Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] [adv] [adv] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would do as I do now probably and go |
| 2 | There had been sufficient hardship to take my mind off Joan , but as I sat there alone and well rested , I could not help worrying . |
| 3 | I wafted down the face and traced out an elegant arc with my bottom turn , squirting a fountain of spume from my rail as I flew back up and pirouetted on the lip . |
| 4 | There was something strangely prurient about a total freedom to examine someone else 's personal tastes , but all her artistic antennae were quivering as she moved back inside and began to look carefully around her . |
| 5 | The problem , as we point out over and over again , is not the resources themselves , but the way they are distributed . |
| 6 | Their long , slurred vowels rendered their German almost incomprehensible to me , though it was impossible not to listen in as they argued more loudly and grinned more broadly at each other 's jokes as the beer did its work . |
| 7 | A couple of policemen caught the boat as it came in alongside and steadied it . |
| 8 | The consultant psychogeriatrician in the London Borough of Newham was one of those approached , and as he responded most quickly and positively , Newham became the second area in which the project was to be set up . |
| 9 | He was hungry all his life for friends and friendly environments , vilifying and imploring as he shifted about restlessly and unpredictably like a Lawrence , never finding the right place , the right person . |
| 10 | It did n't like it at first , and moved and beat against the sides of the plastic and the neck of the can while I held it and sweated , listening to the hum of the insects and the rustling of the grass , staring at Blyth as he lay there still and silent , his dark hair ruffled now and again by the breeze . |
| 11 | As he walked away again and up to Horne , he fiddled with his trousers and said , ‘ Ah , that 's better . ’ |
| 12 | It was the first time for a long while that Tommy had come into the dining rooms for his morning break and Carrie had spotted him from the window as he pulled up outside and climbed down wearily from his horsecart . |
| 13 | He did n't like the tremors that went with the addiction — the wavering match as he lit up again and spilling his tea during a work-break was embarrassing . |
| 14 | Out of that curve , Doohan grabs another gear and the warbling exhaust note signals that the rear tyre is still scrabbling for grip as he shifts up again and aims at the daunting , sixth gear left on to the back straight . |