behind Sheehan as she strove to become only the thirteenth entrant to the Hall of Fame , it was difficult not to feel for Dawn Coe-Jones . |
| 22 | This is important and it is an issue which we will address in the coming chapters as we attempt to separate out the problems for both users and their community and whether the source of the problem is with heroin use or its legal and social status . |
| 23 | As we began to pick up the threads of life in the south once more I found that in my absence from the cutter scene a brand new purpose-built cutter Venturous was operating with great success . |
| 24 | Although as we have seen earlier the decorative qualities of gold could be explored by direct hammering , the archaeological record shows that goldsmithing of a sophisticated kind in fact developed in communities which practised copper or bronze metallurgy . |
| 25 | As we have seen only the papers relevant to the subject of our review , we are not able to judge how the assessment machinery deals with areas of higher priority , but we believe that , in dealing with Argentina and the Falkland Islands , it was too passive in operation to respond quickly and critically to a rapidly changing situation which demanded urgent attention . |
| 26 | I am always thankful for their enthusiasm and commitment as we have drawn up the development brief for the Architect , Ray Davis , whom we have now appointed . |
| 27 | She did not see much of Florence as they roared through it in the jeep , just a muddled impression of large buildings and a broad dark green river , but as they began to drive up the steep , swooping hill to Fiesole , David 's friend said : |
| 28 | It was all too much , waiting for that upstart Hitler to make up his mind ; to envisage the Germans strutting down the Mall as they 'd strutted down the Champs Élysées . |
| 29 | They go to business school , read management books and consult consultants as they try to work out the correct equation . |
| 30 | It is being attacked daily by that real group of parasites , the Tory Party , the Tories will no doubt bring in workfare just as soon as they 've softened up the wider public with their slavish friends in the media . |