Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] as it " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the stunned silence George Felse got up , without speaking , and crossed the room to where Gus 's jacket hung on the back of a chair , turned towards the replenished fire , and steamed gently as it dried . |
| 2 | The shuttle trembled violently as it accelerated along the runway . |
| 3 | He came just as it was getting dark again . |
| 4 | The jump in share prices was comparable to yesterday 's but the euphoria quickly ebbed away as it dawned on investors that — in terms of the immediate prospects — not much had changed and what had changed was not entirely for the better . |
| 5 | Yesterday afternoon was misty and bitterly cold , but I walked the four miles to Wuthering Heights and arrived just as it was beginning to snow . |
| 6 | The scale of the problems facing Mr Major worsened yesterday as it became clear the Danes want even more concessions over Maastricht . |
| 7 | It climbed slightly as it neared us — so that he could see the indicator lights on the roof rack of the car , I suppose — then it dipped a wing and dropped abruptly to the ice . |
| 8 | She snatched up one of the spears racked handy beside the hearth , and her father ducked fast as it slashed just over his head into a tapestry hanging above the fire , cut a two-foot gash in Saint Peter 's side and raised a shower of sparks . |
| 9 | Now the rattle and roar of the tube faded abruptly as it surfaced into bright sunlight . |
| 10 | The wind sighed again as it swept through the ruined temple , and a little shudder went through Caroline . |
| 11 | An elaborate framework of twisted osiers , the Wheel was nine feet in diameter with the proportions of a water-wheel ; but lit by the lamps and raised aloft as it was , it looked gigantic . |
| 12 | To carry out participant observation into the minutiae of police practice might be theoretically approved in any statement made for general consumption , but in the cold light of institutional reality it will most likely be thwarted or subverted even as it is being agreed . |
| 13 | She estimated that its body was about twice the size of the shuttle , but it seemed much larger because of the mottled membranes that extended like wings on both sides of the creature , and rippled lazily as it swam through space . |
| 14 | A final glance at the cavity bed reassured her that it looked just as it should . |
| 15 | Aunt Lou 's house looked exactly as it had always done . |
| 16 | Sabraxis had given him a schedule to work through , most of which he knew already as it was based upon traditional pieces . |
| 17 | The challenge from the Nonpossessors , viewed sympathetically as it was by the land-hungry Grand Prince and aristocracy alike , had frightened the Josephites too much for that . |
| 18 | A strong wind sang sadly as it bent the trees in front of the Hall . |
| 19 | Fascination with the older girls won just as it always did and she crossed the landing , an expanse of lino dotted with what her mother referred to as ‘ slip mats ’ , pushed open the door and went in . |
| 20 | It now houses the National Centre of Manzonian studies , with a precious and extensive library , consulting and reading rooms and the Manzoni Museum which includes one wing of the house left exactly as it was when the writer was alive . |
| 21 | The two and a half second ticking sequence sounded exactly as it had done in the sonar room . |
| 22 | Integrating Evode 's chemicals and plastics businesses with its own activities without dilution was on schedule , Laporte said yesterday as it unveiled its 1992 results . |
| 23 | He laid upon the table a drawstring purse of soft leather , that chinked faintly as it shifted and settled . |
| 24 | Through the composition of the Committee it became legitimate for the Board and the District to negotiate with the LEAs jointly or independently over their provision — a new development which Jacques valued highly as it was an explicit , formal recognition of the District as the Responsible Body for the organisation of WEA classes and courses . |
| 25 | ‘ I once went to Japan to advise on a course , ’ he continued , ‘ and they wanted this bunker reproduced exactly as it is on the Old Course . ’ |
| 26 | Christina touched the side of his jeep and jumped away as it began to rock . |
| 27 | But even there they were not to be left alone , and after the last campaign the conquest ended ignominiously as it had begun with the summary execution of Tupac Amaru , thirty-nine years after Atahualpa , his uncle . |
| 28 | Mouths that opened and closed hungrily as it advanced , showing lots of saw-teeth within the openings . |