Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned his head a little and she saw the blue glass flowering from his skull , its silken stamens drooping elegantly as he moved . |
| 2 | He or she will be obliged to wait politely as you go about your task , which you can time to complete at the same moment you recover the skill of breathing in and out . |
| 3 | She fought bitterly as he came back to her . |
| 4 | Fairley asked politely as they took the floor . |
| 5 | ‘ 'T IS really nought , ’ she whispered nervously as he reached her and held out his hand . |
| 6 | With a sudden surge of defiance she tossed back her head , sending her long wheat-coloured mane rippling over her shoulders , her eyes flashing challengingly as she pulled the microphone free of its stand . |
| 7 | ‘ Who did you say you were looking for ? ’ she asked suspiciously as I pulled up a weatherbeaten bus seat . |
| 8 | He beamed widely as he was helped down the steps and said to me : ‘ O , gib 's nichts mehr ’ ( Do n't give us any more ) . |
| 9 | Lucy , all this time , was still sitting on the verandah surrounded by her cartridge-making tools and weeping bitterly as she looked at the neat rows of cartridges she had made and which were no longer needed . |
| 10 | ‘ Go on where ? ’ she asked bitterly as she stared blindly through the mud-spattered windscreen . |
| 11 | ‘ How long 's this been going on ? ’ she asked gently as she cleaned up a nasty cut on the woman 's arm . |
| 12 | I would think so as I would have think so . |
| 13 | Caroline whispered fiercely as she dropped the brush to the top of the vanity table . |
| 14 | Rachel asked suddenly as they drank black coffee , because the question had been burning on her mind for some time , and she told herself it was important strategically to find out , although she suspected the truth was that he fascinated her . |
| 15 | Broadly , they break down into two main types : one where the water is heated and stored hot in a hot water cylinder or tank ; the other where cold water is heated instantaneously as it is drawn off . |
| 16 | The Giral government , consisting entirely as it did of bourgeois Republicans , was increasingly irrelevant to the new situation . |
| 17 | ‘ No … ’ she whispered tremulously as he marched across the sand towards the dark lawns leading up to the cottage . |
| 18 | Caroline had no choice but to trot alongside as he strode towards an arched doorway . |
| 19 | The flowers had dripped all down his trousers , his face was frighteningly lacking in colour , he was trembling , and his lips seemed to be sticking together as he tried to speak . |
| 20 | They drove back to Alnwick in complete silence , broken only as they reached their suite , by Roman . |
| 21 | Yeah I mean so as they 're not stood there doing nothing . |
| 22 | ‘ But not me ? ’ she asked dubiously as she held it up against her . |
| 23 | The people filling the board room steamed gently as they sat huddled together on the rows of chairs arranged neatly in front of the big desk . |
| 24 | In the stunned silence George Felse got up , without speaking , and crossed the room to where Gus 's jacket hung on the back of a chair , turned towards the replenished fire , and steamed gently as it dried . |
| 25 | She 's got you where she wants you , you silly cunt , he thought , watching as Carol slipped one hand onto Plummer 's thigh , stroking gently as he ate . |
| 26 | In ready response , his embrace grew masterful , and they clung together as he kissed her face and neck repeatedly , each time catching her lips with more desire and more breathless pleasure . |
| 27 | ‘ Would madam please excuse me , ’ he said and walked over to a filing cabinet , shrugging exaggeratedly as he passed one of his colleagues . |
| 28 | She was singing aloud as she skipped when suddenly and unexpectedly her rope was fouled by something and nearly tripped her up . |
| 29 | On the other hand , taking the issue costs of equity shares to the statement of total recognised gains and losses may be considered right as it reflects the nature of these costs as a permanent loss of capital . |
| 30 | We have to stand somewhere as we decide the next step forward . |