Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] as [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her name was Mrs Tobias and Hugh had met her when he handled her divorce case , successfully , because Mr Tobias had made a determined rush for freedom , scattering alimony lavishly as he went . |
| 2 | I could walk as fast as I ever did but I tended to roll my shoulders and turn my three-toed foot in as I did so . |
| 3 | He looked at his watch pointedly as they met . |
| 4 | She might be but er she 'd got the same red skirt on as she had she were wearing when we were there ! |
| 5 | For most stitches you can have the left or right hand light on as you wish . |
| 6 | The machine turned upside down as I slid into the water . |
| 7 | The kindly gentleman seemed very English to me , and we often took tea together as he recalled his adventurous exploits in Tibet . |
| 8 | One of the best editing techniques is to read the piece aloud as you check it . |
| 9 | She felt fitzAlan glance down as she spoke and carefully kept her eyes lowered , not risking even a brief look at the pedlar . |
| 10 | I 'll drop the key in as I go past the lodge . ’ |
| 11 | It is just because the whole of this institution of married women 's property existed in Equity only that Equity could mould the institution just as it pleased . |
| 12 | We can be locked into the ritual just as we become locked into a dance sequence once we have entered upon it . |
| 13 | And when the grandson left school , ‘ I worked in my grandfather 's boat just as he had worked in his grandfather 's … |
| 14 | The pangolin is a forest animal and at the same time a taxonomic enigma : it cuts across several distinct categories in Lele zoology just as it does in ours . |
| 15 | Given the evidence that punishment which immediately precedes a forbidden act ( rarely possible for busy parents ) maximizes resistance to temptation and minimizes guilt , you might try not only to sanction misbehaviour promptly but ( where possible ) forestall your child 's action just as it gets under way . |
| 16 | However , legal action was far from 26-year-old Shaunagh 's mind yesterday as she sipped a lager and kept the Maltsters Arms running smoothly . |
| 17 | Rain heard her flow of talk about the journey from Nice break off as she noticed the view from the window , an oppressive sky , a turbulent sea . |
| 18 | In trying to keep the wheelbarrow upright as I walked , I moved along a wavy line . |
| 19 | LIVERPOOL soccer manager Graeme Souness went for a drive with his girlfriend yesterday as he continued his recovery from a triple heart by-pass operation . |
| 20 | And yes , that fireplace gave me as much pleasure always as I had imagined it would on first sight . |
| 21 | A SOBBING mother cursed her daughter 's killer yesterday as she collapsed at the graveside of pop fan Helen Gorrie . |
| 22 | Funny girl Pamela Stephenson looked like she 'd joined the smile-high club yesterday as she jetted into Britain with pop star George Michael . |
| 23 | He pushed it through the letter box and saw it flame up as it went through . |
| 24 | The trip from Jura that morning had been exciting enough , with a following sea cork-screwing the boat wildly as we ran before it , with the occasional shuddering ‘ gybe ’ when a shift of wind took us by surprise . |
| 25 | His hand , which had insinuated itself beneath the cover , was sending her thoughts in an entirely different direction , and as his warm palm began rubbing gently across her back she totally lost track of what he was saying and had to desperately drag her mind back as he continued . |
| 26 | My meadow , which I may well be contemplating with pleasure even as you read this , is a delight . |
| 27 | I was n't going that far today , but I could hear the bulldozer they used sometimes to spread the garbage around as it revved and pushed . |
| 28 | Dido 's sobbing for her old lover even as she lies in the arms of her new one — this melancholy , which Virgil , and following him Hardy , responded to with such sympathy , is for Pound deathly , it precludes the genuinely ‘ new ’ , which he urgently wants to find and to celebrate . |
| 29 | I 'm donning the sackcloth even as I write … |
| 30 | Professor Stephen Hawking must be making a beeline to Washburn HQ even as I write ! |