Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv] as it " in BNC.
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1 | They were now walking along together as it was too cold to stand about . |
2 | He wrote out all the lyrics phonetically , so when he had to sing an Italian word , it was written down exactly as it should be pronounced . |
3 | I usually follow fashion very slowly and creep in just as it starts to look dated , but then I think that 's the way I should do it . |
4 | I sha n't be in today as it 's Monday , but I 've given your name to Bill , the head librarian , and he 's expecting you . |
5 | The gun roared deafeningly in the small room , its lethal discharge taking Angel Two in the ribcage , almost tearing him in half as it punched him back across the room . |
6 | you get a bit of paint on it I 'd have a job to get it off so I take them off , then put them on just as it 's going off , you know , so you got ta |
7 | He hung on desperately as it staggered two-legged across the road and then , screaming , turned and galloped into the woods . |
8 | And talking of cards , ’ she went on quickly as it registered with Fabia that if adding Cara 's name to hers on any card she sent home was n't lying , then she did n't know what was , ‘ you 'd better take a couple of my business cards . ’ |
9 | Im usually pissed off enough as it is . |
10 | This makes the hollow stem go rubbery for a few seconds , but then it just stiffens up straight as it cools . |
11 | JustText can read text files from any word processor , it even tidies them up slightly as it does it , and there is a utility to read MacWrite files but within limits . |
12 | Well it 's only about as far up there as it is up town . |
13 | First the spiral opens out as it does in a shell , but then closes up again as it approaches the other pole of the cell . |
14 | When light dawned , both sides looked very foolish , and made a treaty that everything should be put back exactly as it had been . ’ |
15 | It is all turning out just as it should . |
16 | The rebuilt barn had been laid out just as it was at the time of the fire in January last year . |
17 | but you can do it because you know you can go back home as it were in to the other area . |
18 | I 'm late with getting back home as it is . |
19 | Another , born in Ireland , whose son was a Yorkshire steelworks labourer , also liked a daily drink , but went out each night to the pub and was back regularly as it was ‘ just turned seven ’ . |
20 | great take a seat , is it still as cold out there as it looks ? |
21 | I had a perm on Friday and then rushed off to the dentist for an emergency white cement type filling to fill my Friday 13th loss ( ! ) — maddening to have to go back again as it is the other side of town , but I walked the two miles or so home , along with Bella . |