Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't have long to wait for illumination as he moved swiftly to front her , grabbing her roughly by the shoulders , holding her firmly as if he suspected she was about to take flight . |
| 2 | Theologians often distinguish between God as he is in himself , and God as he has revealed himself to us . |
| 3 | Bluebeard 's wife , about to be killed by her ferocious husband for disobeying his instructions , desperately plays for time as she knows her brothers are on their way to visit her . |
| 4 | Placings were the most popular method of issue over 1985–89 , although the average size at £6m was considerably smaller than offers for sale and tenders at £62.3 and £32.8 million respectively , reflecting the fact that smaller companies tend to go for placings as they tend to be cheaper ( see Table 11.2 ) and placings have also become more popular as a result of the requirements for the size of company using a placing being relaxed after Big Bang . |
| 5 | It seems likely that a forty-foot width was regarded as the minimum for an unsurfaced road , allowing for detours as the winter went on , but when scientific roadmaking began these great widths were no longer necessary . |
| 6 | And that 's allowing for spares as well , cos my sites are n't gon na be busy enough to do that , that many anyway I would n't of thought , so what you doing twelve hundred a day ? |
| 7 | If you roll a number on the artillery dice then this is the distance in inches the missile veers off target as shown by the arrow on the scatter dice . |
| 8 | If you roll a number on the artillery dice then this is the distance in inches the missile veers off target as shown by the arrow on the scatter dice . |
| 9 | Quack ! ’ said one , and the other one screamed , ‘ I 'm goin' as quack as I can ! ’ |
| 10 | When it was reported that a considerable number of young children in the house were not eating their breakfast , which consisted of porridge and bread , he recommended that , for children under sixteen , the same diet should be given for breakfast as for supper . |
| 11 | A recent analysis of the American market in diamond jewellery has shown that nearly half is given for Christmas as compared with an eighth each to mark birthdays and wedding anniversaries . |
| 12 | In the first take we all ran totally naked off the set — Ken , nostrils flaring as camp as ever — into a whole group of girls who had heard it was going to happen . |
| 13 | It began to spread to other areas after 1770 but it was not until about 1830 , when roads were improving , that this relatively isolated breed was gradually developed for dray-pulling as well . |
| 14 | But whatever its size , you need to plan for convenience as well as impact , wear as well as warmth ; a space that fits the feel of your home as well as it fits you . |
| 15 | Immediately a whirlwind of change ripped through Althorp as the new mistress endeavoured to turn the family home into a paying proposition so that the awesome debts the new Earl had taken on could be paid off . |
| 16 | Another letter from the middle school was about a visiting theatre group and asked for money as well as a tear-off slip . |
| 17 | They stood by while the policeman asked for help as he was being punched . ’ |
| 18 | We asked for guidance as to how this may work following local government reorganisation . |
| 19 | And of course he was beset by orders and suggestions from other collectors : William Ogilby advised him to collect 6 or 8 specimens of every species , particularly the great red woolly kangaroo , which were in great demand not only in England but on the Continent as well ; Jardine asked for seeds as well as numerous other specified ‘ things in spirits ’ ; Thomas Campbell Eyton wanted as many petrels as Gould could capture for a monograph on the Procellaridae . |
| 20 | Nor , for that matter , did we regard the suggestions we made about Jesus as in any way shocking or outrageous . |
| 21 | The explanation may be that the figurines were not intended for use as ornaments but were votives to he left in shrines : they had a symbolic , not an aesthetic , role to play . |
| 22 | Please confirm that you are able to attend for interview as requested . |
| 23 | Which goes for straights as well as gays . |
| 24 | In a famous passage , Bagehot argued for secrecy as ‘ essential to the utility of the English royalty as it now is . |
| 25 | All the 650 headquarters staff were told to report for work as normal . |
| 26 | We go for a walk up into the hills in the afternoon ; me puffing and panting and coughing after Andy as he strides quickly , easily up the rutted forest tracks . |
| 27 | Then he set out to rappel down the cliff , jerk after jerk as his feet hit the rock . |
| 28 | She was angry at the time , and she was praying for guidance as to what to do with her life . |
| 29 | Until the Copyright , Designs and Patents Act 1988 , only a registered patent agent or a solicitor could act for gain as agents for persons seeking patents , but now anyone can do this as long as he does not describe himself as , or hold himself out to be , a " patent agent " or " patent attorney " . |
| 30 | that particular organisation I presume is , is the one that is known as the most profitable investment bank partnership in the world or in history and presumably the reason why you 've been advised is because the advisor or the director to Robert Maxwell who was instrumental in dealing with Robert Maxwell business wherever he was in the world and I mean I 've seen er faxes and cables to France where er that particular director , I believe Mr Shineberg was , I 've seen faxes about Jersey business to Mr Shineberg er presumably er you 're being advised to take that action because in effect it was operating as one operation with transactions routed through New York , routed through London as seemed to suit the circumstances , but not necessarily with any rational basis other than er to avoid perhaps regulation . |