Example sentences of "[vb past] [subord] [adv] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seven civilians perished as well as the crew . |
| 2 | Grant stopped as soon as the house came in sight and , signalling for Larsen to follow , he moved quickly into the darkness of the trees to their left . |
| 3 | The island pool was built inside an old distillery warehouse , gifted by Morrison Bowmore Distillers , which now houses a sauna , launderette and sunbed as well as the standard-sized pool . |
| 4 | A Glasgow chief constable once remarked : ‘ Life would be nice and tranquil in this city if all our citizens behaved as well as the Jewish people . ‘ |
| 5 | Another was the ā gri , sitting beside a petal-shaped oil lamp which he replenished as soon as the flame began to dwindle from a bowl on the hearth . |
| 6 | The existence of such conflicts had been acknowledged and deplored as early as the 1580s by George Gifford 's non-Puritan countryman , who had commented : ‘ I know towns myself which are divided one part against another since they had a preacher , which was not so before … whereas before they loved each other , now there is dissension sown among them . ’ |
| 7 | Corbett murmured as soon as the porter was out of earshot . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't like him , ’ Southgate grated as soon as the monks left . |
| 9 | In three months , too , while she knew she would n't get a job that paid as well as the one she had now , she should have secured another job , should n't she ? |
| 10 | The rod-bending bites are merely the start of a run , and it is this first powerful run , which began as soon as the barbel picked up the baited hook and gained momentum within seconds , that is the crucial time for losing fish . |
| 11 | I 'd leave the shop at 6 p.m. , drive off to a gig , ( reeking of chips despite bathing nightly in Domestos ) and return in time for the hour and a half of cleaning which began as soon as the last customer left at midnight . |
| 12 | He raised his hands in the boxer 's victory salute to acknowledge the roar of applause from the cheerleaders that began as soon as the eulogy to announce him had ended . |
| 13 | The outcome , however , would be settled not by determining the relative validity of different principles of government formation , but by the complex process of political manoeuvring which began as soon as the election results were known . |
| 14 | It worked as well as the others , the 9,600bps Fax Receive mode offering a useful speed boost over the Pocket Gem . |
| 15 | The explosions started as soon as the last elephant had shuffled out of sight . |
| 16 | ‘ I meant as well as an admiration for the works of Knudsen , ’ he interrupted softly . |
| 17 | All my abdominal bloating symptoms disappeared as well as the indigestion and heartburn that I always used to suffer . |
| 18 | Anselm told him , in only formally polite language , that he knew as well as the legate what needed to be done . |
| 19 | She was a snob ; Mary Rose knew her mother wanted a lawyer or a doctor , but there was no one she liked as well as the sharp young Irishman who was working his way up in Heraghty 's business . |
| 20 | The Audit Commission has said that if all authorities did as well as the average , significant reductions could be made in the number of families living in temporary accommodation . |
| 21 | The bidder appeared as soon as the stock market opened , but TVS boss Rudolph Agnew is keeping his identity a secret , although it is tipped to be US firm TCW Capital . |
| 22 | He took Nicholas into his office , shut the door and spoke as soon as the servants had gone . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm sure you ought to be sitting down , ’ Julia said as soon as the introductions had been made . |
| 24 | as if determined to seize the initiative , Natasha said as soon as the maid had gone : ‘ I was shocked to hear of Sam 's abduction . |
| 25 | Dana said as soon as the waitress had brought their tea . |
| 26 | There was no fundamental weakness in the PWR design and British safety standards would ensure that it operated as well as the best . |