Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , but it was a loan to me and I said to my dad he was loaning it me and I said to him erm I pay you back and then when I went to pick the cheque up er he says er well me mum says he giving you that you know he says what we 're gon na do is when , when they write the will out you 'll get that much less than the others , I says well as long as it ai n't gon na cause any problems |
| 2 | She has smooth , soft skin which glows softly as though a candle were just below the surface . |
| 3 | Then comes Christmas morning , which explodes joyfully as children rush to the Christmas tree to see what Santa has brought for them during the night . |
| 4 | Crossing Jubilee Street , you will see the famous dai pai dongs ( street restaurants ) ; few gweilob , which translates literally as ‘ roundeyes ’ , eat at these stalls , but it really is a worthwhile experience . |
| 5 | I have reservations about Perlman and Mehta 's treatment of the Glazunov , though , which seems neither as richly romantic as Oscar Shumsky 's on Chandos , nor as glittering as Anne-Sophie Mutter 's on Erato : the other two versions to appear in the last year . |
| 6 | Giant clams on the reef may grow to be a metre long ; they lie embedded in the coral , their mantles fully exposed , a zigzag of brilliant green flesh spotted with black , which pulsates gently as water is pumped through it . |
| 7 | The family name was Fuller , and John Fuller — who knew nothing of the brewery trade — decided to bring in a Mr. Turner and a Mr. Smith and they formed a partnership which continues still as the well known firm of Fuller , Smith and Turner . |
| 8 | She laughs now as he bounds off the bed , aware that his hairy — poilu — parts are comical . |
| 9 | Had it been made in the 1930s , Jimmy Stewart would have played Buck and Margaret Sullavan would have taken the Hoffman role , dying in the arms of the man she loves just as she reaches Miami . |
| 10 | A sense of loss of identity causes the voyager to project what he or she encounters so as to perceive it as an external phenomenon , and also to introject elements of the familiar world in order to recreate a recognizable context . |
| 11 | She cackles loudly as she admits : ‘ I think you always need a bit of a hook to get people into the theatre . ’ |
| 12 | Some of them happened , she said , when ‘ her eyes were ever together-ward as if she would have slept ’ , some she saw ‘ with her ghostly eye ’ ; most of her experiences with the Holy Family she describes just as she does her other , more ordinary experiences . |
| 13 | She complains cheerfully as we enter saying , ‘ Jaz I 've never had so many people kissin' me in all me life , strangers and all , you 'd tink I was in Italy or England or America , God forbid ! ’ |
| 14 | Nurseries , or rather what we used to call Market Gardens , where strawberries , soft fruit and vegetables are grown , are able to rest areas between crops and take full advantage of the scratching hen , who manures evenly as she works . |
| 15 | She comes just as she is . |
| 16 | Not everything goes exactly as planned . |
| 17 | When a television crew turns up for a tour of his house and DIY achievements , everything falls apart as he touches it . |
| 18 | Everything pours inwards as Gillian Brown 's dead-eyed Martha discovers obsessive control can lead to personal dissolution . |
| 19 | The Zekes come in against the line of P–40s , one runs amok as others erupt in flames . |
| 20 | Likewise , she expects the children to operate intuitively in their make-believe , but she believes the intuition can be a refined instrument , accompanied by a high degree of awareness , at its best , bringing about reflection on what one experiences even as one experiences it . |
| 21 | He sleeps there as well . |
| 22 | It looks sadly as though only too much of England — or shall we say the English populace — is what it seems . |
| 23 | Future risks — ‘ there should be a cultural shift in the audit so that it looks forward as well as backward ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ It looks almost as though it might be a fire . ’ |
| 25 | He is polite and very careful about what he says so as not to offend anyone . |
| 26 | In nephrite it occurs exclusively as ferrous and in jadeite as ferric oxide . |
| 27 | It bounces alarmingly as it gathers speed . |
| 28 | It stays exactly as arranged . ’ |
| 29 | He smiles broadly as he describes his nomination for the Best Actor award alongside Nick Nolte for Princes of Tides , as ‘ wonderful , fabulous and an honour . |
| 30 | He grins defiantly as Eva sweeps in through the door . |