Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv] as they [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the most difficult skill for amateur performers to acquire , though , is the art of speaking to microphone at a constant voice level : most tend to start off strongly as they launch into their speeches , but gradually tail off as they reach the end . |
| 2 | This assumption appears to be one that children take to heart very early , and rely on extensively as they acquire the meanings of their first language . |
| 3 | Cocooned in an ivory tower of antique furniture and unfinished jigsaw puzzles , she spends an inordinate amount of time doing simple things like pouring hot water into a teapot ; then she gets on the telephone to her friends and either hangs up just as they reach the receiver or asks them if they would n't mind coming round to tea and picking up some skate from the fishmonger on the way . |
| 4 | ‘ No , we 've decided to leave that for the owners to do up exactly as they wish . |
| 5 | Liverpool slip up again as they prepare for Portsmouth 's shooting and shouting in semi-final replay |
| 6 | The larvae undergo a complex cycle of 12 stages in almost as many days , making their way back inshore as they reach their adult form . |
| 7 | Unfortunately the jagged beams and stepped curves print out exactly as they appear on screen . |
| 8 | At high rates of interest , people may feel it worthwhile to put some of their income in a savings account on pay day and draw it out again as they need it later in the month . |
| 9 | Higher education , as we have seen , has the character of a conversation : the participants may have their own roles , but improvisation breaks out continually as they interact with each other . |