Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I can not give a date , we intend to proceed just as soon as we can resolve the question of the contract . |
| 2 | That 's a really fine line right there because some bands tend to come across as doing a speed metal/jazz fusion . |
| 3 | He 'd stopped walking now as well and was regarding the end of his Montecristo with an expression of faintly weary inappetency . |
| 4 | ‘ For , ’ she put down , ‘ I want to go there as humble McAllister who keeps the house clean , dressed the doll and made and embroidered the baby clothes , not as the American Princess doing the gracious , ladling our Papa 's money , not one penny of which I have earned , smiling and patronising those not so fortunate as myself , and then leaving them to go home to the embassy — to forget them ! ’ |
| 5 | Oh , alright then , I want to go home as well ! |
| 6 | Several hours later the bird 's relieved owner arrived at the station , explaining the parrot has flown off as she took it to her grandchildren for a treat . |
| 7 | Despite these optimistic thoughts , and his excitement , Ybreska stopped singing abruptly as he began to walk along the track . |
| 8 | Cos the one thing you always get when you 've got a mixture of people , I mean , all thi this needs recovering basically as well . |
| 9 | Over the past few decades , the world 's demand for tin has fallen dramatically as packagers have reduced the thickness of the metal in tinplate or have turned to other materials for their containers , aluminium for instance . |
| 10 | Even if the economics of bulk sales improve — Chemical reckons that the bulk-discount has fallen sharply as the property market has revived — Citicorp considers it worth sticking with property in order to help create a liquid market in it . |
| 11 | ‘ I just want to carry on as usual . ’ |
| 12 | Herta starts to breathe differently as we kiss ; she is always self-possessed ; every move of mine is coldly monitored . |
| 13 | ‘ We expect to go ahead as 12 , ’ a government official said in London . |
| 14 | Could I take er , a minute and , and just try and look at the steps that you 've gone through and I , I tried to write down as you were doing it , giving your presentation , the steps which I think everybody eventually went through either formally or informally and I think if we look at these steps you 'll agree yes , I needed that and I did that or , we did n't do it formally . |
| 15 | Well that 's that 's partly what they want to find out as well . |
| 16 | Detailed documents may be produced and these will need summarising so as to be usable in the later stages of planning and prioritising . |
| 17 | Like Maxwell , smoothy Hunter tried to come across as everyone 's friend , especially at Christmas when , dressed as Santa , he handed gifts to children of staff . |
| 18 | He let her guide his hand , then tried to pull back as he saw what he had previously not noticed , but she held his hand there firmly , forcing him to look . |
| 19 | I think one of the justifiable criticisms of Radio 3 — though not of my predecessor — is that it has come across as being too much about itself . |
| 20 | ‘ Anybody with any information , no matter how silly they think it is , has to come forward as we must get these people or else they will do it again . |
| 21 | The level of uptake is encouraging given that SVQs are relatively new , and enrolments are expected to increase steadily as more and more centres offer the growing number of awards available . |
| 22 | We do try not to use er the disabled sticker if it 's at all possible , because we actually want to behave just as anyone else behaves , in a , just an ordinary member of the community , and so do the children . |
| 23 | When we turn to trade in services it is no surprise to find that the UK 's net income from financial services has grown dramatically as the City 's banking and financial business has grown . |
| 24 | Either it was created in its present form , or it has endured forever as it is today . |
| 25 | In West Africa , the savannah-dwelling blackfly which transmits the worm causing river blindness has expanded southwards as forests are cleared in Liberia , Ghana and the Côte d'Ivoire . |
| 26 | Oscar Orbos has done well as Mrs Aquino 's aide , but at 40 may be too young for the big job . |
| 27 | If the petitioner has received any payment from the debtor since the petition was presented or the debtor has entered into an arrangement with the petitioner for the securing or compounding of the debt , the affidavit must state what dispositions of property the debtor has made so as to pay the debt or secure or compound for it , whether any property disposed of was the property of the debtor himself or some other person , and if the property was that of the debtor himself , whether the disposition was made with the approval of the court ( r 6.32(2) ) . |
| 28 | Sunnyvale , California-based Ashlar Inc has opened up as Vellum Software Ltd , Cambridge , to sell its 3D CAD applications in the UK . |
| 29 | My poor mother has slept alone as long as I can remember . ’ |
| 30 | One can , however , walk freely round the well and truly trussed-up Book of Motion which starts to vibrate violently as we walked past it . |