Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] as [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | South Africa , Mexico , Brazil , Spain , San Marino , France , Britain , Germany — Mansell won them all as his mighty Renault-Williams car blazed to triumph after triumph . |
| 2 | South Africa , Mexico , Brazil , Spain , San Marino , France , Germany , Britain — Mansell won them all as his Renault-Williams car blazed to triumph after triumph . |
| 3 | Mansell won them all as his mighty Renault-Williams car blazed to triumph after triumph . |
| 4 | South Africa , Mexico , Brazil , Spain , San Marino , France , Britain , Germany — Mansell won them all as his mighty Renault-Williams car blazed to triumph after triumph . |
| 5 | South Africa , Mexico , Brazil , Spain , San Marino , France , Britain , Germany — he came first in them all as his mighty Renault-Williams car blazed to triumph after triumph . |
| 6 | If it appeals to the principle that people have a right to compensation from those who injure them carelessly as its reason why manufacturers are liable for defective automobiles , it must give full effect to that principle in deciding whether accountants are liable for their mistakes as well . |
| 7 | She was to refer to them wryly as her ‘ yearly knitting ’ , but they are classics of their kind , deftly constructed with strong characterization and a meticulous prose style . |
| 8 | I I obviously Cornwall is a special case which we obviously as our Celtic cousins it is the only non-Anglo Saxon county in England and as a result we feel a very , very strong erm er almost a kind of Uncle erm Nephew relationship to Cornwall , whereas the Cornish are certainly not Welsh but they 're certainly not Anglo Saxon English either . |
| 9 | She leaned back against the wall and looked at him tauntingly as his head rose sharply at her tone and his eyes fastened on her . |
| 10 | We 'd booked him just as his catchphrases were being quoted by the entire nation , and all because Julie 's mortgage broker knew someone who knew his phone number and he had agreed to appear . |
| 11 | The music was carrying her away as his fingers laced her hair . |
| 12 | It was like swimming in warm darkness , only her slender arms around his neck holding her upright as his hands caressed her body and moulded her against him . |
| 13 | ‘ Es verdad , ’ he agreed , turning at the door to look at her wryly as her eyes closed . |
| 14 | Prince Edward too kissed Anne 's hand , greeting her courteously as his much-esteemed sister-in-law — but his manner was detached , his expression carefully veiled . |
| 15 | Apparently , she had been taken in by the Madam who ran the house , a woman called Bella Cohen , who adopted her almost as her daughter , by personally , I always found it hard to believe myself . " |
| 16 | Guillaume was interested in him again as his work was beginning to command higher prices . |
| 17 | The last thing she saw was the audience of men gazing at her curiously as her body was handled like a lump of meat . |
| 18 | This had pleased him mightily as his admiration for Lady Porter was nearly as great as that for Margaret Thatcher , and , in consequence , his attitude to Grunte had warmed . |
| 19 | 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 : |
| 20 | Claudia jumped up and put her hand on his , snatching it away as her nerves reacted as if she had touched a live wire . |
| 21 | You see it likewise as your noble lord gave it to me on his deathbed . ’ |
| 22 | Their talk and behaviour took a slightly different form from ours just as their uniforms did and for the same reason but their major premises seemed to be the same . |