Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The realisation that the lift was carrying them upwards instead of down made her heart jump horribly , and it went on fluttering febrilely as she stole a look at Luke , standing so still and confident at her side , and knowing , damn him , that she could n't bring herself to protest or ask questions in front of an audience . |
| 2 | I 'VE never been so moved before as I was when I saw on TV the rescue of a boy who had collapsed on his way to a feeding centre in Somalia . |
| 3 | Minerva Beaton could hardly keep her long face straight as she sawed her cello . |
| 4 | Dot wanted to tell her how they were much better staying just as they were . |
| 5 | And he , well he 's , he was wealthy enough to do exactly as he wanted . |
| 6 | ‘ You , Sir , ’ he wrote to Sir John Franklin , ‘ fully understand this pleasure particularly when one 's visits are directed to a fresh field abounding with novelties ; if I find my labors as much rewarded here as they have been in V. D. Land , I shall consider myself amply paid . ’ |
| 7 | In Wilson 's first defeat by a British competitor over this distance for 2½ years the two swam neck and neck for just over half the race before Akers suddenly pulled ahead as he searched for an Olympic qualifying time . |
| 8 | Unthinkingly she let her eyes stray to his face , only to flinch abruptly as she realised his deep blue eyes were focused on her , their expression strangely sardonic . |
| 9 | The news about him only arrived just as I was leaving . |
| 10 | So lets just as we hurry along this morning notice several things about this interview that this man had with Jesus . |
| 11 | When he touched a gentle knuckle to her cheek , she started ; her breath lodged somewhere in her throat and she could only stand helplessly as he untied the ribbon securing her hair . |
| 12 | He looked at her , the temper suddenly draining away as he assessed her expression . |
| 13 | The , the note is in fact er effectively the Bank of , could have endorsed it to , to a third party so to speak exactly as it would have done in any er any fiscal currency of the er of the type . |
| 14 | As was often common after breech births , the afterbirth had not come away as it should have done , and Effie had been so torn during the birth , Dr Neil told her later , that she had started to bleed , and then the bleeding had turned into a violent haemorrhaging , the passage of the afterbirth completing the damage already done to Effie 's poor little body . |
| 15 | So absorbed was she in the effort of preparing herself mentally for what lay ahead that she did not glance upstream as she drove across Cookham Bridge and wonder why there were no party-goers gathered round a marquee on the lawn of Swans ' Meadow , why indeed there was no marquee pitched on the lawn at all . |
| 16 | To prepare for this he had moved many of his photographs , pictures , books and other possessions from London so that the house , though not looking exactly as it did when he was there , became a showplace bursting with Shaviana . |
| 17 | We can not do just as we like because we are limited , or constrained , by ( i ) the amount of money , or capital , we have ; ( ii ) the inventions , or technology , available ; ( iii ) the space , or land , available ; ( iv ) the resources , such as fuel or timber , or existing roads and buildings ; ( v ) the desires of other human beings which may conflict with ours . |
| 18 | He can not do just as he pleases . |
| 19 | ‘ The only problem is that we will kill your daughter if you do not do exactly as you are told . ’ |
| 20 | I think I 'd had I finished my breakfast when , no I think you just came just as I was about to take my first mouthful of cereal . |
| 21 | The two halves of the heart did not ease apart as I 'd fancifully imagined , but clung desperately round one another like drowning lovers . |
| 22 | One or two of the instructions are ambiguous , some of the parts do not fit together as they are supposed to and more than a little initiative is required to complete the project . |
| 23 | Do not lean forwards as you block since this will bring your chin close to the opponent 's other fist . |
| 24 | I saw that its arms did not swing properly as it walked — but , oh , how fast it walked ! |
| 25 | A similar delay will not happen again as we will make sure British Rail have the right numbers . |
| 26 | Four Hearts , on the other hand , was not a success although the play did not go quite as you might think . |
| 27 | The opening games did not go quite as I expected in that I was surprised to see Wales beat Ireland . |
| 28 | You should not arrive early as we are most unlikely to have waiting space available in the lounge area . |
| 29 | It could also explain why the goats have not increased there as they so often have on other islands . |
| 30 | Remember not to lean forwards as you do the exercise . |