Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] as [noun] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So many of the stories were wild exaggerations , inflamed by a number of factors — the ‘ culture contact ’ between rural and urban society , personal resentment ( particularly if two women were forced to share the same kitchen ) , the strangeness of the whole situation at the start of a frightening new war , or simply as Angus Calder put it the English tendency to confuse manners with morals . |
| 2 | Meopham may be nearer to France than to most of Britain but its residents cheered long and loud as Mr Major derided a United States of Europe and the prospect of a Labour Government at the EC table : ‘ Brussels wags its finger and over on its back rolls the Labour Party saying ‘ Yes ! ’ ’ |
| 3 | Possibly it was dismissed as the work of an eccentric ; and just as Henry Eliot received no reply , I have no doubt that Eliot himself remained in ignorance of its existence , unless Theresa later mentioned it to him . |
| 4 | The Welsh international has played out of his skin throughout the FA Cup campaign and just as John Byrne 's goals have carried Sunderland through Norman 's saves have undoubtedly kept them in . |
| 5 | Mrs Langley rose from a chair by the fire and Alexandra was aware of her daughters and someone else on a sofa in the great square bay window ; and even as Mrs Langley was greeting her she could hear Rose say clearly , ‘ Well , whatever else she has n't got , she certainly has elegant clothes , ’ and Alexandra , stung out of all terror quite suddenly , said crisply , ‘ I will tell my aunt how much you admire her taste . |
| 6 | And indeed as Lady Bracknell would say for ready money . |
| 7 | Beyond question , Moses Buchanan and his son bargained for their votes on the actual day of election , and indeed as Sir James acknowledges , it was their votes which carried his election . |
| 8 | After attacking the Foreign Secretary , he began shouting at Mr Hurd again and again as Mr Hurd attempted to reply . |
| 9 | One particular painting caught her eye , and Ellie found herself staring back at it , time and again as Mr O'Hara and Madame began to chat . |
| 10 | But even as Elizabeth Mowbray was finalising her plans for departure , Fate intervened . |
| 11 | But even as Mr Major urged the opposition parties not to do back-stage deals on the constitution , Labour revealed a plan to introduce proportional representation for the election of British Euro-MPs before the next European elections in June 1994 . |
| 12 | But hard as John Meaney tried he found it an uphill struggle against Hughes , who was firing on all cylinders , and his great ‘ cool ’ blessed with a wide repertoire of shots saw him a worthy winner 4–0 from seven frames . |