Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] as the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It became clear as the Prime Minister 's speech progressed that that is precisely the most that he is playing for . |
| 2 | Thus cultural and psychological phylogeny complement , and are recapitulated in , individual ontogeny , just as , in the past , crucial stages in individual ontogeny became fixed as the phylogenetic heritage of subsequent generations . |
| 3 | The nurses watched helpless as the time-delay system — designed to stop prisoners escaping — allowed him into the lobby and on to freedom . |
| 4 | She watched amazed as the broken ranks filed past in utter silence , silence save for the dull rattle of equipment . |
| 5 | He had left the warmth of the Blue Boar after the usual extended throwing out time , and now felt elated as the four pints of rough local cider began to work on him . |
| 6 | Mrs Stych went pale as the full implication of this burst upon her . |
| 7 | Difficult as it is to summarize so majestic a body of work as that produced by Hailey in the days when he reigned supreme as the Colonial Office 's oracle on Africa , it seems fair to say that the main impression to be derived from it is of his anxiety to avoid committing the British government to any course of action which might prove to be irreversible . |
| 8 | That day emotion ran high as the big horse , so long the underdog , at last had his day again . |
| 9 | Since there was neither oxygen to fuel the processes of decay nor any scavenging animals to feed on the bodies and destroy them , the tiny carcasses remained complete as the settling mud particles slowly entombed them . |
| 10 | Time stood still as the two men locked eyes across the eerily moonlit space . |
| 11 | A few short years ago he stood unrivalled as the best player in the country , but a series of niggling injuries left him kicking his heels in frustration . |