Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You simply can not plough down as you might do in deep , wet snow . |
| 2 | ‘ It was just that a couple of times I 'd been looking out , or I 'd just glance up as I passed , and , well , I 'd seen her there . |
| 3 | The conversations of the ‘ Lunatics ’ , as they were called , would often carry on as they took advantage of the moonlight to find their sometimes uncertain way home over the ruts and rubbish in their path . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | The plane 's wing was damaged on impact and Mr Treweek saw the tail break off as he swam ashore but the pilot managed to land the plane safely on the beach . |
| 6 | First Nigel Lawson kept interest rates too low for too long , letting the boom boil over as he shadowed the D-Mark . |
| 7 | He did n't look up as we crossed the room , his head bent and the pen moving swiftly across pages held in a clipboard . |
| 8 | What made Bella look up as she passed the sitting room door , Cassie was never to learn . |
| 9 | He did not look up as she advanced down the long and beautiful room . |
| 10 | He did n't even look up as she stopped at his elbow , apparently made aware of her presence by some kind of sixth sense . |
| 11 | She did not look up as he struggled to open the door and stepped inside , where he stood perfectly still , hardly daring to breathe for fear of dropping his awkwardly held gift . |
| 12 | I did n't even look up as he went up the ramp into the street , so I 'm still not sure when he passed out of the garden and into the rest of the world . |
| 13 | Even the insects could n't keep up as we shot down Mount Cedric like a beer down the throat of a thirsty All Black rugby player . |
| 14 | Recent research has shown that well-informed mothers who have been able to take responsibility for decisions in pregnancy and labour feel happier after the event , even when their plans did n't work out as they had expected them to . |
| 15 | So that 's all in hand , erm the preachers we wanted did n't quite work out as we 'd suggested . |
| 16 | Avril 's plans , however , did n't quite work out as she 'd intended . |
| 17 | Ten years ago I remember I used to think that it was our mental hospitals which later generations would regard as the most staggering and incomprehensible blind spot of our time , on which they would look back as we do upon the generations which burnt witches or tried by ordeal . |
| 18 | He could not catch what she said as she touched Cunningham 's shoulder and she did not look back as she walked swiftly from the bar . |
| 19 | He brought it up , let it look about as they came to another junction . |
| 20 | Tension can build up as you open doors and walk round corners . |
| 21 | Donna did n't slow up as she roared up the slope . |
| 22 | I tried to take over the kitchen , but in this I was thwarted by my father who had his own ideas about food , and who would keep interfering and making a mess , whereas I preferred to clear away and wash up as I went along . |
| 23 | The same thing , if somebody 's annoying you like that , ignore them like I said , I do n't mean I wo n't just let them sit there I 'll touch my brakes a couple of times perhaps do the old bit with the mirror and like I said , normally if they 're if they 're responsible drivers that have just happened , they got a bit close then maybe they 'll drop back as I 've done |
| 24 | Your weight should suddenly move back as you reach the tip of the wave and you should pull the boom back over your head . |
| 25 | Ben was saying the other day that soon they would drop out as I walked down to the shops ! ’ |
| 26 | Consequently scientists did not move around as they do today , or even in the 19th century , and local learned societies and journals flourished . |
| 27 | ‘ No — perhaps I 'll call in as I leave , ’ she added pointedly for Feargal 's benefit . |
| 28 | ‘ His engineer would not take over as he had had a full day 's terror , so I volunteered to take over engine control in his place . |
| 29 | What principles do children rely on as they analyse the structure of words and make use of their knowledge ? |
| 30 | ‘ Oh , caro why can not we go on as we are ? ’ |