Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [verb] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | In most cases , the ministers not directly involved had either read the brief late the previous night , or started to do so as the argument proceeded . ’ |
| 2 | A spokesman for the Roman Catholic diocese of Leeds said : ‘ Those who criticise or accuse do so as private individuals . |
| 3 | Claudia stared at her linked fingers and planned to get away as soon as they stopped . |
| 4 | Crime and tort relate closely as well , not only obviously by virtue of the same facts giving rise to different legal consequences but also , more interestingly , since the corning into effect of s. 35 of the Powers of the Criminal Courts Act 1973 , by virtue of the criminal courts pre-empting the civil courts in the matter of compensation , perhaps even in circumstances where no private right of action otherwise obtains . |
| 5 | Some — the Woolwich , for example — are wedded to the idea of mutual ownership and hope to survive indefinitely as mutually-owned retail banks . |
| 6 | ‘ Ca n't take it , huh ? ’ she teased , then yelped and began laughing helplessly as he yanked her up and rolled to hold her captive beneath him . |
| 7 | Feeling very daring , I would sit in a circle with them on the grass in Powis Square , and pretend to drink deeply as the cider or barley wine bottle passed around . |
| 8 | He had such energy and drive , and liked to play hard as well as work hard , and had a few scrapes with his motorbike . |
| 9 | At age eleven I had gone away from my parents ' school to a boarding school in Herefordshire , and remembered crying miserably as my mother and father drove off down the drive , leaving me to be looked after by one of the older boys . |
| 10 | Prost went out of the race on lap 36 and had to watch agonizingly as Piquet finished third to overhaul him and take the title by two points . |
| 11 | In thunderous silence he raced to the traffic lights and had to brake hard as the lights changed . |
| 12 | Despite stitches , Sir Courtney not only fought on both days but managed to win both as well , even without bribing the audience ! |