Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] as [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When asked about this revolt the Prime Minister replied that he ‘ thought speed was important and hoped she would send for Lord Home immediately-as soon as she got back to the Palace ’ . |
| 2 | Rather than so As I say you associate the car and the number together . |
| 3 | class as his/her own work , of direct relevance to his/her own life , rather than merely as something imposed from an external authority . |
| 4 | Long moments later he lifted his head from hers , his eyes darker than ever as they gazed at her . |
| 5 | The face has always had a dialectical relationship to art and , today perhaps , this is stronger than ever as we view the face — in portraiture — with a scepticism characteristic of our age and as we witness the convergence of popular culture and fine art in so many spheres . |
| 6 | Then he seemed to reach a decision , his night-dark eyes more compelling than ever as he looked back at her . |
| 7 | After a short time , Reni 's wife excused herself , and everyone stood , watching her wend her way through the small jungle , looking lonelier than ever as she went . |
| 8 | The lines of bitterness seemed more pronounced than ever as she rose from her chair and crossed to the door . |
| 9 | The rain was falling harder than ever as I cycled home down the Banbury Road , through the science ghetto on Parks Road and into a time-warp . |
| 10 | I missed my dad more than ever as I went into the house , ahead of the others , and climbed the drab stairs to lie on my bed , looking out at the bright blue sky above the street . |
| 11 | Indeed , he had hardly referred to her except once as we passed through a small hamlet and had seen children baiting a poor , crazed woman by the crossroads . |
| 12 | Although even as she said it the thought rushed through her mind that that was exactly what she was doing now . |
| 13 | ‘ It 'll get better in time , ’ she said , although even as she spoke , she knew that in ha own case it would never get better . |
| 14 | Yeah , cos we was there in the August , they were n't , we moved in , in the July , there , and the girls were , Matthew was just four , cos just as we moved in our dad took Matthew to Hungary with him , it was like , it was like they were going on the following Wednesday , and he told me on the Friday , he came in on the Friday night , they planned , it was our dad , Crystal and Danielle , Crystal and Danielle , but she said even if I go out in the middle of . |
| 15 | Well now , what they 've done something which I think if there as I said to you in the first place , if they 'd have run their cards played their cards right , they could have said to that fellow ‘ look you 've got no rights to be here , we never gave you planning ’ what 's wrong with this planning people , they step here and they step there , there 's people do things without planning permission , they do nothing at all about it , if I was to go and stick something up in my front garden , they 'd come along and say ‘ hey , . ’ |
| 16 | I mean this , this product , if people have got the health to buy it , because we 're obviously not going to take on people that are in poor health , they can afford it , because obviously as they get older , the risk is greater and it becomes more expensive , it sells itself , it really does , it 's a brilliant product . |
| 17 | We timed the ride well because just as we cycled back into Fishguard the sky darkened and yet another downpour drove us none too reluctantly into a tearoom . |
| 18 | But with a th a single wardrobe ironically you ca n't get them up the stairs because soon as you reach that step you 've got another step so if you were to lift it up to the next step it 'll hit the top of the d doorjamb so it wo n't go any further . |
| 19 | Because even as you die you know that you will come back in a different hat . |
| 20 | As long as nothing happens nothing will happen — okay ? |
| 21 | Father dismissed all this as typical South American ferment , and believed that all would be well as long as we sang a hymn before breakfast . |
| 22 | It 's the same with interest rates ; as long as they stay within a relatively narrow band , we can plan ahead . |
| 23 | They shared the same sense of humour as long as they kept off delicate subjects like sexism . |
| 24 | She says they treat all patients they same , as long as they pay . |
| 25 | But , if the material is commonplace , there would be nothing to stop an ex-employee deriving the same or similar material again as long as he did not simply copy his employer 's material . |
| 26 | Use a strip of knitting as long as you want for your finished garland , sewn as you go so that you have a covered cone , about six inches of knitting unsewn , another cone — as long as long as you want your garland to be . |
| 27 | Fred , I know you think you will never understand such things as long as you live . |
| 28 | But America will be right to say no , as long as it has worries about its own inflation . |
| 29 | Any one of us may also apprehend an individual whom we know to be , or whom we have reasonable grounds for suspecting to be , guilty of such an offence as long as it has been committed . |
| 30 | Er medically , as best as I understand what the doctors tell me , er I 'm er fine to carry the responsibilities and strain of er the cabinet job that I had . |