Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun sg] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I posted the letter rather as one throws a message in a bottle into the sea ; not quite as a joke , perhaps , but almost . |
| 2 | He points out that the courts have departed from the old literal approach of statutory construction and now adopt a purposive approach , seeking to discover the Parliamentary intention lying behind the words used and construing the legislation so as to give effect to , rather than thwart , the intentions of Parliament . |
| 3 | The wrongful act of the son in intercepting those letters , which could not have been anticipated by the creditor , was held not to affect the creditor so as to prevent it from enforcing the charge . |
| 4 | But on the first morning of the second week Iskandara came into the drawing-room , where Alexandra chose to write her letters instead of using the boudoir upstairs as Janet wished her to do , and silently put Aunt Emily 's journal down in front of her daughter . |
| 5 | I 'd decided to pay cash rather than use the PKB Amex card as that would have given the game away as to why we were there . |
| 6 | He would of course be equally or more aware of a nagging toothache , but there is the further difference that while he would shrink from awareness of the pain , in this case he wants to sustain and enhance the awareness just as he wanted to come to Regent 's Park in the first place , and can be judged to want it by the same kind of tests , for example his reluctance to be dragged away from the cage . |
| 7 | KEN Follett 's NIGHT OVER WATER ( Pan £4.99 ) builds the tension nicely as diverse characters are thrown together at the outset of the second world war during a luxurious 30-hour flight across the Atlantic . |
| 8 | He asked the question just as Karen had asked it of him when he 'd opened the door . |
| 9 | ‘ Exclusive ’ fostering , where the foster-parents tend to treat the child rather as though he [ or she ] were their own or they had adopted him [ or her ] , is thought to be damaging to the child 's identity , as well as hindering restoration to the natural parents . |
| 10 | His foil , Mercutio , is given both lightness and intelligence by Paul McCleary , poring over a table to evoke the tiny fairyland of Queen Mab before shaping the speech outwards as she roams abroad . |
| 11 | And the fine quality silk , catching the moonlight just as Miguelito 's sleeve had done … |
| 12 | The fact that the elderly parents acted reasonably and did nothing wrong and yet entered into an agreement , the ramifications of which they did not appreciate , did not affect the creditor so as to afford equitable relief to the parents . |
| 13 | The outside door opened and a man entered the house just as Frankie slipped through the other door into the dark corridor beyond . |
| 14 | But he wrote to Hanns ‘ Do n't worry about conditions here : although they can be grim , I 've known them a lot grimmer in S.A. ’ He declared that ‘ being new in London is a full time job ’ and described the town rhapsodically as |
| 15 | Dramatic results are obtained when you go forwards to meet the opponent just as he attacks . |
| 16 | However , Geoffrey Holton 's imminent retirement complicated the issue especially as the UK involvement had been up-graded from mere participation in a Zambian investigation to full responsibility for carrying out the investigation . |
| 17 | The millionaire raised a hand to his left eye and massaged the lid gently as though it were sore . |
| 18 | However , 11 stated that it was poorly written , and all but one of those 11 rewrote the passage so as to make it conform to Hankamer & Sag 's parallelism condition — some changed the antecedent from are critical of to criticize , others changed the form of the ellipses ( e.g. … anyone who is … ) or eliminated it ( e.g. … anyone who was openly critical … ) . |
| 19 | Remember that if you return home at the end of the session with the work you planned to do uncompleted you can not expect to return the next day or the next week to find the situation exactly as you left it . |
| 20 | He had found her — and he used the word much as he might of finding a particularly beautiful sea-washed stone — one late June afternoon the previous year . |
| 21 | Peter Fuller , the atheist art critic who died in 1990 , pursued the question rigorously as to how art can flourish in a secular society . |
| 22 | I went there and found the beach exactly as described , with the clear and tranquil pond only a few yards behind the choppy sea . |
| 23 | Mr Kendal inspected the cellar in 1891 and found the place exactly as it had been when Durham used it . |
| 24 | Other automated items such as baskets and shake alarms ( signalling the moment during cooking when it is necessary to shake the basket so as to ensure even cooking throughout ) are already available as an option on many machines , while some units will even tell you when to change the oil ! |
| 25 | Even so , I do not think they have mended the battery correctly as it said it was about to close down and stop when the battery meter said the battery was five-eights full … |
| 26 | She timed this operation very carefully , applying the glue just as her father was getting up from the breakfast table . |
| 27 | Do n't choose aggressive , adrenaline-inducing activities but use exercise to activate the body fully as our nervous system and chemistry have primed our bodies for this purpose . |
| 28 | Unix Labs did manage to walk away from Judge Debevoise 's courtroom with a minor victory : it got him to set the record straight as to how many copies of 32V were actually distributed . |
| 29 | It must show clearly and unequivocally the reasoning of the Community authority which adopted the measure so as to inform the persons concerned of the justification for the measure adopted and enable the Court of Justice to exercise its powers of review . |
| 30 | Dial the number carefully as this will reduce the likelihood of a wrong number or a misdirected call . |