Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] as [pron] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wo n't forget Linford Christie 's eyeballs — bulging , fixed and apparently unseeing as he burst from the 100 metres pack . |
| 2 | This became especially colourful as it dawned upon employers of servants that they would have to buy stamps for their cooks and skivvies . |
| 3 | And they were so patient as they waited for me to finish with my other visitors . |
| 4 | She felt suddenly irritable as she bent over the cot and lifted the child to her breast . |
| 5 | The driver and conductor made up for them by shouting and singing , and the little bus itself was extremely noisy as it rattled along the bumpy streets . |
| 6 | Yet this love , so compelling , so fascinating as it grew despite everything , had been leading to destruction . |
| 7 | The complex , serpentine weaving of colours emphasised his impressive shoulders , and in faded old Levis and scuffed desert boots he looked so wonderful as he lounged on the sofa that she could have thrown herself in his arms there and then . |
| 8 | " I " m not so young as I used to was " is wrong , except that when Somerset Maughan makes a Cockney landlady say it , it makes perfectly good sense . |
| 9 | As they parted , she pursed her lips and lifted her well-attended face , which did n't look quite so young as it had in the restaurant . |
| 10 | Gradually he grew less remote as they spun around the Piazza , missing nothing : the jesters , the acrobats , the medieval play being performed in one corner , the drama students creating masks with stage make-up , turning happy faces into tearful Harlequins and nice-looking fathers into wicked Satans . |
| 11 | You really are not so handsome as you promised to be ; and I have long wished , by conversation like this , to do away what mischief the flattering character I gave of you may expose you to . |
| 12 | Dexter was abnormally silent as he swaggered down the drive . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | And now , as he sat staring fixedly at the floral configuration on the faded green carpet , he felt a little sad as he thought of Laura , his wife for only the last couple of years . |
| 15 | Maud and Enid were still racking their brains as to the whereabouts of their friend , and Mildred felt utterly helpless as they passed by her jar and she heard Maud say , ‘ Perhaps she has run away , Enid . |
| 16 | Although somewhat bulky and unflattering , it was not unsuccessful as it blended with the current trend for layered clothes and endorsed the rustic air of a bygone age that other ‘ Laura Ashley ’ clothes were now describing , As they would not consider offering anything that was not made of 100 per cent natural fibres , they managed to complete the range by producing dresses in brushed cotton and cotton corduroy . |
| 17 | Andre Agassi 's stay in Key Biscayne was depressingly short as he lost in his first match to one of what seemed countless unheralded other Americans , Bryan Shelton . |
| 18 | Britt 's distress is being made worse by a daunting work schedule and the strain was painfully evident as she jetted from Stockholm to Malmo . |
| 19 | Reaching Blairgowrie , the small town nearest the slopes of Glenshee , Shannon stopped to collect the ski equipment she 'd hired in advance , feeling patently ridiculous as she tried on the heavy boots for size . |
| 20 | Timings were not available as we went to press but it seems that this year 's performance honours must go to the Riddles machine . |
| 21 | The ‘ Snap ’ camera was used with the supplied software , ( not suitable as it stood for the required measuring instrument ) . |
| 22 | Similarly , through Lata 's sister 's marriage to Pran you 're led into the world of politics and the subject of land reform , which sounded dull to me at first but became much more interesting as I got into it . ’ |
| 23 | He got more and more tense as he pulled at himself . |
| 24 | Yanto 's spirits became even more buoyant as he walked through the always open five barred gateway into the yard cum lawn frontage of the Blue Boar . |
| 25 | Jenna was still smiling as she pulled into the market square and locked her car . |
| 26 | He was still smiling as he reached for another claim-form . |
| 27 | Mandeville and Southgate appeared , followed by the other secretary , Damien , his pallid face even more ghastly as he stared in terror at the fire enveloping his brother 's room . |
| 28 | It most certainly lightened my step and made my fingers more nimble as we marched through the thick snow . |
| 29 | He felt more cheerful as he pottered about the flat . |
| 30 | ‘ With the old verbal reasoning test the questions got progressively more difficult as you moved through the paper . |