Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] [adv] as [pron] " in BNC.

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1 You can spend quite a lot of time subsequently getting the machine configured just as you want it but at least you can relax in the knowledge that it all works and the difficult part of the upgrade is well and truly over .
2 Ronni kept her gaze fixed seawards as her stomach leapt inside her , remembering that dance they 'd shared together .
3 His brow creased ominously as he pulled his lean length upright .
4 Her heart cramped now as she thought of her husband 's folly in plumping for the easy money , as it had seemed , after three bad harvests — his airy promise to come home soon — his failure to return after his regiment had been disbanded in Madras and left to make its own way back round half the world .
5 Ana called gaily as she heard him .
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