Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pron] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has to do something else as well . |
| 2 | Well , do n't worry , Lizzy , because I never want to touch you again as long as I live . ’ |
| 3 | She seemed to notice him only as he came closer , up to his chair , facing her across the small , four-legged table with the dully glowing red jewel in its centre . |
| 4 | He thought he 'd like to see her again as long as she did n't whinge too much about sexism . |
| 5 | Gradually , during the decade , they began to relax it so as to admit more and more controversial confessions . |
| 6 | I started to write it so as to shake them . |
| 7 | Yes , it is too bad about the Kuwaitis ; but oil is a commodity and Iraq will have to sell it just as Kuwait did . |
| 8 | I 'll try to keep her here as long as I can if it will help . ’ |
| 9 | Oh yes you 'll probably have to get somebody else as well , mm . |
| 10 | Contrary to expectations studies show that most people continue to regard themselves positively as they grow older . |
| 11 | As Wright challenged the goalkeeper for the dropped ball , however , Nelson recovered to kick it clear as he fell to the ground . |
| 12 | ‘ Some people have wanted to sack me almost as long as I remember , ’ he said . |
| 13 | He proceeded to remind her verbally as she followed him sheepishly out through the dining-room to a wide archway that led to the terrace , though she did n't need this painful reminder of the way they 'd given in to their wild passion every evening in Seville . |
| 14 | ‘ Just one , ’ she said graciously , managing to make it sound as though she were doing him a big favour . |
| 15 | The question is , how did these people come to see themselves primarily as nervous and only secondarily as hungry , malnourished ? |
| 16 | He is persistently encouraged to see himself rather as the person responsible for seeing that learning happens . |
| 17 | I had to call her yesterday as well . |
| 18 | Such persons tended to see it simply as a question of money compensation for the injuries which had been inflicted in the shooting . |
| 19 | I wanted to keep her exactly as she was up until her retirement years ago , ’ said Mr Nelson . |
| 20 | Ruth could imagine him at sale rooms , carefully handling dusty china , gently touching worn , cracked furniture , grey eyes seeming to question himself inwardly as he gazed ; he would rarely fail , she thought , in spotting what was truly valuable . |
| 21 | And then we have to dry it outside as well |
| 22 | I found it odd that Robert had chosen to distinguish me alone as English and wondered how he saw himself and Lili and I found it odd that Lili had chosen to lay claim to Englishness . |