Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] as it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chariot itself may attack only as it charges causing D6 hits plus +1 per scythe if scythes are fitted on the model . |
| 2 | If you get it right the engine will catch just as it slows almost to a halt and , to the accompaniment of a swirling grey cloud of oily smoke stage right , the hiccupping bass thumping will grow into the irregular loping lumpy grumble of a healthy Pratt 986 . |
| 3 | It would doubtless hoot derisively as it drew level ; perhaps it was carrying poisons , enema pumps and cream tarts , or supplies for chemists and mathematicians . |
| 4 | The general property will exist just as it did — at least on several views of general properties — if the weight of this bottle of wine changes and the napkin is not flattened in the same way . |
| 5 | Let the hand spring away as it touches the skin . |
| 6 | Mr Wallace acknowledged that his own ideas for a Scottish parliamentary council were unlikely to proceed , but a campaign for a multi-option referendum was ‘ the only thing we can all unite on as it encompasses all our differences ’ . |
| 7 | His problem seemed to be that he believed a Government could do exactly as it liked without taking public opinion into account . |
| 8 | It is full of ideas to try out and everyone should do just as it recommends . |
| 9 | Ventura can accept files from a large number of programs so formatted text from , say , WordPerfect will appear just as it was typed . |
| 10 | Television , it should be remembered , can conserve and celebrate just as it can abbreviate and denature . |
| 11 | Although this set-up can work well as it stands , a useful refinement is to add a means by which the level of the dub can be controlled manually . |
| 12 | I saw that its arms did not swing properly as it walked — but , oh , how fast it walked ! |
| 13 | The review body will recommend precisely as it sees fit . |
| 14 | True , poverty often dwells in hidden alleys close to the palaces of the rich ; but , in general , a separate territory has been assigned to it , where , removed from the sight of the happier classes , it may struggle along as it can . |
| 15 | The usual 'flu stiffness and aching in the muscles did n't go away as it should have done , so Father sent for Dr Allott , our family physician , a patient , gentle old man who always arrived in an Essex sedan and — more important to us — always carried a pocketful of toffees to give away to children . |
| 16 | That summer her island trip was to Thásos , and I was particularly glad that she would go there as it entails flying to Kaválla , which can be the most desirable flight that a woman can make in Greece . |
| 17 | So anything that can fall down and go faster as it falls . |
| 18 | Now whether we would find in our strate if we were to have a strategic sites policy erm whether there 's an issue there that it might let in as it were too much of that kind of land use and not enough of the manufacturing or proper office kind I think is worth kicking around the table . |
| 19 | But despite the fact that this series of photographs is considered in New York to be ‘ the perfect comeback to Jeff Koons ’ pornographic photo-paintings of himself and his wife having sex ’ ( Roberta Smith in the International Herald Tribune , their powerful reading as angered response does not come across as it should , nor has it been encouraged . |
| 20 | And , as it is also obvious that this tendency is becoming a worldwide one , it means that the game will in due course suffer everywhere as it has suffered in South Africa . |