Example sentences of "[adv] as [pron] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Colonel was used to acting in loco parentis and would certainly not have responded as warmly as he had done to Miss Danziger 's maturity had he not discerned in it a vulnerability : something he could defend . |
| 2 | The temptation must be resisted as firmly and valiantly as I have resisted the other , more obvious , more sensual lures and snares . |
| 3 | Her hands slid up his chest , her fingers uncurling against the hard wall of muscle , tracing every strong lean line until they brushed against the warm skin of his throat , then slid on to draw his head back down while she kissed him just as tenderly , just as achingly as he had kissed her . |
| 4 | Coming back round by the house for the third time , she got quite above herself , and the bike began to wobble alarmingly as she fought to control it . |
| 5 | Then , just as suddenly as they had grabbed at his throat , the hands released his windpipe and the weight lifted off him . |
| 6 | And then , as suddenly as they had appeared , they vanished . |
| 7 | Her tears dried as suddenly as they had appeared . |
| 8 | As suddenly as they had begun , the two men disengaged , as though some unspoken signal had passed between them , and resumed their wary circling . |
| 9 | They were gone as suddenly as they had come . |
| 10 | And then , just as suddenly as they 'd started , they stopped . |
| 11 | Then , one morning , just as suddenly as she had taken leave of absence , she was back . |
| 12 | Once Baldwin 's decision was made , the right-wing plot collapsed as suddenly as it had grown up and , as always after prolonged but successful mental strain , he felt free . |
| 13 | But his words had deflated Robbie 's anger as suddenly as it had blown up . |
| 14 | Then , just as suddenly as it had appeared , it dived , sliding back into the earth at an immense speed . |
| 15 | It fell silent as suddenly as it had begun . |
| 16 | But just as suddenly as it had begun all this ended three years later , leaving the halls deserted . |
| 17 | The beating ceased , as suddenly as it had begun . |
| 18 | He thought for a moment that it might be some kind of game , that their running would cease as suddenly as it had begun , that they 'd stand like statues on the sand , waiting for him to catch up with them . |
| 19 | It died as suddenly as it had risen . |
| 20 | The mortaring stopped just as suddenly as it had started , and it was quiet again . |
| 21 | Then it cut off as suddenly as it had started . |
| 22 | When we actually reached the reef , with calm water erupting into foaming waves twenty feet high as they hit the rocks , the Mantela bucked like a frightened horse , sank into a trough , reared up again , and then , as suddenly as it had started , the old tub was through the creamy foam of the passage and had settled into the lazy waters of the lagoon . |
| 23 | I was buried alive , the pummelling stopped as suddenly as it had started , I heaved myself up and the earth and muck fell off me . |
| 24 | The pain had left as suddenly as it had come , except for a small reminder in her back . |
| 25 | Hari 's wash of hurt pride and anger vanished as suddenly as it had come , though she realized that Craig 's words were no more than flattery . |
| 26 | I could sense Lili turning her head to look at me , but the urge to talk , to confess , had left me as suddenly as it had come . |
| 27 | His arm waggled , as if he were groping for something , and then his hand appeared as softly and suddenly as it had vanished : holding the fifth ball . |
| 28 | Lacuna 's anger had disappeared as suddenly as it had arrived . |
| 29 | However , as Ketamine lacks the euphoric and social properties that led o the widespread use of MDMA , the drug is likely to disappear as suddenly as it seems to have emerged . |
| 30 | Then , just as suddenly as he had stopped , the male was off again , perking up his feathers and hopping after his mate with a meaningful glint in his beady eyes . |