Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] as [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My life is set to go on as it always has and no war can change it that I can see . ’ |
| 2 | Corbett expected the Pictish village to be hidden and secretive but suddenly the trees thinned , the sunlight glimmered then poured through as they abruptly left the canopy of trees and entered a large clearing . |
| 3 | Mrs Hellyer 's sister had come to visit her , turning up as she often did , without warning and in tears . |
| 4 | Yet the list of play-off records he set — .650 batting average , 13 hits , 24 total bases — fails to convey the full magnitude of his achievement , coming in as he often did at moments of unbelievable pressure , and usually delivering the vital hit . |
| 5 | But he 's in — ’ Tina broke off as she suddenly noticed the figures at the Monument . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , life went on as it always does . |
| 7 | The bemused , husky whisper was cut off as he lightly pressed his finger to her lips , effectively blocking speech , taking expert advantage of her parted lips by gently forcing them wider with his finger before bending his head and covering her open mouth with his . |
| 8 | His colleague , sitting on the far side of the room taking written notes of the questions and answers , looked up as he too waited for her answer . |
| 9 | In other parts of the Group , the profits of Direct Line have taken off as we always said they would . |
| 10 | I remember running on the rolling lawns of Kikuyu grass before dinner , the night noises of the exceptionally vocal African insect life striking up as it quickly grew dark , night unrolling from the ground upwards ; bullfrogs — in fact all manner of rana and bufo-frogs the size of a pair of roiled-up rugby socks , toads with great horned eyebrows , and tiny , reddish , darting amphibians , starting to howl , shriek , growl , and purr , a backdrop to our dinner on the terrace to which we have been summoned by the stirring , thrilling , beating of a gong hung from a pair of tusks . |
| 11 | feel free to question intelligent participation that er brings out as you well know the best in in all . |