Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Please send me by return the length of the holes at St Andrews as I intend to lay out a course on the common next weekend , ’ wrote another . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | Just as I had fired up the cooker the cat rod that had caused me all the grief earlier was off again . |
| 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 | You know when you 're waterskiing with a really powerful boat and you slant your skis as you curve to send up a whole curtain of water ? |
| 8 | Just as you have written off the 1991 vintage in France , a sample appears on the doorstep to confound you . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | She gulped , unable to continue speaking as she fought to keep back the tears that were threatening to fall yet again . |
| 12 | As soon as she had forced down the last of her food , she pushed her plate away and stood up . |
| 13 | That was a pretty daft offer , she thought as soon as she had put down the phone . |
| 14 | It was only ten minutes , as she had used up an hour in the swimming-baths . |
| 15 | But his wife Shelley seemed in great shape yesterday as she prepared to kick off a TV career . |
| 16 | Melissa closed her eyes and gnawed her thumb as she struggled to nail down the clue that fluttered moth-like in her memory . |
| 17 | Rachel bit her lip as she struggled to hold back the tears . |
| 18 | If you had n't come along when you did … ’ she trailed off as she struggled to hold back the tears . |
| 19 | Millions of viewers became aware of some of the practical and emotional problems and watched as she struggled to bring up a baby without a partner or an income . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . |
| 21 | A YOUNG policewoman was fighting for life early today after being stabbed three times as she tried to break up an argument . |
| 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 | ‘ This place is going places , ’ she predicted , as we talked sitting around a paraffin heater , the sole source of warmth at the time , the top of which was draped with Dad 's drying underpants . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 : |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | They go to business school , read management books and consult consultants as they try to work out the correct equation . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Whenever it was Charlie 's turn to spend four days in the advance trenches his section seemed to occupy most of their time filling their billycans with pints of water , as they struggled to bail out the gallons that dropped daily from the heavens . |