Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We looked on together as the various hypostatical principles were distillated and redistillated . |
| 2 | He sat down suddenly as the truck bounced off the bank again . |
| 3 | Such contracts enable the latter to adjust their seasonal labour force downwards to cope with any less busy periods within the summer season and , more important , to run their labour forces down gradually as the season draws to an end and the number of guests tails off . |
| 4 | These went down well as the fish course for our evening meal at Tobermory and formed a good foundation for the liquid refreshment at the Mishnish Hotel which followed later that evening . |
| 5 | If we moor a tiny toy boat at some fixed point in the pond , the boat will bob up and down rhythmically as the waves pass under it . |
| 6 | Gianni and Ursula leapt on just as the doors were closing , but Monique , who was now a few yards behind them and whose movements were hampered anyway by her arthritis , was left standing there as the train moved out . |
| 7 | Initially Foucault argues that the stasis of what he calls the ‘ Classical Order ’ gave way to ‘ History ’ — which took over both as the form of knowledge and as the fundamental mode of being for empirical phenomena . |
| 8 | She broke off thankfully as the intercom on her desk buzzed . |
| 9 | They skated off together as the band began a new German waltz . |
| 10 | As he stood up , Yanto arrived and threw his bike into a beautifully controlled side skid , jumping off just as the bike crashed to the ground . |
| 11 | ‘ It certainly is n't ; in fact I 'm beginning to wonder if this is the same man who hurt my sister so badly — ’ She broke off abruptly as the emergency alarm phone began ringing . |
| 12 | The village started half-alive about her , lights went on in some windows , then off again as the daylight strengthened . |
| 13 | I told her of the big green seas , all crinkled and slow , heaving up astern as the icy wind scoured their tops into freezing spume . |
| 14 | They both looked up together as the door opened and Madeleine came hesitantly forward . |
| 15 | Hector , picking at his food , sat up suddenly as the rushes moved gently under her feet . |
| 16 | His godson , Harry Hubbard , is a young Agency aspirant who joins up just as the Cold War is getting hot . |
| 17 | She jumped and came up short as the rope went taut . |
| 18 | The meeting broke up quickly as the other men in the room rose from wherever they had found to sit , some on chairs but most cross-legged on the floor , picked up weapons and equipment , and began to file out . |
| 19 | Biting her lip with worry , and trying not to give way to her feelings of fear and trepidation , she looked up quickly as the door opened . |
| 20 | Case loads of course built up gradually as the samples were generated , and then tailed off after the recruitment year ended . |
| 21 | This means starting the record at about 33rpm , and speeding it up gradually as the stylus travels in . |
| 22 | She got back in the bed wet through , and sat up brazenly as the young girl brought the tray in . |
| 23 | The war came first , though anti-Chinese sentiment flared up periodically as the numbers of Chinese engaged in British ports continued to rise to 8,182 in 1914 and 14,224 in 1915 , increased by the diversion to the west of ships normally operating east of Suez . |
| 24 | They glanced up curiously as the Kubelwagen arrived , rising to their feet when they saw Schellenberg 's uniform . |
| 25 | Argyle and Henderson ( 1985 ) , reviewing evidence about contact between siblings , suggest that this follows a U-shape , being high in childhood and teenage years , falling off in the middle of adult life , and then picking up again as the siblings move into old age . |
| 26 | When questioned in the witness box about the murder of Sergeant King , Vernage laughed out loud as the policeman 's widow , Monica , watched from the public gallery . |
| 27 | If animals ca n't adapt to change then they will die out just as the dinosaurs did . |
| 28 | The girl 's body had been laid out just as the others , and it had been the work of a moment to discover the tiny stab wound under the soft left breast . |
| 29 | A group action may not turn out exactly as the individuals involved intended ; but in order for it to happen at all there must be individuals acting on the basis of various desires , beliefs and intentions . |
| 30 | A yellow line of electric light shone below the door just as he reached it , and his heart jumped ; he stepped back quickly as the handle turned . |