Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [verb] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as the anorexia progressed , my walks became longer as well as more frequent and , if I decided to follow the perimeter of the school grounds , could last for up to three hours . |
| 2 | few more minutes and it might be oh it 's the West Worthing Club , that 's interesting some of my clients play there as well . |
| 3 | As I came nearer to the corner of the house , I heard my friends breathing loudly as they slept , and at once felt happier again . |
| 4 | Their fingers touched briefly as she took it from him , and Lucy almost snatched her hand away . |
| 5 | Her bruises stung badly as she anointed herself with gel , but the discomfort was a small price to pay for feeling clean again . |
| 6 | Her words trailed away as he nodded . |
| 7 | ‘ But not in radio , ’ she asserted resentfully , her eyes dropping momentarily as the simple truth awoke old guilt . |
| 8 | With a sudden surge of defiance she tossed back her head , sending her long wheat-coloured mane rippling over her shoulders , her eyes flashing challengingly as she pulled the microphone free of its stand . |
| 9 | Then the tiniest of smiles came to her lips , the muscles about her eyes relaxing slightly as she saw . |
| 10 | Her eyes flashed coldly as they met the blank astonishment in his . |
| 11 | Her eyes glittered strangely as she gazed up at him . |
| 12 | She made no attempt to conceal her surprise , her eyes widening slightly as she said , ‘ You mean you think he should remain a bachelor — all his life ? ’ |
| 13 | She shook her head slowly , her eyes closing again as he bent towards her and covered her lips with his own . |
| 14 | Her eyes opened slowly as he drew back . |
| 15 | Her eyes widened involuntarily as she felt the virile power of him against her , but his expression remained unchanged . |
| 16 | She parked her car and strode through the grand , carved doorway , her heels clicking purposefully as she headed for the reception desk . |
| 17 | Their lips met again as Diana presented Charles with a polo trophy — but it was the kiss of friends rather than lovers . |
| 18 | All her insecurities surged painfully as , throwing caution to the winds , she confronted him furiously , demanding imperiously , ‘ Why exactly have you brought me here , Rune ? |
| 19 | They describe how our conceptions of reality are distorted by ideology : ‘ in all ideology men and their circumstances appear upside-down as in a camera obscura ’ ( p. 47 ) . |
| 20 | Her curls bounced enchantingly as she clung to her father 's arm , dimpling at Auguste . |
| 21 | Once again large firms gain the added flexibility of adjusting actual hours worked to a shorter working week , but where overtime is used their workers gain more as the extra overtime payment is based on a higher basic rate . |
| 22 | Her cheeks burned again as she remembered the kiss and her utter submission to it . |
| 23 | So he looked at Matron , tight-faced and armored in starch , at Miss Guttner sitting lumpishly beyond her , her glasses shining blankly as they picked up the overhead light that filled the room with a necessary illumination against the heaviness of the sky pressing grayly against the windows . |
| 24 | Certainly she had not expected Felipe , and her tears stopped suddenly as she absorbed this new shock . |
| 25 | Her brows puckered thoughtfully as she ran through the scene in her mind again ; maybe she had over-reacted . |
| 26 | Driven into a corner , she panicked , her arms flailing desperately as she tried to wrench herself free , but he held on tight . |
| 27 | She had left her curtains undrawn so as not to sleep too long in the morning . |
| 28 | Ideas of how society should treat its criminals change just as ideas of justice change . |
| 29 | She sits down but does n't join in the conversations , her face is distracted and her hands move constantly as though she 's talking to herself . |
| 30 | Army ants and driver ants , or rather their colonies taken together as amoeba-like units , are both ruthless and terrible predators of their respective jungles . |