Example sentences of "[verb] it [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is a writer and loves it just as it is . |
| 2 | She held him firmly , pumping his penis up and down slowly and rhythmically , twisting it slightly as she did so . |
| 3 | She cleared away , made coffee , then tapped on Penry 's door , opening it warily as he called her in . |
| 4 | I started to write it so as to shake them . |
| 5 | Which is n't actually hard but I have to write it down as well . |
| 6 | Correctly surmising that theirs was the room with the broken bolt hanging from the door , he entered it just as I was catching up with him . |
| 7 | This seems to be because of the small size of the owl in relation to its prey , so that it can not swallow the prey whole but tears it up as do the diurnal raptors ( see Appendix for details of little owl biology ) . |
| 8 | If you have failed to brief them properly then they have little option but to either put it on hold or send it back as it came out and let you sort it out . |
| 9 | well not really because , and I think you can buy it sometimes as cheap , by the time you |
| 10 | The government 's representative at the inquiry , Energy Department official Christopher Wilcock , described it openly as ‘ a broad , political — and I stress the word political — strategic judgement ’ . |
| 11 | When he saw the finished portrait Cocteau was shaken and described it privately as ‘ diabolical ’ . |
| 12 | Other car industry sources described it variously as " utopian " and " unreasonable " , and said it was not being taken seriously . |
| 13 | Border described it all as media nonsense , saying he had , in fact , stayed behind to attend to some personal business . |
| 14 | But the way they play that does nt matter … they just knock it forward as soon as posible and rely on Wright . |
| 15 | as if on cue , the car-phone gave a discreet purr to punctuate Tom 's passionate sentence , and he snatched it up as he braked at traffic-lights which had just turned red . |
| 16 | All we can say with certainty is that it would be the biggest man-made explosion in history , which does n't sound so bad when you say it quickly as I 'm saying it now . |
| 17 | Cook it so as we can have it cold with salad or something . |
| 18 | Fold in the overlapping corners at the top tightly , to secure the cone — you could staple it down as well if you like . |
| 19 | She used it now as she said , ‘ It 's so sweet of Susan to spare you tonight . |
| 20 | And we 're happy we once again say on the phone , Well what I want tomorrow is a deposit cheque , contract , bankers order and if you 've got copy available I 'll take that a juggle it around as you want . |
| 21 | The challenges facing it were daunting : a considerable proportion of the UN was opposed to its existence ; the predominant political forces in south Korea regarded it simply as providing a veneer of international respectability for the creation of a south Korean state ; north Korea had no intention of helping it in any way and the United States believed the commission should complete its task swiftly and without asking awkward questions . |
| 22 | For me , as a lover , as a person , as a man , it 's not enough for me only to give — I want it back as well . |
| 23 | The offer is made when the proprietor of the machine holds it out as being ready to receive the money . |
| 24 | The complexity of pre-trial procedure , particularly in the High Court , has been said to act not only as a deterrent to all but the most determined litigant , but also as a weapon for the recalcitrant defendant who may manipulate it so as to place the pressure of delay upon the plaintiff . |
| 25 | Ward ( 1979 ) noted with alarm the signs of what he called ‘ Frontier man 's fright ’ whereby after working in an area for some time without apparent response from professional colleagues in related disciplines there is a tendency to desert it just as its true worth is to be recognized by others : |
| 26 | He identified it immediately as coming from the Sark Pottery . |
| 27 | His horse , like Sharpe 's , had been slowed by the plough furrows in the rye field , but the Frenchman rowelled it on as he got close to Sharpe . |
| 28 | That I 've put down , erm , anybody added it up as we 've gone along ? |
| 29 | They say that 30 years ago everyone recognised it instantly as belonging to the late of Orwell Lodge ( 's step great-grandmother ) . |
| 30 | Hurst 's voice had risen a little , but he dropped it again as he realized that several pairs of eyes were watching them with interest . |