Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adv] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stopped playing just as the church door burst open and a very irate Officer came charging along the pews in my direction , his eyes bulging out of their sockets . |
| 2 | It says much for Robertson that in spite of the general disorder he still contrived to look dangerous and Craig Levein and Derek Ferguson strove to play properly as the rubbish raged around them . |
| 3 | In so far as the situation changed in the 1790s it was to the extent that such payments became systematised both as a regular basis for relieving poverty and in being tied to a scale of bread prices . |
| 4 | The Doctor began to talk faster as the pain built up . |
| 5 | Grant felt a gentle lethargy creeping over him , and the aches and pains of his battered body began to ebb away as the drug started to take effect . |
| 6 | Continents began to drift apart as the molten basaltic lava welled up from cracks in the seabed ( see Chapter 8 ) . |
| 7 | Bayonets were carefully sharpened then fixed ; hearts began to beat faster as the minutes passed , and they waited in silence for the command to advance . |
| 8 | The title holders ' grip on the Vauxhall Trophy started to slip quickly as the experienced Cambridge duo took the doubles rubber 6–4 6–1 . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | Nevertheless , he continued to prevaricate even as the Dec. 20 deadline for registering as a candidate for the New Hampshire contest approached , while indicating that he might yet join the contest for his party 's presidential nomination if he could satisfactorily resolve the current impasse between himself and the state legislature over the budget . |
| 11 | He also postulated that when they reached a certain length they fractured , producing several shorter lengths of shape-specific polymer which then continued to grow again as the potentization process was continued . |
| 12 | Bite the Bullet continued to drift left-handed as the winning post raced towards them . |
| 13 | We had to pause awhile as the body of a suicide , dragged by the feet , was taken by city bailiffs to be dumped in the city ditch . |
| 14 | Something had sparked into life when they had first set eyes on each other , though , and even Julius 's self-control had melted away as the spark had ignited a flame , and then a fire . |
| 15 | One who had arrived there as the convulsions started was Charlton Heston who achieved almost instant stardom and became especially known for his appearances in the biblical epics . |
| 16 | His two elderly companions had to watch helplessly as the skinheads attacked Mr Leonard on Vane Terrace . |
| 17 | Within minutes the noise level had increased perceptibly as the champagne began to have its effect . |
| 18 | In thunderous silence he raced to the traffic lights and had to brake hard as the lights changed . |
| 19 | Beside him , James continued to moan loudly as the pain seemed to intensify . |
| 20 | Admittedly the army had stood aside as the monarchy fell in April 1931 , but its acceptance of the Republic was anything but unrestrained . |