Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun sg] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | She blinked , started to stretch , but then suddenly sat bolt upright as she remembered everything that had happened last night . |
| 2 | She sat and ate it with them now , and oh , it was torture that in deference to propriety and Matey they had not made love again as they had done that golden afternoon , always to be remembered . |
| 3 | As respects England and Wales or Northern Ireland , any provision in an Act passed before 1st August 1958 that any order or determination shall not be called into question in any court , or any provision in such an Act which by similar words excludes any of the powers of the High Court , shall not have effect so as to prevent the removal of the proceedings into the High Court by order of certiorari or to prejudice the powers of the High Court to make orders of mandamus . |
| 4 | Plainly article 9 can not have effect so as to stifle the freedom of all to comment on what is said in Parliament , even though such comment may influence Members in what they say . |
| 5 | Consider it as a kind of insurance for the odd times when you are not losing weight quite as you should . |
| 6 | They were as relaxed as you 'd expect a couple of dogs to be in the midday sun in the West Indies and clearly had life exactly as they wanted it . |
| 7 | The kindly gentleman seemed very English to me , and we often took tea together as he recalled his adventurous exploits in Tibet . |
| 8 | They do n't take flight immediately as they could be heading straight into the lion 's mouth , so to speak . |
| 9 | They did n't lose consciousness even as blood gushed from their throats . |
| 10 | I even considered swooning so as to get out of the room when suddenly a secret door just behind the throne was thrown open and the most incredible sight emerged : a man , black as night , well over two yards high . |
| 11 | For many , ‘ law ’ and ‘ order ’ refer to the ideal of legality ( or ‘ the rule of law ’ ) — and while it is clear that this does not refer to an uncontroversial notion , it is arguable that most people would agree on certain core features of the rule of law : a congruence of official action with a previously declared rule so as to preserve individual autonomy and freedom from arbitrary state power , and a notion of equal treatment of individuals in the eye of the law . |
| 12 | ‘ This refers specifically to the assumed facility of a wholesaler to order in bulk , and to be able to recycle and place previously purchased stock so as to minimise returns . |
| 13 | A Rover spokesman said , ’ It is the German manufacturers which are forcing everyone else to follow suit just as the Germans forced catalytic convertors on the market as the answer to emission problems when most other manufacturers were developing lean burn engine technology to achieve the same result more effectively . ’ |