Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sycorax no longer leaked whatever liquids or foods she was able to consume , as she had during the worst of her fever , and Ariel could prop her up into a sitting position , and then , presenting her shoulders to her , go down on one knee to hoist her piggy-back and carry her to the privy in the forest a few minutes ' walk away . |
| 2 | The ground dropped sharply beneath us as we bounced off the nearest trunk . |
| 3 | Strategic planning involves top management and the main company functions in the earlier stages , and departmental management in the later , as they progress from the broadest market and company considerations to the details of specific product launches . |
| 4 | Independent soft-commission brokers regard it as an acceptable method of payment so long as they deal at the best price . |
| 5 | The Norwegian Forest cat is another large breed , coming as it does from the coldest part of the domestic cat 's range . |
| 6 | The movements were and still are practised because they are designed to display the body as it moves to the best advantage from the audience 's point of view . |
| 7 | This was only his second murder in eighteen years , and he was somewhat annoyed by it , coming as it did during the best fishing of the year , and right at the time when his garden was at its peak . |
| 8 | As he asked for the latest report , Marshka thought about the policeman and the Englishman . |
| 9 | And he smiles as he talks of the best friend and rival who accompanied him on those weekend trips . |
| 10 | Despite the wheelchair and his legs covered by a tartan rug , there was no look of the invalid about brave Leslie as he relaxed with the latest Lord 's Taverners magazine Long Room . |
| 11 | They 're simply irresistible , says Graham Rice , as he looks at the best types to grow |
| 12 | All the testing at the Yamaha camp in Spain and in Australia , all the preparation , and all the homework are behind him now , and what he has left is the adrenalin pumping in his veins as he prepares for the biggest day of his sporting life . |
| 13 | They live in a political cowards ' Disney world where Tom is always chasing Gerry in an ever-decreasing circle of options while , outside in the real world , Bugs Bunny is having his tail shot off as he chokes on the latest political carrot . |
| 14 | As he hurried towards the nearest freight car , he heard the dreaded sound of a dog barking furiously behind him . |