Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] as [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it flopped its way forward , the vulnerable underside came down on the ring just as the mini-grenade in the stone erupted into satisfying flame . |
| 2 | Mr Wishart hurried off to the refreshment room , luckily got served straight away and with difficulty got back to the compartment just as the guard was blowing his whistle ; the old lady took one of the paper cups of tea and murmured her thanks . |
| 3 | If you apply force just as the swing attains its maximum height and begins to drop , you add energy most efficiently , in synchrony with the swing 's cycle . |
| 4 | However , this seems to be a red herring , since the standard Buck topology uses a pair of inductors ( though not coupled ) and a single transistor switch just as the Cuk topology does , but need no other energy coupling device . |
| 5 | I entered Dover at nightfall just as the sky darkened and rain began to beat down on my plumed cap . |
| 6 | But all of them are individuals — with hopes , needs , desires , feelings of pain or pleasure just as the rest of us have . |
| 7 | The explosion lifted the ship a few feet clear out of the water , smashing the superstructure against the low tunnel roof even as the hull burst open with a blaze of fire . |
| 8 | She dropped the inch or two down into her seat again as the train began to move . |
| 9 | Stooping , he grabbed up the letters and stuffed them down behind the chair cushion just as the door opened and his sister walked in . |
| 10 | Talking of which , ’ she glanced at her watch just as the phone rang , ‘ I should n't be here . ’ |
| 11 | He took her hand and led her to the open-air dance-floor just as the band slipped into the first of their slow numbers . |
| 12 | What that exercise predicts is that there should be particles mediating the influence of that field just as the photon mediates the electromagnetic field . |
| 13 | Some approaches , including the conventional account of the industrial revolution , certain Marxist analyses and business-oriented researches , appear to emphasize productive forces as the prime mover , and are concerned with consumption only as the outcome of capitalist interests and the problem of ensuring that desire and demand correspond with the needs of industry . |
| 14 | With strength born of desperation , Craig heaved himself up and pushed his way through the broken window just as the door burst open below him . |
| 15 | They would blaze into prominence just as the foreground planting was falling to pieces . |
| 16 | It typified the northern Russian timber interpretation of Byzantine architecture just as the cathedral at Kiev illustrated that of southern Russia in masonry . |
| 17 | The specimen was taken from the eastern side of the sandbar just as the tide began to ebb and came the day after Kevin had taken a 2 lb 8 oz flounder from the same spot . |
| 18 | But Derek and I both made mistakes at first ; simple things really , such as accidentally standing on the creance just as the bird came across , so that the poor thing got dumped . |
| 19 | As far as the passengers were concerned , the unscheduled stop and the sight of an ambulance drawn up on the quayside lent an element of excitement to spirits which were beginning to flag slightly as the end of the cruise loomed closer . |
| 20 | If this happens he will change the angle of climb automatically as the glider starts to gain height , and he will continue to pull it higher for a few seconds even if a power failure has occurred . |
| 21 | Easily Accessible : Walking is a delight here as the area is never crowded and the walker can truly be alone with nature . |
| 22 | Benjamin 's mother was lying paralysed in Shoreditch Workhouse even as the portrait was being executed , and he himself had only been saved from abject poverty after his father 's premature death by the generous good offices of his uncle , Samuel Hasted . |
| 23 | While it would be quite wrong to use this as a justification for the existence of certain exceptionally laborious jobs , it is also quite wrong to regard stress , tedium and alienation simply as the result of advanced technology and modern capitalism and to hope with the Marxist that by changing certain structures we can achieve some Utopia . |
| 24 | In contrast , liberals of various party allegiances viewed the same body rather as a Pioneer Corps to shore up and renovate Britain 's derelict constitutional edifice . |
| 25 | It was standing room only as the Ghost Train pulled away from the London Nautical School , expertly disguised as Fal Vale Station . |
| 26 | Anglo 's problems have been exacerbated by the mild weather over the past few years which hit demand for solid fuel just as the recession clobbered other parts of the business . |
| 27 | Flavia longed to go back and slip into her place just as the soup was brought and hear them telling about Loulou 's day . |
| 28 | The bookcase may be useful as a bookcase just as the essay once written may contain useful understanding and knowledge . |
| 29 | This gives the ratio of Venus 's mass to that of the Sun , and the mass of the Sun is obtained from the dominant elliptical part of the orbit of any planet just as the mass of a planet can be determined from the orbit of a satellite around it . |
| 30 | Watin 's Directory gives his business there as the supply of ‘ verres colorés adaptés aux verres ordinaires ’ . |