Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] as [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She turned her head , clicking her fingers impatiently as her maid , Fidelma O' Brien , came into the room . |
| 2 | If one of the dietary amino acids is made radioactive ( as in the experiment I described in Chapter 2 ) and fed to or injected into an animal , it is incorporated into the proteins just as its fellow , non-radioactive amino acids are , and the proteins become slightly radioactive in their turn by virtue of containing the radioactive amino acid . |
| 3 | She could n't withhold a gasp , and had to close her eyes quickly as his head came round . |
| 4 | For a moment panic widened them as he lowered his head and his mouth took possession of hers with an aggressive thoroughness , forcing her lips apart as his tongue invaded the soft vulnerability of her mouth . |
| 5 | Our original vector is then made up of these constituent vectors just as our quantum mechanical states were composed of combinations of other states . |
| 6 | Jatinder came back to England two years ago as their son could not cope with the Indian climate . |
| 7 | On the Vistula delta the Mennonites bred black and white Friesian cattle just as their ancestors in Holland had done , and grew sugar-beet , tomatoes , rye , and a resilient variety of wheat on the rich alluvial soil . |
| 8 | Be prepared to centre yourself in revery , to give yourself up to your memories just as your sleeping self gives itself up to a dream . |
| 9 | The Yes that launches a thousand sky-rockets just as my heart is a catherine-wheel the second I fall in love with you . |
| 10 | A BRIDE was in tears yesterday as her wedding dreams were washed away . |
| 11 | Then he would decide difficult lawsuits exactly as his integrity-minded brethren do . |
| 12 | But we have the original cards here as my learned friend will correct me if I 'm I 'm wrong . |