Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 31 | Despite its enormous membership , the LNU in the 1920s had not been a popular movement — it did not see its function primarily as campaigning to change Government policy . |
| 32 | Talking of which , ’ she glanced at her watch just as the phone rang , ‘ I should n't be here . ’ |
| 33 | Sally , her father 's wife , had advised her on more than one occasion , but Harriet had as little time for stylists as she had for clothes — and besides , she rather liked her hair just as it was . |
| 34 | Theda stepped back and caught at the back of her hair just as it came tumbling down over her shoulders . |
| 35 | So Isobel has her interview today as well ? |
| 36 | She dropped the inch or two down into her seat again as the train began to move . |
| 37 | It was a little dark after the strong sunlight , but it was cool , and she sank to her seat thankfully as Felipe stayed at the bar . |
| 38 | Without saying anything further , he shifted his enormous shoulders more comfortably against the door-frame as though settled for the rest of the day , and moved his eyes to her mouth almost as though he was waiting for her to speak again , she thought , feeling thoroughly disgruntled . |
| 39 | From the adult position it will be clear that he or she was not in fact guilty of anything but that someone in a position of strength and power was taking advantage of his or her vulnerability mentally as well as physically . |
| 40 | ‘ Grimwood reports Newman did arrive and spoilt their act just as they 'd got Lennox to agree to sign . |
| 41 | Women leaders of the militant trade unions possess a strong sense of their exploitation both as workers and as women . |
| 42 | They certainly choose their abuse so as to indicate to those who do toe the line that they have lost it . |
| 43 | A survey last year showed that a frightening proportion of child car seats would not do their job properly as they had n't been fitted correctly . |
| 44 | Staff say the modern facilities will make their job easier as well as improving life for the inmates . |
| 45 | Clive 's favourite , perfectly serious , leitmotif was : ‘ We 're a top team , are n't we ! ’ until Jane felt she 'd scream if he said it once more , and ordered breakfast in her room so as to avoid him first thing in the morning , at least . |
| 46 | She asked him to come to her room so as not to overhear any more , and then they went downstairs in an express lift : a glass-and-gilt beetle that hurtled the twenty-eight floors in nine and a half seconds . |
| 47 | She says she enjoys her job tremendously as she can work as and when she wishes . |
| 48 | She experimented , twisting her body so as to unwind the air line . |
| 49 | Her clothing moulds itself to her body so as to reveal or to promise as much of the delights within as it conceals ; it too includes silk , soft to the touch ( 3235 ) and the fresh warm taste of morning milk ( 3236 ) . |
| 50 | ARSENAL and Aston Villa are planning dramatic changes for their clash tonight as managers George Graham and Ron Atkinson desperately seek to beef up their stuttering title challenges . |
| 51 | The Bank repeated its intervention just as the New York markets opened during the European lunchtime to signal that it did not want the American markets , closed since Friday night , to push the pound down further . |
| 52 | Flavia longed to go back and slip into her place just as the soup was brought and hear them telling about Loulou 's day . |
| 53 | I turn , therefore , to what I consider to be the primary issue in this appeal , namely , whether there exists a principle whereby a subject who makes a payment in response to a demand of taxation ( or other like demand ) from the Crown which is unlawful either because it is wholly ultra vires or merely excessive thereby acquires a prima facie right to its repayment forthwith as money had and received . |
| 54 | We generally got to their place just as they were finishing breakfast . |
| 55 | The light shone on to his upturned face and gleamed on the burnished flanks of the mare who blew through her nose impatiently as though to ask what they were waiting for . |
| 56 | Before she had time to recover from the shock of that remark , the phone rang , making her jump violently as her raw nerves reacted to the sudden sound . |
| 57 | She held out her hand , palm upwards now , and moved her head slowly as she looked at Aggie as if she were talking to a friend who would understand that a cousin of hers had not married beneath her . |
| 58 | She shook her head desperately as the man 's angry words rained down on her . |
| 59 | She tugged at the sides of the hammock and hooked her head forward as she whispered to Ariel , who was standing away from her , the moss she had been using dripping water on to the dust . |
| 60 | His hand came hard and warm to her nape , tilting her head forward as he sat beside her . |