Example sentences of "[adv prt] as [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's the sort of thing that gets handed down as the women are pounding the manioc root or whatever . |
| 2 | If species were indeed fixed , then their state of adaptation to the environment would gradually break down as the conditions were changed by geological forces . |
| 3 | Jake started to slow down as the station came in sight , and Shiona turned to him , pulling a face . |
| 4 | For a day and a night the feasting on the horse filled everyone in the enclave with a dreadful exultation , but gradually it died down as the garrison came to realize that one horse was hardly enough to stay their hunger for more than a few hours . |
| 5 | The organisers of the match , which is sponsored by The Times newspaper , will also be anxious that he does not go two down as the public may start to write off his chances . |
| 6 | This does not happen in the normal expansion of the universe in which the matter energy density goes down as the universe gets bigger . |
| 7 | Even at sixteen , Will refuses to stand still at the beginning of a season for a presentation , but clams down as the year progresses . |
| 8 | In France the more well-to-do cultivators ( those who paid 50 livres or more in taille ) were exempt from militia service , as were the servants of nobles or clerics , though exemptions of this kind were increasingly cut down as the century went on . |
| 9 | Diggs , the policeman from the town , was coming down the path on his bike , pedalling hard , his head down as the wheels sank part way into the sandy surface . |
| 10 | She remembers the way the sun would sink down as the combine sliced out the last ranks of the wheat . |
| 11 | The growth axis was said to approximate the product life-cycle , with the rate of growth slowing down as the product market entered a more mature state . |
| 12 | And only a super display from keeper David James kept the scoreline down as the Gunners romped to their third Anfield win in the last five seasons . |
| 13 | A recent experiment in America showed that people of normal weight might start eating at a reasonably rapid pace at the beginning of a meal , when their hunger is at a peak , but this eating rate will steadily slow down as the meal progresses . |
| 14 | The dun cock went down as the blue followed through , landing full-flush and kneading the gaffs on the dun 's heart as if he were working a treadle . |
| 15 | Previous requests have been turned down as the Transport Department felt the road did not meet criteria for imposing speed restrictions . |
| 16 | Carryduff will provide fire cover as far down as the ring road , with other stations , including Knock , Central and Cadogan acting as a back-up . |
| 17 | The association between the game and the tailors could be related to the way in which the tailors were knocked down as the riot was controlled . |
| 18 | The epidural was working and I could n't feel any real pain apart from the belt and I was lying there watching the monitor shoot up and down as the baby moved around . |
| 19 | The cliffs closed in as the river swept round a bend , its waves slapping against vertical rocks . |
| 20 | The old Theatre Royal in Dunlop Street soon followed , and it seemed that a new age had been ushered in as the gas light glinted on the crystal chandeliers and the illuminati of Glasgow clustered like moths about a bundle of bunsen-burners . |
| 21 | ‘ Third revolution starting now , ’ Jesus chipped in as the technicians moved to obey Ace 's instruction . |
| 22 | This is wound round the threads in a clockwise direction so that it is forced in as the joint is tightened . |
| 23 | There would be no reserves to call in as the army started to push the enemy forward and nobody to call in to support a fall-back . |
| 24 | The general idea with pro-formas is that they should be filled in as the procedure progresses in order to qualify as ‘ notes made at the time ’ . |
| 25 | Dennis ran down the concrete slope and leapt in as the craft relaunched itself with a loud splash , taking on quite a lot of water . |
| 26 | Thankful that because of Rosie 's appendix she knew the quickest way to the hospital well , Shelley drove like a demon after the ambulance , and ran in as the casualty was stretchered in . |
| 27 | Your abdomen will be automatically drawn in as the ribs move out and the chest expands . |
| 28 | Now it is the turn of Germany — cashing in as the pound plummets — to feel snubbed . |
| 29 | For years they suffered in silence while barriers were pranged , concrete bollards damaged and other cars blocked in as the 23-year-old careered around looking for a space in the car park . |
| 30 | Earlier this morning Home Office forensic experts were called in as the police believed they may be dealing with a murder investigation . |