Example sentences of "[adj] as [pers pn] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The lifeboat was scarcely controllable as she took heave head seas overall but once clear of the dangerous rocks James Douglas headed for St Abbs where one group of divers had been caught in the storm .
2 You 're obviously not as self-assured as you lead people to believe .
3 But the landscape became grander and more exciting as we drove north ; great fiords cut deep into the land , and mountain-sides of lava screes towered away up into the clouds .
4 She probably feels as embarrassed as you do Bet .
5 It became very wet as I carried water to the beasts because there were some very rough days and then it flared out and froze .
6 Charlie watched Francesca 's vivid face go wooden as she counted currency .
7 What a shame ! thought Fran nastily as she stood up , holding herself rigid as she felt Luke Calder 's arm slide behind her waist in a touching show of concern .
8 This is particularly intriguing as it incriminates food in the pathogenesis of Crohn 's disease .
9 If a manufacturer wishes to give even more nutrition information , he must state all the nutrients in Group 2 and as many of the following as he chooses polyols ( such as sorbitol ) and starch , monounsaturates , polyunsaturates and cholesterol , minerals such as iron and calcium , any vitamin(s) .
10 To be fair , Down were fielding a scratch squad and goalkeeper Ashley Gibson was blameless as he denied Instonians at least half a dozen more goals with an outstanding display .
11 You could almost hear their good intentions creaking as they made allowances for ‘ the difficult age ’ .
12 Set off early , which was fortunate as I had trouble finding the right path .
13 AN ice-cream van driver and his assistant escaped when their vehicle was fire-bombed as they served customers in the Ballieston area of Glasgow .
14 AN ICE-CREAM van driver and his assistant escaped when their vehicle was fire-bombed as they served customers in the Ballieston area of Glasgow .
15 Things are n't so clear cut and straightforward as you think Wednesday and that message is best illustrated by looking at your financial affairs .
16 Things are n't so clear cut and straightforward as you think Wednesday and that message is best illustrated by looking at your financial affairs .
17 So I just waited for the contact , and hoped that my voice would sound calm and easy as I told Famlio my lies .
18 He sat at the head of the table in his white shirt , beautifully washed by Giovanna , with a silk scarf knotted at the neck , looking handsome and quizzical as he drank Chianti and told the girls about his less lurid divorce cases and more eccentric clients .
19 We watch bewildered as they turn night into day , criss-cross between self-denial and celebration .
20 Well it depended er the reason I left that blank as I wondered companies take that meaning different things .
21 The couple , at the start of a four-day tour of South Korea , were stony-faced as they honoured soldiers killed in the 1950 war .
22 We 've got well under way with the job , she 's very white , sh you can imagine why , she 's feeling very you know she 's very sort of edgy as you move things out and she 's deciding what to move .
23 Up front she could hear the pilot talking to Travis , his voice urgent as he gave instructions .
24 So it 's not as hard as you thought W I T H with .
25 Damian Flint 's mouth was hard as he studied Tony , blue eyes narrowed .
26 The development of industry within urban areas tends to be welcome as it provides employment for those who lose their jobs when older industries become redundant .
27 Aggie looked horrified as she caught sight of the horse dung on his hobnailed boots .
28 We can get a feel of it in a magnificent detail from a huge cup by the Penthesilea Painter ( fig. 117 ) : Trojans grieving as they watch Memnon killed by Achilles .
29 A desk with an adjustable sloping top is useful as it provides storage space too , but probably the most practical aid , especially as the pupil progresses into secondary school , is a light , portable reading stand that can be easily taken from room to room as required .
30 Inner conflict has as much potential for good as it does evil , for the conflicts experienced provide opportunities for mature choices , as well as self-luxuriating indulgences .
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