Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [verb] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | A sense of loss of identity causes the voyager to project what he or she encounters so as to perceive it as an external phenomenon , and also to introject elements of the familiar world in order to recreate a recognizable context . |
| 2 | when I was sixteen because it 's then I started to get these free passes and I had a sister then who lived at Rye and I had never been across London so the next door neighbour came with me to see me across London er because I was so young you see and I said right as long as you show me across London I can come back alone , you see , and so I came back alone and I , that 's when I started , so from sixteen and er and as I say I went to Cambridge in the nineteen thirty one , it was the last day of well say nineteen thirty two , you see , and , and also in the twenties I was going on holiday alone and I went to once er to the Isle of Man and when I was er I , I sat next , well being by myself , you see , they put me in , to a little table near the wall . |
| 3 | Because I just sort of went to work the following day and I worked away as normal . |
| 4 | And I think just as erm students of education draw , are taught by people from physics and mathematics and erm chemistry , just to take three examples right across the University , so several of us , in fact , do quite a lot of teaching in other areas of the University . |
| 5 | Yet there seemed such knowledge in those grey eyes , so much awareness , and she shivered again as she recalled the whipcord strength in that seemingly indolent frame . |
| 6 | Then , as she watched , a light came on in one of the upper rooms , and she shifted uneasily as she recognised Luke as he came to the window and looked out . |
| 7 | Then , like a dagger , Dawn 's words stabbed into her brain and she struggled furiously as he bent to kiss her . |
| 8 | All at once the pose for Faye seemed like a prison as she felt the heat and colour creep up her neck and face , and she jumped self-consciously as Faye said , ‘ Damn ! |
| 9 | She understood why Johnny had felt saddened when he had learned of their passing , and she smiled briefly as she recalled that she had never found the courage to tell him of the passing of that Empire , too — fearing that such knowledge could have precipitated an apoplectic fit ! |
| 10 | I have a grand-niece , my brother 's granddaughter , and two Saturdays ago I went to see her dance in Denver — and she danced just as I 've always wanted to dance . ’ |
| 11 | It confused her , that contact , and she broke away as soon as she felt the solid deck beneath her feet . |
| 12 | Her white-faced preoccupation suddenly drew everyone 's interest , and she winced inwardly as Lucy suddenly frowned . |
| 13 | The baby moved his head , and she winced slightly as she looked at him . |
| 14 | This announcement gained her a very wry glance and she fumed more as she read his looks . |
| 15 | Erm , on software we said we said we had to add that into our procedures anyhow , last , on our last year view meeting , did n't we , which is what we 've done and we 've also as of today set up a system of logging new software coming in and signing it . |
| 16 | She is a lovely lady as well as a great physio , and we chatted away as she worked on my legs . |
| 17 | In ready response , his embrace grew masterful , and they clung together as he kissed her face and neck repeatedly , each time catching her lips with more desire and more breathless pleasure . |
| 18 | And they 'creted then As they took the big piece out , they kept pumping concrete and shifting then pumping again . |
| 19 | Alice sought out Mary and they watched appreciatively as the two strong , tall , graceful , beautifully built young men whirled each other about , endured two dog falls — draws — and only after several lengthy spasms of athletic tussling arrived at the deciding fall . |
| 20 | Unlike most of their colleagues she had fluent English , and they chatted politely as they ate . |
| 21 | There was no third present , and they spoke openly as they always spoke together . |
| 22 | His false leg was a legacy of Dunkirk and he limped noticeably as he went to the drinks cupboard and poured a whisky . |
| 23 | It suited Adam not to reply in German and he gesticulated wildly as he tried to make her understand . |
| 24 | It was said with a kind of grim contempt , and he stared ahead as he spoke . |
| 25 | ‘ How was your first day as Damian 's secretary ? ’ he asked weakly , but his eyes gleamed with a new reason to live , and he listened eagerly as she told him half-truths about her new job . |
| 26 | ‘ Picnic , ’ said Hywel , and he said softly as he went away , ‘ Diawl take picnics . ’ |
| 27 | He made a tremendous effort to bring himself back into reality ; his hands shook and he swallowed twice as he tried to speak ; then he passed his right hand , still clutching the telegram , through his dark hair . |
| 28 | The recoil was unexpected and he staggered backwards as Cardiff reached him , not knowing whether he had hit it or not . |
| 29 | was appointed as head of the branch in 1988 and he arrived just as Phase II of the works project was about to start . |
| 30 | He told her ; and he watched suspiciously as she glanced at the sheet of instructions , set the timer and plugged it into the power point that controlled the standard lamp . |