Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some will actually feel that they are inside the body of the former self , and that everything is going on around them just as it does in ordinary life . |
| 2 | It pierced the wizard 's forehead and penetrated to his brain as he stood cursing ; death took him unawares as it did Goliath , and his lifeless body fell backwards on to the sand . |
| 3 | It stirred the man in him even as it gored him . |
| 4 | It appeared that more was required and Liz , resenting the inanity thus forced upon her even as it passed her lips , found herself saying ‘ And how are you looking forward to the 1980s ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Peter began and explained everything to them precisely as it happened ’ ( Acts 11:4 ) . |
| 6 | The war affected me chiefly as it affected my personal affairs . |
| 7 | I suppose I was kicking over the traces a bit and parental authority seemed as irksome to me then as it does to teenagers today . |
| 8 | It made as little impression on me then as it does now . ’ |
| 9 | Just write it all as it happens . |
| 10 | It can take just as much fortitude to go it alone as it does to keep up a public front . |
| 11 | I tell it just as it happened , from where we ran up the hill almost straight into the man ; I leave out what Andy and I were doing just before , and the man 's line about dirty , perverted things . |
| 12 | If the sound is played at a different speed , only adjustment of the volume control is necessary to make it sound as it did before . |
| 13 | But only the occasional shafts of sunlight gave it away as it worked slowly downwards , making the most of its daily exercise . |
| 14 | Right and it goes like these great funnels spread it Now as it goes down it gets caught down . |
| 15 | Strictly speaking , this is not solely a funboard technique but I include it here as it has such close links with the waterstart . |
| 16 | It had left her a little awe-stricken and she made a move to look at it again as it lay on her dressing-table . |