Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | His eyes were fixed on the forms which he was signing and stamping as fast as he could go . |
| 2 | The landlord will nevertheless wish to ensure that the premises are occupied and trading as soon as possible , particularly if they are located in a parade or shopping centre where the landlord 's adjoining premises could benefit from customers to the premises . |
| 3 | The Centre has its own library and conference rooms and has access to services for oligonucleotide and peptide synthesis and microsequencing as well as to powerful computer and database services . |
| 4 | To see Dustin Hoffman playing his own song on the piano , and looking up adoringly as Sting sang — well , you do n't get many moments like that . |
| 5 | To stand on this dusky wharf , bruised by a drum of creosote , and acting not even as the convent chaplain , but as some kind of school attendance officer ! |
| 6 | Since the Carlists were unlikely to accept any kind of power-sharing arrangement , it was less a question of making a political pact with them than of imposing the desired situation on them and limiting as far as possible their capacity to reject it . |
| 7 | The red bitch had returned , as insistent on food as ever , and limping only slightly as she trotted around , getting in the way , impeding Chola 's cooking . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's awfully good of you to have come with me , ’ he said , feeling he should apologize for something , and kicking as powerfully as possible against the fancy that he was Philip . |
| 9 | Blind with rage : I know why they say blind — I could n't see him , I could n't see anything — I did n't think what to say , I was just saying it , shouting it , fury pouring out of me like hot tar — my hands were on my hips and clinging on so as to stop myself tearing his straggly hair out , gouging his eyes out , strangling him till his voice went gurgle-croak and his body went limp . |
| 10 | If I 'd been able to guess at the future , the turning point would have been right there — wheeling the ship around and moving as fast as possible away from anything to do with Fraxilly . |
| 11 | Instinct caused him to put out both hands in an attempt to break the fall , and Ellwood was on him , the rod flailing , blood rising from Carey 's face in a thick mist of spray , the hook going into his flesh wherever it landed and ripping out again as Ellwood 's arms rose and fell , rose and fell . |
| 12 | The 10-month-old Italians were said to be ‘ stable and doing as well as can be expected ’ at London 's Great Ormond Street children 's hospital . |
| 13 | Hardly had he done this before he heard that Yucef was near at hand , and coming as fast as he could come . |
| 14 | Always in the leading group , McMahon pushed to the front before the last where he was challenged by the favourite Over the Edge , but keeping his mount perfectly balanced and running as straight as a gun barrel , McMahon found something left in the ‘ Tank ’ and went on to score a snug success . |
| 15 | Had anyone been looking in the direction of Miss Danziger they would have observed a faint smile gathering at the corners of her mouth and fading as quickly as it formed . |
| 16 | Also train on the punch bag , aiming your kicks as high as you can and reaching as far as possible . |
| 17 | And perhaps it was just as well because there , on the seat of the rag cart and sitting as patiently as the pony was standing , was Ben . |
| 18 | You 'll probably need to wash your hands , so start your survey on the upper floor , in the bathroom ; as you wash , check the water pressure in the taps , examine the fittings , lift the carpet in the corners and check the floorboards for damp and woodworm — and inspect the plumbing and heating as far as you are able ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 19 | Outside , the storm was growling and whistling as loudly as ever . |
| 20 | One aim of experiments is to search for a compact spelling which can show sound and meaning as directly as possible , meet the needs of all who learn and use it , and is still close to existing spelling which has , so to speak , been ‘ cleaned up ’ . |
| 21 | Most of the federally owned land in the area is run by BLM , which has apportioned it for extensive commercial mining and ranching as well as for recreational use . |