Example sentences of "[v-ing] it [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | She held him firmly , pumping his penis up and down slowly and rhythmically , twisting it slightly as she did so . |
| 2 | She cleared away , made coffee , then tapped on Penry 's door , opening it warily as he called her in . |
| 3 | They present a general argument which sees violence as resulting from a widespread reluctance by the legal authorities to invoke potentially effective legislation , and tacitly to endorse such misbehaviour by passing it off as ‘ picket-line horseplay ’ or exuberance . |
| 4 | A suspicion kept niggling at the back of her mind , but she kept pushing it away as more than she could deal with . |
| 5 | A ‘ Until recently , I used to steam press Hobby yarn for sewing up , pulling it lengthways as I steamed . |
| 6 | Isabel jerked her hand from his , holding it out as though to ward him off . |
| 7 | But it can affect the way the rig interacts and I 'm pointing it out as it relates to all rack systems , not just those based upon a JMP-1 . |
| 8 | He pulled a small tape-recorder out of his pocket and put it on his lap , switching it on as he did so . |
| 9 | Cardiff took another torch from the wooden plinth as they descended the stairs into the basement , shoving it into his jacket pocket ; taking another and switching it on as they descended . |
| 10 | Iran also used the HY-2 Silkworm missile , supplied by China , reportedly positioning it so as to overlook the Strait . |
| 11 | The fourth stage involves sifting through the data and evaluating it so as to collate and analyse it in such a way as to provide useful information rather than a mass of unrelated facts or figures . |
| 12 | ‘ The persistent concern to increase councillor calibre through reorganization ’ , he says , ‘ makes it equally clear that the essential object of reorganization has been to make local government more functional for dominant interests , by restructuring it so as to facilitate their direct control of its expenditure and interventions ’ ( 1979 , p. 245 ) . |
| 13 | I can hear him saying it now as only he could , turning my name into an insult . ’ |
| 14 | Victoria 's output of Masses , and of motets , was much smaller — no more than a score — eight of them being modelled on his own motets , though he was much more selective than most of his contemporaries , borrowing only sparsely from the model instead of treating it almost as the theme for a series of variations as Palestrina does with ‘ Assumpta est ’ and de Monte in most of his Masses . |
| 15 | I could n't see myself doing it so as I said I was n't going to make a fool of myself by putting my name as being nominated forward er as a candidate etcetera lose interest that 's the first thing that happened because they knew I was an outspoken bloke . |
| 16 | and spend an afternoon cutting it off as it were |
| 17 | It seemed almost too heavy for him to lift but he managed it , resting it against his leg and swinging it along as she held the door open for him . |
| 18 | Will the hon. Gentleman confirm that since the decision by the Secretary of State on the channel tunnel route to London , British Rail has appointed consultants to advise on the possibility of building the Eurostation above ground , rather than building it underground as proposed in the Bill ? |
| 19 | It hangs too much on the concept of class and fails to explore the changes and complexities that bear on this ; it tends to be gross in its handling of the power of business ; and it is unsure in its handling of the power of organised labour , seeing it both as lacking in any real power , but as somehow having the potential to become a ferocious force capable of transforming the capitalist system totally . |
| 20 | As we enter more and more into the transcendent , the material world recedes and it is as if we mount the carriage of the transcendent and speed through a blurred landscape of the mundane , seeing it only as scenery , not as something threatening or important to us . |
| 21 | He moved behind her chair easing it out as she stood up . |
| 22 | No I , I prefer using it just as it is quite frankly . |
| 23 | Mulling it over as she strolled along in the morning sunshine , passed occasionally by a battered Renault or a woman on a pushbike with a basket of baguettes swinging from the handlebars , Melissa felt more and more uneasy at her friend 's obvious emotional commitment to Bonard . |
| 24 | She started hiding food away instead of eating it so as not to put on any weight , but hunger forced her to have a good meal at least once a week . |
| 25 | Keith Lascelles took my hand , squeezing it reassuringly as he led me across the stage , up the wide stairway dividing the orchestra , and left me to arrange myself on the rostrum . |
| 26 | Lay it to a depth of at least 25mm ( 1in ) ; rake smooth , then lay each slab in place , lowering it so as not to disturb the mortar bed . |
| 27 | they 'll probably charge you for putting it in as well . |
| 28 | I — ’ She bent her head , shaking it quickly as she fought off tears . |
| 29 | If the WGMS were to be adopted in Britain , could no way be found of modifying it so as to afford the same opportunity ? |
| 30 | I was making it up as I went along . |