Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] as [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that he knows it 's himself he ca n't help noticing the slightly ridiculous and embarrassing qualities — the way the young man frowns importantly as he talks about his job , and waves his arms about when he gets stuck for words ; and the way he smiles insincerely at Howard from time to time , and looks straight into his eyes in an effort to demonstrate that he is interested in Howard as well as himself . |
| 2 | The game from that period looks just as it did when the original agreement was concluded — because of the infinite horizon assumption every subgame is identical to the original game — and so if it was in the firms ' interests to negotiate that agreement initially it will be in their interests now to renegotiate that agreement . |
| 3 | ‘ Looks just as I expected , ’ Patrick said , plugging in the kettle . |
| 4 | It 's hard for him to accept that everyone is different in every aspect of their biology — men have different sperm counts just as they have different numbers of hairs on their head or different eye colours . |
| 5 | Had it been made in the 1930s , Jimmy Stewart would have played Buck and Margaret Sullavan would have taken the Hoffman role , dying in the arms of the man she loves just as she reaches Miami . |
| 6 | Our technique of solving the above equations has improved , and of course we are in a much better position now to evaluate the material constants , but fundamentally electromagnetic theory stands now as it stood a century ago . |
| 7 | While the tale unfolds theatrically as we have seen , Roy also conceived Arion as a paean to the power of Music . |
| 8 | It bounces alarmingly as it gathers speed . |
| 9 | Some of them happened , she said , when ‘ her eyes were ever together-ward as if she would have slept ’ , some she saw ‘ with her ghostly eye ’ ; most of her experiences with the Holy Family she describes just as she does her other , more ordinary experiences . |
| 10 | She cackles loudly as she admits : ‘ I think you always need a bit of a hook to get people into the theatre . ’ |
| 11 | An interaction exists just as it does in river processes . |
| 12 | She did appear in amateur shows just as he had , but he would not allow any of his children to become professional performers . |
| 13 | Indeed , the number of possible routes increases exponentially as one explores them . ’ |
| 14 | She complains cheerfully as we enter saying , ‘ Jaz I 've never had so many people kissin' me in all me life , strangers and all , you 'd tink I was in Italy or England or America , God forbid ! ’ |
| 15 | Such an animal , born white as usual , darkens dramatically as it grows older . |
| 16 | The consultation on the plans to devolve 80 per cent of school budgets to head teachers closes today as it faces growing opposition from education authorities . |
| 17 | Malcolm , who is statemented , and has ‘ severe learning difficulties ’ ( as the educational psychologist puts it ) or who is ‘ dyslexic ’ ( as his parents , encouraged by the local Dyslexia Institute , put it ) or whom ‘ you just ca n't do anything with ’ ( as several of his teachers have put it ) , mouths the words as Beth reads and smiles broadly as she finishes . |
| 18 | He smiles broadly as he describes his nomination for the Best Actor award alongside Nick Nolte for Princes of Tides , as ‘ wonderful , fabulous and an honour . |
| 19 | The plumber smiles broadly as he gathers up his tools and delicately tip-toes between the pools of water . |
| 20 | His face bearing the ruby-red signature of four sets of young Mambo princess lips , Antonio Banderas grins sheepishly as he stumbles out of a Beverly Hills hotel bedroom . |
| 21 | She laughs now as he bounds off the bed , aware that his hairy — poilu — parts are comical . |
| 22 | The place appears exactly as it has done through the ages , the only signs of man 's intrusion being a ruined bothy , an insecure footbridge and the thin track worn by hardy walkers . |
| 23 | The floating graph updates automatically as you modify the graph in a graph window . |
| 24 | I mean , there are many , many cases of injustice around the world and , the West , the British government , ca n't be responsible for all of them , but there 's , there 's one particular case of Iraq , where we 've already gone to war , to , in the cause of democracy and freedom , and I do n't believe that when Saddam offends again as he does day by day , we can turn a blind eye . |
| 25 | So lets just as we hurry along this morning notice several things about this interview that this man had with Jesus . |
| 26 | Nurseries , or rather what we used to call Market Gardens , where strawberries , soft fruit and vegetables are grown , are able to rest areas between crops and take full advantage of the scratching hen , who manures evenly as she works . |
| 27 | We may have to cut it off , in which case , what about this — drapes across as you had them ! |
| 28 | When a television crew turns up for a tour of his house and DIY achievements , everything falls apart as he touches it . |
| 29 | ‘ It means just as it sounds . |
| 30 | It can then tell you if the ferret moves away as you dig towards it . |