Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A disappointing result for United who totally dominated the first half and really after seeing that first forty five minutes , it was so difficult to see how they could not win three points , and this encounter against the Charlton side drew on the same number of points as them in the second division table . |
| 2 | Just the same as you with the other game . |
| 3 | People are already beginning to think of pre- and post-AIDS periods just as we in the seventies grew accustomed to thinking of pre- and post-gay liberation periods . |
| 4 | It currently has a service within the Fire Service wh which costs a certain amount and we ca n't presume and I would , I suspect that Councillor is is actually trying to do is to get in by the back door for cut that we will then be forced to make the March March March Committee well I hope that members of this at this this this Committee would reject that er suggestion as it at the last meeting . |
| 5 | The air was full of sounds — the jangle of reins or goat bells , noises — could they travel so far ? — of parties making for , perhaps already on , the lake ready to take advantage of the promised full moon , dog barkings , cow lowings , sheep , horses : the town and its fjords of fields was as restless as he with the hidden cries of the night . |
| 6 | They exchanged meaningful glances from time to time — and it was apparent that his brother was as troubled as he by the disturbing events . |