Example sentences of "[noun pl] as [pron] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I doubt that this time around Arab public opinion will separate the action of Western governments so clearly from Western peoples as they seemed able to do after Suez . |
| 2 | Nor would snatched snaps of us going home in our car that evening have revealed any particular closeness as my passionate tirade about his behaviour fell on deaf or rather sleeping ears as he lay comatose in the passenger seat . |
| 3 | I think the best way to proceed will be for you to produce as many captions as you think fit and we can then select from these during editing . |
| 4 | She actively watches the lines made by her arms and legs as they form varying shapes . |
| 5 | Summertime Kirchberg echoes to the splash of children in water , laughter on the tennis courts and the exclamations of walkers as they discover another tranquil vista . |
| 6 | But the practical necessities of treating patients remained , so the majority of physicians continued to use as many of the available remedies as they thought necessary , relying on their personal experience , the opinions of colleagues , and the reports of such trials as they had time to study . |
| 7 | Even at this stage conciliation is encouraged and the EAT is enabled to take such steps as it thinks fit to enable the parties to avail themselves of the opportunity for conciliation . |
| 8 | Although written many years ago , Lady Chatterley 's Lover has just been reissued by the Grove Press , and this pictorial account of the day by day life of an English game-keeper is full of considerable interest to outdoor-minded readers as it contains many passages on pheasant raising , the apprehending of poachers , ways to control vermin and other chores and duties of the professional game-keeper . |
| 9 | This problem was one that was confronting the brothers as they sat one late night at Rafferty 's after everyone had gone . |
| 10 | ’ We pray quite frequently , ‘ Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us . ’ |
| 11 | She closed her eyes as we did this as if she could not bear the spectacle of herself , a helpless , groaning hulk , being rolled about the bed . |
| 12 | Ever since the first time she had seen the Hare-woman standing in the Post Office , staring with her luminous eyes as she told one lie after another , she had known that there was something wrong about her . |
| 13 | Ma is trying to apologise for it with her eyes as she sucks khaki splodges from the sleeve of her cardigan . |
| 14 | Tears clouded her eyes as she remembered those dark days , but she blinked them away . |
| 15 | The faintest hint of amusement glimmered in his obsidian eyes as he raised one jet-black eyebrow . |
| 16 | Corbett went over and examined the bodies , wiping the sweat from his eyes as he turned each of the corpses over . |
| 17 | Heads as they appoint new staff have the chance to turn the long-term realization of a school 's plan into a shared reality , but the same commitment can also be won from those teachers who are at a school when a new head arrives . |
| 18 | PANAMA CITY ( AP ) — Panamanian police arrested Ricardo Arias Calderon , the Christian Democrat former vice-presidential candidate , and some supporters as they toured remote provinces urging people to boycott the military-controlled government . |
| 19 | Our father who art in heaven hallowed be thine name , thy kingdom come , thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven , give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil , for thine is the kingdom , the power and the glory for ever and ever amen . |
| 20 | Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us . |
| 21 | Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us . |
| 22 | He did not have time to check his mirrors for police cars as he passed All Hallows-on-the-Wall and plunged into the long straight canyon of London Wall . |
| 23 | ‘ Who knows , Diana may well want to move on to bigger and faster racing cars as she gets better and more confident . ’ |
| 24 | Muttering under her breath , she flung back the covers and swung her long legs out of bed , the flimsy material of her nightdress caressing her thighs as she padded barefoot to the kitchen to fetch a couple of aspirin . |
| 25 | Appropriate educational material will continue to be co-ordinated , evaluated and distributed to schools as it becomes available . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'll thank you , Mr Flint , ’ she snapped , ‘ to leave me to deal with my family relationships as I see fit ! ’ |
| 27 | To you , by such one or more of the following methods as we deem appropriate : |
| 28 | Among the victims was 15-year-old James Kennedy , whose last words as he lay dying were : ‘ Tell mummy I love her . ’ |
| 29 | The first one is called geometrical isomerism in some books not that you ever read , will read any chemistry books but just in case you stumble over one day and fall flat on your face and there happens to be a chemistry text book open and you ha , just happen to read one or two of the words as you go unconscious and in Matthew 's case if you wake up ! |
| 30 | More or less handmade , a pocket-sprung mattress is expensive but the best bet for couples of differing weights as it gives each sleeper individual support . |