Example sentences of "[adj] as [pron] [vb base] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The night was dark as we set off in file through the trees after checking our weapons . |
| 2 | It passes through villages that become increasingly small and simple as you get deeper into the high hills : through Banca , in the eighteenth century a centre of the local copper-mining industry , then Aldudes itself , which has a very nice small square and a Basque-style church , and finally Urepel , reached by a turning off to the left from the road that continues into Spain . |
| 3 | A cylinder viewed under similar circumstances will reveal edges that are soft as they turn away from the observer . |
| 4 | Here I feel awake and ready , compelled to be on my feet when the sun reaches us , and the cattle , fretful and peckish , are released in a torrent of bay and brown and white , their huge horns gradually unlocking and separating as they spread out into the plain . |
| 5 | ‘ In general I think it 's quite good as you find increasingly in metropolitan areas throughout the world that a large sector of the cinemagoing public is gay or lesbian . |
| 6 | First , the tasks we carry out are not only more or less complex but they also become more complex as they separate out into discrete categories or types of complexity . |
| 7 | As long as they come down in the next twenty minutes ! |
| 8 | You can break it but the thing is that I warned her , er , you know , as long as they get through to her hold on that that 's very nicely set up if she twiddles her |
| 9 | You can experiment with other vegetable oils in the blend ( hazelnut , apricot kernel ) as long as they add up to 120 ml in all . |
| 10 | As long as I get up in the morning . |
| 11 | Erm , okay thanks , as long as I do n't to er put you off or anything |
| 12 | It does n't really matter , as long as you end up with copies other than in the subdirectory which is about to be burned . |
| 13 | So in effect there are kind of like negative motivating factors which is basically all to do about escape where you do n't care where you go as long as you get away from here . |
| 14 | ‘ You do whatever you please with whoever , as long as you keep away from me . |
| 15 | Open learning courses can be immensely rewarding as you succeed totally through your own effort and commitment and the only deadlines are those you impose on yourself . |
| 16 | Maggie was not cheerful as they set off for Granada . |
| 17 | I was beginning to become impatient as we lay about on the sand for several hours waiting our turn to go aboard one of the tank-landing craft , after it had discharged its cargo . |
| 18 | Yes , I I do n't think that the this is bigoted as you think though in getting that kind of letter , I mean it seems , er that the civil service er recruit on that basis every year , and er , there is no guarantee if you get through the , the various screening bits that you do actually end up with a job , because that depends on vacancies coming up . |
| 19 | Hold on to this tension for a slow count to five , then let your feet relax and become limp as you breathe out with a sigh . |
| 20 | Bands like Curve and the Sundays float careers on their female vocalists ' cheekbones , playing down their looks even as they pose bashfully for the cover of yet another music magazine . |