Example sentences of "[adj] as [pron] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's only one thing that struck me when I was reading through it but a as I say , we we got to look at this from point of view are we going to date this as it lies at the present moment and add to it pieces that we want , or do we start off by having the pieces o i its its now whe w w |
| 2 | His gaze was inscrutable as he smiled at the American couple . |
| 3 | The Queen looked drawn and unsmiling as she arrived at the games with Prince Philip , Prince Edward and the Queen Mother . |
| 4 | The two boys were no older than six , their eyes wide and fearful as they stared at the gun hanging limply at her side . |
| 5 | ‘ In as much as I cringe at the thought of making you sick a second time , yes . |
| 6 | Eat as much as you like at the smorgasbord , dinner for £10.75 , lunch £9.25 ; children under 14 £5.50/£4.75 , under four free ; full breakfast £5.75/£3/free . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's not anything like as easy as one imagines at the beginning , ’ she said , ‘ and when you 've actually qualified it 's quite frightening when you 're confronted by an animal with some mysterious disease and an anxious client standing by . |
| 8 | Their final work , a book on the geology of Scotland , though never completed in their lifetimes , was published in 1930 as it stood at the time of their deaths . |
| 9 | Evans got his blow in first as he stood at the door , ushered them into a large office overlooking the Kaiserstrasse . |
| 10 | In the first as he stood at the mouth of the cave , a typhoon burst on the mountainside , bringing rocks crashing down . |
| 11 | ‘ Did I kill him ? ’ she whispered , her face pale as she stared at the weapon . |
| 12 | and keeping his children quiet as he shouts at the News . |
| 13 | Nor are the prospects , even for Galway , as bad as they appear at the moment : workers reportedly wept openly in the Digital canteen when told their jobs were being phased out over the next 12 months , but the fear that most of the subcontractors that served DEC will have to close as well is not likely to be realised : where a company has a good relationship with a subcontractor , there are good reasons for maintaining that relationship even after a plant closes , and work should start flowing across the Irish Sea all the way to Galway from Scotland . |
| 14 | No old bomber pilot , making a forced landing with no wheels , on a load of unused bombs , could possibly have felt as bad as he did at the moment . |
| 15 | Jessamy allowed her voice to become deliberately sympathetic as she looked at the older woman . |
| 16 | Her hand trembled slightly as she place it on her father 's arm , but when she heard the traditional strains of music announcing her arrival , and saw Silas looking extremely handsome as he waited at the end of the aisle , her nervousness fled . |