Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adj] as it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her face looked calm and beautiful as it slept its enforced slumber , the lips slightly parted , the dark curls spilling over a pale cheek . |
| 2 | After all , something must have made me do it , pointless and unjustified as it seemed now ; perhaps if I went over it all again carefully , I could find out that the truth did n't condemn me out of hand . |
| 3 | It seemed bigger than the sun and it sailed with a peculiar swiftness up into the heavens , growing paler and brighter as it did so until it lit up the plain with a dull , yellow light . |
| 4 | But in the present case it was time to take a stand , to declare once and for all that on this occasion at least the truth was as obvious and evident as it appeared to be . |
| 5 | The French Government 's response , as swift and dramatic as it turned out to be highly risky , was to call its own referendum . |
| 6 | He dialled Jo 's number in Rome , and grew lonelier and sadder as it rang on and on , unanswered . |
| 7 | The hands moved away , downwards , across the hard muscle of his stomach that was as tough and flat as it had been ten years ago , when he was eighteen . |
| 8 | Here he was able to stand back from the onrush of western man and ask himself the real questions of life and meaning ; get his young life , full and successful as it had been , into perspective . |
| 9 | Völker ideally combines the lyrical and the heroic in his singing , phrases with authority , albeit with a certain freedom where note values are concerned , and puts other contenders in the shade , even though by 1942 the voice was n't quite as pliant or firm as it had been six or seven years earlier . |
| 10 | The fire was not lit and the room did n't seem as cheerful and welcoming as it had the night before ; they broke their fast quickly on warm oat cakes and mulled wine , saddled their horses and rode back along the track to the highway . |
| 11 | But still the fearsome swooshing whooshing whiffling snorting noise grew louder and louder as it came closer and closer . |
| 12 | Even as she tried to evade him , he was drawing her closer , making the blood sing in her veins as he smiled down at her , the hypnotic blue eyes half shuttered but still as powerful , as he raised a firm hand to the back of her head , guiding her face towards his own , his mouth seeking the trembling softness of hers , hard and demanding as it reached its goal , yet instantly becoming as gentle and manipulative as it had been when he had coaxed the throbbing melody from the borrowed trumpet . |
| 13 | Alyssia blew some of the flyaway blonde strands away from her face and followed them to a small table at the back of the café , hoping that she would not have to endure half an hour of French conversation while she sat on the sidelines , wondering whether what they were discussing was really as animated and interesting as it appeared . |
| 14 | We 'll do those until it 's nice and soft as it said . |
| 15 | The campaign became increasingly bitter and rancorous as it progressed . |