Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [adv] [adj] as it " in BNC.
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| 1 | But having h done that and having gone off his toe , he the wardrobe was n't in front of him so much as it was down there by now , and he 'd still got hold of it you see , so because of the momentum , of going that way down two steps and one further one he shot forward and went right over the edge of the wardrobe . |
| 2 | His mouth closed over hers again , the touch of it as intoxicating as it had been the very first time he had kissed her . |
| 3 | Which was that Ellen had sworn herself to celibacy while she worked as a cook , a decision that was to me as eccentric as it was both incomprehensible and frustrating . |
| 4 | They called on Mr Walter Campbell and in their " A Highland Tour " published in 1845 reported that " at the time of our visit , as we learned afterwards , he was close to the painful discovery which , it was said , was to him as unexpected as it was unwelcome a discovery of his utter insolvency ! |
| 5 | They called on Mr Walter Campbell and in their " A Highland Tour " published in 1845 reported that " at the time of our visit , as we learned afterwards , he was close to the painful discovery which , it was said , was to him as unexpected as it was unwelcome a discovery of his utter insolvency ! |