Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adv] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Your weight should suddenly move back as you reach the tip of the wave and you should pull the boom back over your head . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | You simply can not plough down as you might do in deep , wet snow . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He can not do just as he pleases . |
| 8 | ‘ The only problem is that we will kill your daughter if you do not do exactly as you are told . ’ |
| 9 | The two halves of the heart did not ease apart as I 'd fancifully imagined , but clung desperately round one another like drowning lovers . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He did not look up as she advanced down the long and beautiful room . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Consequently scientists did not move around as they do today , or even in the 19th century , and local learned societies and journals flourished . |
| 15 | Do not lean forwards as you block since this will bring your chin close to the opponent 's other fist . |
| 16 | I saw that its arms did not swing properly as it walked — but , oh , how fast it walked ! |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | A similar delay will not happen again as we will make sure British Rail have the right numbers . |
| 19 | It is surely obvious that we can not go on as we are as we pollute the world and as poverty increases , along with violence , vandalism and random destruction , more of it at Gateshead last night apparently . |
| 20 | It is obvious that things can not go on as they are . |
| 21 | Four Hearts , on the other hand , was not a success although the play did not go quite as you might think . |
| 22 | The opening games did not go quite as I expected in that I was surprised to see Wales beat Ireland . |
| 23 | You should not arrive early as we are most unlikely to have waiting space available in the lounge area . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | It may not come out as I intend . |
| 26 | The jockey reported to a stern-faced Chester Barnes , Pipe 's assistant , that the horse did not pick up as he expected . |
| 27 | Bob did not retire immediately as he has worked on for a few months to introduced new salesmen to their areas . |
| 28 | Rather than just muddle on as I was before it was highlighted and said well these need watching . |
| 29 | So in the Zande system , even when things do not turn out as they should , the ultimate effect is a reinforcement of faith in the efficacy of mystical power . |
| 30 | Charlie explains that some people blame her when the weather does not turn out as they had hoped . |