Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] as [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tyre keeps spinning , the revs remain skyward as Doohan shifts up a gear with the rear end still well out of line . |
| 2 | Henry was the most appropriate of the three to carry on as miller as he had served his apprenticeship at Healings in Tewkesbury . |
| 3 | Migraine , too , is followed by nausea and vomit rather as sin is followed by remorse . |
| 4 | Deprived of this option , Mr Lawson decided to soldier on as Chancellor of the Exchequer , claiming in his speech on Thursday that there was no alternative to his economic policy . |
| 5 | Miss X and her fiance could not afford to buy another property , so she asked Glasgow District Council to repurchase the house so that her parents could stay on as tenants . |
| 6 | BBC chairman flies in as Birt row deepens |
| 7 | We surfed in as Terrie fought to keep control of the tiller and stop us from broaching . |
| 8 | There is , however , bound to be some unease on both sides , and this will disappear only as members of both institutes work together in running courses , planning local centre events , and other ventures . |
| 9 | Then Palmer made it three himself , stepping in as QPR failed to get the ball away . |
| 10 | In recent years , the obituaries have been pencilled in as Liverpool have brought in younger strike partners . |
| 11 | Arsenal could also have had a penalty when Campbell went crashing down as Forrest challenged him in the box for a Wright through-pass , but the referee dismissed their claims . |
| 12 | Normative rulings , then , do not apply to a fixed role apart from the incumbent ; they can be developed only as individuals have the time and occasion to become familiar with each others ' past history and future intentions . |
| 13 | Suggestions following each heading are intended merely as indications of the scope of the topic , and are not of course exhaustive . |
| 14 | ‘ Diamonds , ’ he announced thoughtfully as Samuel emerged from the parlour into Nuckell 's Place . |
| 15 | The first of several , annual Parliamentary ladies ' golf matches , between lady relations of Members of the Houses of Lords and Commons , were reported on as Henley had at least two ladies who were eligible to play — Mrs. Kate Fleming , wife of the Club President and Henley 's M.P. , Mr. Valentine Fleming , and Mrs. Cecil Norton . |
| 16 | He stopped altogether as Lachlan solemnly shook his head . |
| 17 | Pictured above our Publicity Committee Chairman , Hilda Lodge , looks on as Elsie present a cheque to Peter Allsop , local Chairman of the Arthritis & Rheumatism Council . |
| 18 | DOUG MILLS/AP John Major looks on as Bill Clinton answers a reporter 's question at the White House |
| 19 | THE BEGINNING OF THE END Lord Young looks on as Paul Reichmann drives the first pile at Canary Wharf in 1987 . |
| 20 | Now when she catches the odd episode on TV , Eithne looks on as Chrissie is referred to by her remaining soap family members . |
| 21 | You can buy an inexpensive ‘ night light ’ which is either electronically triggered to come on as darkness falls or is battery-operated with a timer switch . |
| 22 | Monroe doctrine lives on as Bush wields big stick . |
| 23 | Being Nordic , and regarded as a neutral , he had come to be looked on as port representative for foreign ships passing through the Magellan Strait , a sort of consul . |
| 24 | Defined as those which grow naturally as trees , top fruits will reward you well , given the right care and attention |
| 25 | The external demands on government are such that it can often act only as arbiter between competing demands and respond , under guidance from civil servants , to international events and trends over which it has no direct influence . |
| 26 | Typically of experienced teachers recognising the potential weakness of the whole venture ( it will in fact only succeed if the pupils are determined to make it succeed — not something one can often rely on ! ) , precautions were adopted such as warning them beforehand to mark out the route they take , and ( the final card up teacher 's sleeve as pupils start to get killed all over the place ) to come in as narrator saying , ‘ Suddenly , for no apparent reason , the danger passed and the members returned to safety ’ ! |
| 27 | The National Security Court was abolished and President Mohammed Siyad Barre was obliged to stand down as chairman of the ruling Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party ( SRSP ) , the constitution preventing him from holding both posts . |
| 28 | Audetto , who was present in the later stages , once denied to me that it transpired entirely as Niki says . |
| 29 | ( 5.2 ) unc ( claims all variables and private channels claimed by the , claims as input ( output ) channels all channels occurring only as inputs ( outputs ) among the . ) |
| 30 | In this analysis hospitals 1 and 2 were the county 's main consultant units , all the other consultant units were grouped together as hospital 3 , and all the general practitioner units were grouped together . |