Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [noun] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now canals slap on either side , brimming with garbage and dead wood , an old man sleeps in an oilcan next to a garishly decorated lorry , men in vests and wide trousers , grouped playing cards by the light of oil lamps , raise their heads as the car 's headlights sweep into their precarious privacy , and stare at her . |
| 2 | With Labour now likely to bury their tax madness in their charge to the right , the Tories have to stay well ahead of them and consolidate their position as the party committed to cutting public waste and bringing down tax rates . |
| 3 | So that any X any number you give to me , you give me X , I 'll g say if I 'm the function , if you give me X as the input , I 'll give you X squared plus four . |
| 4 | At midnight on New Year 's Eve on the harbour , all the ships sound their foghorns as the Noon Day Gun booms . |
| 5 | They were respectable ; they and their like inherit and sustain their respectability as the aristocracy guard the family silver — an ultimate resource . |
| 6 | He heard Lady whine her disappointment as the taller , quicker dog snapped another piece of Frankie 's sandwich from the air and swallowed it in a single gulp . |
| 7 | I accept his statement as the word of a right hon. Member of this House . |
| 8 | Such are the rigours of their adulthood ( working in bons , never eating till 11pm ) that many Hoorays remember their schooldays as the happiest time of their lives ; their schoolfriends are those they feel most at ease with , even if at the time they could n't stand them . |
| 9 | Musicians will be sensitive to the mood of the congregation and adapt their material as the service proceeds . |
| 10 | ‘ You must believe me when I tell you that I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and discharge my duties as the heir to the throne without the help and support of the woman I now loathe . ’ |
| 11 | The editors proudly proclaim their effort as the birth of applied myrmecology , a subject that deals with the voluminous literature on pestiferous ants and attempts to bring together authorities on problem species in a modern forum . |