Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [pron] [adv] as " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The Frogs got it wrong as usual .
2 Other car industry sources described it variously as " utopian " and " unreasonable " , and said it was not being taken seriously .
3 The granite control he exerted over his features said it all as he clipped the keys to his own ring .
4 Her arms enclosed him just as she would wish to be clasped and comforted .
5 Lili watched me thoughtfully as I put on my skirt and blouse .
6 Some teachers saw them simply as points for discussion and considered themselves free to accept or reject them without prejudice to their professional future in the LEA .
7 The men watched him silently as he strode on , their brown shirts at one with the autumn in the Tiergarten , as colour drained out of the world in preparation for winter .
8 Both men eyed her approvingly as she entered .
9 Jakali shooed them away as she came in .
10 The women watched them curiously as they mounted the stairs .
11 His own followers cheered him repeatedly as the rhetoric boomed out through the slight electronic distortion of the public address systems .
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