Example sentences of "[pron] as [pron] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have specifically not repeated details about ourselves as I feel this was most adequately discussed during our meeting and the focus of this letter is fees . |
| 2 | Everyone enjoys himself as he thinks fit , and I acknowledge the fun of shooting . |
| 3 | Dexter smiled to himself as he remembered that incident . |
| 4 | The same could be said of Sparta and her internal relations ( which as we saw affected external relations too ) . |
| 5 | Er for the panel 's information , Selby District er at any rate has not objected to Leeds City 's proposals in in their U D P for development in within their administrative area which as I mentioned this morning are very substantial . |
| 6 | Perhaps his greatest vulnerability was one shared with the great mass of mankind : a vanity which affected many aspects of his life , and which as he grew older increased his claims for credit for almost every activity within human reach . |
| 7 | The Grea it was the Greater York authorities ma'am who who as I understand determined not to proceed with a location within the third alteration , and that was endorsed by the County Council when they first considered the draft plan . |
| 8 | I saw you as you turned some over . |
| 9 | The significance of this should become more clear to you as you read this chapter and you become familiar with the ‘ Homoeopathic ’ view of the world and its ills . |
| 10 | Young skin is less able naturally to protect itself as it contains less melanin and therefore has less tanning ability . |
| 11 | So you did , right at the top one as I said two thousand four three four and then the closure of Coulson House in it . |
| 12 | Elizabeth Titford , the mother , must have needed a bit of Christian faith herself as she grew older and struggled to live through the hard times which were a mark of the 1820s with its long and painful inflation . |
| 13 | But she had made huge progress , Lisa congratulated herself as she got ready to pack up at the end of another exhausting day . |
| 14 | Oh , no , ’ she corrected herself as she remembered one of their earlier conversations , ‘ I forgot — you 're in property . |
| 15 | ‘ This is Ca ’ del Serpente , ’ he told her as they drew level with a sinister-looking palazzo . |
| 16 | He came in and sat next to Juliet , watching her as she checked fluid-balance sheets . |
| 17 | Affection , melancholy , and other emotions that eluded classification , surged and slopped inside her as she noted each detail as if for the first time — or as if for the last . |
| 18 | I must have moved towards her as she took half a step back . |
| 19 | She had a definite dislike for Robert 's wife , the former dancer , and refused to see her as she grew older . |
| 20 | I stop staring at her as she repeats several times , ‘ You are Scottish ? |
| 21 | Miss Bayliss claimed male officers could see her as she stood naked in the room , through a small window in the door . |
| 22 | ‘ Lissa , sweetheart , ’ he greeted her as she drew close , ‘ where did you come from ? |
| 23 | It is all too well remembered : the slimy feel of it , hanging limp and unfitting around her as she stands awkward on the threshold of the Clarks ' drawing-room , where the carpets are rolled back , the parquet gleams and in the corner the big hired radiogram is asserting that the lady is a tramp . |
| 24 | With a despairing groan she rocked forward in the chair , hugging a cushion to her as she relived those moments in his arms . |
| 25 | He seemed preoccupied , hardly looking at her as he got undressed . |
| 26 | She tried to cast the thought from her , but it stayed stubbornly with her as he took another small step towards her . |
| 27 | He was studying her as he performed this action . |
| 28 | My father and I made merry over the Devil and the folly of believing in him as we supposed many did . |
| 29 | Her eyes slowly focused on him as she became aware that he was mouthing words at her — trying to be kind . |
| 30 | She did n't look at him as she said this . |