Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One feels that two hours spent in one or other of the jammed little rooms — there are four as far as I remember at this instance , two down , one up , and one in the cellar — will be rewarding , refreshing , and never questioned by the owners . |
| 2 | The earth never quite moved for me in the Dante Sonata as I thought at one stage it might . |
| 3 | As I sit at this word processor , the chips of which may have been assembled by a young woman in the Philippines for a pittance a day and for such long hours that her eyes will be damaged in a tax haven created specially for foreign companies , I am acutely aware of the link between the health of the people of the Philippines and my life here in Britain . |
| 4 | Well but I mean that 's an example and as I say at this end where you 've no arousal you 're either asleep or dead , there 's no sort of performance performance of any sort and we talk about having those butterflies in the stomach do n't we ? |
| 5 | I never wanted my Mum so much in my life as I did at that moment . |
| 6 | As I discuss at greater length in Chapter 10 , your first visits should just be a matter of getting to know the site , by wandering around . |
| 7 | And as you say at that stage it really was just a matter of erm every man for himself really . |
| 8 | As far as I can read her argument , it is precisely this which allows recognition of it to model our human position as suspended between , as she says at another point , unconditioned actor … and conditioned agent . " |
| 9 | She heard the shaken sigh that was torn from him as he brought her body up against the length of his , and the urge to go on fighting him faded as she grasped at fresh knowledge , accepting the fact that this was entirely mutual . |
| 10 | As we glanced at each other , we shuddered with apprehension . |
| 11 | But as we looked at each other I had a strange sensation . |
| 12 | Well I think we can arrange to pick you up as we go at that time , you 'll of eh , because I know that bus passes do n't cover that . |
| 13 | There was something like an appeal in his eyes as we gazed at each other . |
| 14 | If I 'm to drive you home afterwards we 'll have to leave as soon as we arrive at this rate . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Who was that man , Virginia ? ’ he persisted quietly , as they waited at more traffic lights . |
| 16 | A colleague from Christian Aid phoned me from Addis Ababa last night and he reported what had happened in the Red Sea port of Assab on Saturday which was when 15 trucks and trailers were loaded each with 22 tons of U N grain and there was a little ceremony as they left at 12 noon for Desai . |
| 17 | There was silence as they glanced at each other , and Sophie said irritably , ‘ It 's exactly as I said . |
| 18 | A wave passed , so high that its spray burst against a side porthole as they stared at each other . |
| 19 | As they stared at each other everything seemed fine , the differences did not matter , all that mattered was the love they shared . |
| 20 | There was silence as they looked at each other across the table . |
| 21 | You know if they think they can do just as they like at that age , well I mean er the , the |
| 22 | Beside him Carol watched the modern-day gladiators as they came at each other . |
| 23 | As Richards has recently indicated , the Cox survey and the longitudinal study are not as mutually supportive as they seem at first sight . |
| 24 | It can therefore be seen that these inducements are not quite as attractive as they seem at first sight . |
| 25 | This research evidence seems contrary to common sense , but such findings are not as incomprehensible as they look at first sight . |
| 26 | The images were still as clear as the rain that had fallen so dispiritedly on the mourners as they stood at one side of the grave while the rector had intoned the fateful words . |
| 27 | She could be pretty , she decided , if her hair were not so tightly scraped back from her face and if her eyes shone with eagerness , as they did at this moment . |
| 28 | Given the fact that much of the property in the western half of the country was sub-let to under-tenants at rack rents , it is doubtful whether regional differences were as pronounced as they appear at first sight . |
| 29 | Mortgage-lending accounts for the bulk of the Halifax 's business , as it does at other building societies ( thrifts ) . |
| 30 | Living as it does at high level , it produces fewer lambs than other breeds . |