Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb past] [adv] [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pushing aside the imposed conventions , the restraints and inhibitions she 'd always accepted as right and proper , necessary even , she pressed herself against him . |
| 2 | And right on cue there was Elise at the door of the shop , elegant as always in slim skirt and silk shirt , her face alight with welcome which changed quickly to surprise as she realised the man with her sister was a stranger . |
| 3 | Sarah was a beautiful , sensual woman and she aroused in him the kind of emotions he had always condemned as sinful in others . |
| 4 | The range of his talk was beyond me — even when not particularly profound , it was salted with allusions , and the connections he drew between things I had hitherto regarded as unconnected were startling . |
| 5 | I shall call him Jack , the man we watched slowly disintegrate as the excitement of the campaign mounted . |
| 6 | It was impossible to tell whether the thing she had surprisingly described as being shaped like a Greek alpha was still there or not . |
| 7 | He reached the level of the bridge , swung his back to the wall , covering the ladder they had just used as Forster made for the door . |