Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Company got on as well with the local population as any European settlers anywhere in the world , but it was very exposed to attacks from New France . |
| 2 | She fought bitterly as he came back to her . |
| 3 | Fairley asked politely as they took the floor . |
| 4 | ‘ How much sort of ? ’ she asked weakly as vague memories of vast station properties stirred . |
| 5 | Dubois asked slowly as the Doctor ushered him and Petion back out . |
| 6 | ‘ 'T IS really nought , ’ she whispered nervously as he reached her and held out his hand . |
| 7 | Then Mum went over and I gazed on as she replaced the sheet and then rolled Granny onto her side and began feeling under the mattress . |
| 8 | ‘ Who did you say you were looking for ? ’ she asked suspiciously as I pulled up a weatherbeaten bus seat . |
| 9 | He beamed widely as he was helped down the steps and said to me : ‘ O , gib 's nichts mehr ’ ( Do n't give us any more ) . |
| 10 | ‘ Anti bourgeois liberalism ’ read widely as anti anything since the end of the Cultural Revolution , could have brought back policies which the pragmatists in the government had hoped were gone forever . |
| 11 | ‘ Go on where ? ’ she asked bitterly as she stared blindly through the mud-spattered windscreen . |
| 12 | ‘ How long 's this been going on ? ’ she asked gently as she cleaned up a nasty cut on the woman 's arm . |
| 13 | After they realised that the warriors did not care if they stayed in the saddle or not , Yuan , Alexei and the others got down as well . |
| 14 | They swirled together as though they had been stirred with a spoon . |
| 15 | We surfed in as Terrie fought to keep control of the tiller and stop us from broaching . |
| 16 | Caroline whispered fiercely as she dropped the brush to the top of the vanity table . |
| 17 | Rachel asked suddenly as they drank black coffee , because the question had been burning on her mind for some time , and she told herself it was important strategically to find out , although she suspected the truth was that he fascinated her . |
| 18 | ‘ No … ’ she whispered tremulously as he marched across the sand towards the dark lawns leading up to the cottage . |
| 19 | It gave Anna real pain to post magazines through one new front door hinged and studded so as to resemble part of the set for a pantomime of Robin Hood , and then another , moulded and classically pedimented , between half-pilasters made of fibreglass . |
| 20 | ‘ But not me ? ’ she asked dubiously as she held it up against her . |
| 21 | The people filling the board room steamed gently as they sat huddled together on the rows of chairs arranged neatly in front of the big desk . |
| 22 | In the stunned silence George Felse got up , without speaking , and crossed the room to where Gus 's jacket hung on the back of a chair , turned towards the replenished fire , and steamed gently as it dried . |
| 23 | In ready response , his embrace grew masterful , and they clung together as he kissed her face and neck repeatedly , each time catching her lips with more desire and more breathless pleasure . |
| 24 | ‘ Diamonds , ’ he announced thoughtfully as Samuel emerged from the parlour into Nuckell 's Place . |
| 25 | He stopped altogether as Lachlan solemnly shook his head . |
| 26 | We moved on as , behind us , Tetsu and partners reached the 5th . |
| 27 | The Ards players behaved badly as well . |
| 28 | ‘ Leo ! ’ she exclaimed crossly as she gave a little hop and a skip to keep up with his long strides . |
| 29 | Candy 's blue eyes narrowed suspiciously as she prowled round Rory like a tiny bird of prey inspecting its dinner . |
| 30 | He rose politely as the waiter ferried her across the room . |