Example sentences of "[adv] as [pers pn] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stitch 's nose had twitched eagerly as he took in the size of the Imperial . |
| 2 | She parked her car and strode through the grand , carved doorway , her heels clicking purposefully as she headed for the reception desk . |
| 3 | Harry brooded , frowning terribly as he toyed with his knife . |
| 4 | At times he would brood gloomily as he thought of the future course of the Reformation . |
| 5 | He drew off some fluid and relieved the pressure , then went back to the office , where he shook his head gloomily as he pored over the report that had come back with her from Seapark . |
| 6 | ‘ No … ’ she whispered tremulously as he marched across the sand towards the dark lawns leading up to the cottage . |
| 7 | They should have done much better as they dominated for long spells , but failed miserably in the art of scoring . |
| 8 | The Giral government , consisting entirely as it did of bourgeois Republicans , was increasingly irrelevant to the new situation . |
| 9 | She felt Adam 's ribs swell suddenly as he took in a huge breath ; he thrust her away from him , seized hold of the roof slab as if to pull it down on top of them ; and screamed . |
| 10 | Problems of access and transport remained until the 1750s much as they had for centuries , the roads miry and troublesome in winter , the tidal river valleys well-nigh impassable . |
| 11 | The patriarchal values of the countryside seem unthreatening by contrast , much as they do in Francesco Rosi 's film Three brothers , in which a similar transaction between city and countryside is followed through . |
| 12 | The young women of the hareem , her foster sisters , cousins and young aunts scurried around her much as they do in any society , running errands , advising , gossiping . |
| 13 | Much as we longed for another child , and overjoyed as we were that we were to have another daughter , we both said that it was the hardest thing we had ever done , to see a lovely young mother say goodbye to her daughter . |
| 14 | Bees normally use microbes to ferment food proteins , much as we deal with cheese or yoghurt . |
| 15 | Much as he wanted to , and much as he had been moved by her tears , he could not find it in him to forgive her . |
| 16 | Finally the hot-blooded Greek 's strong character was broken by the obstinacy and indifference of the stalwart servants of state , and , much as he loathed to , he quit his beloved Russia . |
| 17 | Much as I sympathise with the plaintiffs , it would , in my opinion , be extending the implications based on the maxim … to an unreasonable extent if it were held that what has been done in this case was a breach of an implied obligation . |
| 18 | But David had always worked by himself , so I had got used to the idea that I would never play with him , much as I wanted to . |
| 19 | Modern writers do not over-stress a moral view but have sufficient faith in it to allow it to emerge , much as it does in everyday life . |
| 20 | These considerations hold out some hope that , while the problem of maintaining lead times will remain serious , it will remain a manageable problem , much as it has in the past . |
| 21 | It belongs to a journalist absent in Eastern Europe , and is really just a large closet with a marble fireplace and a tiny bedroom and a bathroom where Candice sits across the bidet unembarrassed , much as she sits across his body . |
| 22 | And she had to confess , much as she hated to , that it felt nice to be on amicable terms with Jake . |
| 23 | Her brows puckered thoughtfully as she ran through the scene in her mind again ; maybe she had over-reacted . |
| 24 | Lili watched me thoughtfully as I put on my skirt and blouse . |
| 25 | There is a certain doubt as to whether the universe is old enough for any Black Dwarfs to have been produced as yet , but eventually it must happen , and this will be the final fate of the Sun — though we will not be there to see ; the Earth can hardly expect to survive the Red Giant stage , when the Sun will radiate at least a hundred times as fiercely as it does at present . |
| 26 | What I 'm talking about here are not things that are unnatural but things that er will come naturally as you relax into your presentation . |
| 27 | Obviously she 'd been lucky in what the travel agency had found for her , she thought approvingly as she glanced round the attractive room . |
| 28 | Privacy was not a word in our vocabulary , and postcards and diaries were mercilessly read aloud as we trekked through the jungle of North Borneo . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , ’ Melissa murmured aloud as she listened to his footsteps pattering through the hall , followed by the slam of the outer door , ‘ there goes a man with a guilty secret . |
| 30 | It seemed to be about a young woman , thinking aloud as she went about her home doing her chores . |