Example sentences of "[adj] as [pers pn] [verb] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Delaney was unconvinced as he held out his hand . |
| 2 | He seemed faintly bored as he gazed over her head through the window . |
| 3 | If we placed as much effort into making a fuss of children when they are good as we do when they are naughty we might make even greater gains . |
| 4 | ‘ If Charlie Trumper is half as good as you claim then I 'll have made a very sound investment . ’ |
| 5 | So I said they could look at it as long as they made up their own minds and I was n't involved . |
| 6 | ‘ As long as they know where I am and who with . ’ |
| 7 | As long as we know where it is . |
| 8 | It does not care how many revivals the church experiences in the private world as long as it stays where it is . |
| 9 | As long as it says how it operates |
| 10 | As long as it did n't you see . |
| 11 | You think it could possibly be , and it may well be , some rep , in his car , rushing from here to there , do n't give a toss about anybody else , as long as he gets where he wants to go . |
| 12 | He could n't care less what I do as long as he knows where I am . |
| 13 | As long as I know where it is . |
| 14 | I mean , you know , if I said I was going to an orgy he 'd say , ‘ Oh , all right , as long as I know where you are ’ . |
| 15 | The area is best avoided at night-time but during the day should be safe as long as you know where you are going stop en route . |
| 16 | As long as you put clearly what it is you 're putting in . |
| 17 | that 's what he was saying as long as you do n't what was he saying ? |
| 18 | Oh , still as long as you sat down I say . |
| 19 | He claimed that it did n't matter what mantra you said , or indeed if you did n't have one , as long as you cleared out your mind . |
| 20 | She felt powerless as he brought up his other hand and let his fingers feather lightly down the side of her neck to her collar-bone . |
| 21 | At half-past one she was sitting beside Maman at the dining room table : Maman who spoke not a word , who ate nothing — Twomey looked quite concerned as she waved away his offerings . |
| 22 | A great chance lost , for had I kept as careful a lookout in front as I had behind I should have seen her before she saw me . |
| 23 | She was looking decidedly worried as she put down her shopping bag . |
| 24 | Her breasts were naked as she threw back her cloak again and let the winter ice make her flesh shiver . |
| 25 | At the beginning of his translation , Mannyng appeals to the reader : His vivid description of the Crucifixion both stresses Christ 's willingness — he climbs the ladder to mount the cross , then turns at the top , laying himself vulnerable and open as he stretches out his arms and back against it — and rams home the shock of pain as the nails are driven in . |
| 26 | Yanto saw Billy 's mouth drop open as he looked over his shoulder towards the door . |
| 27 | Iris stared with her mouth open as she described how she had found them . |
| 28 | She was n't about to make it easy for him , and if Lori was as close as she believed then she needed every edge she could get . |
| 29 | All the regular attenders were there : the Yorkes , glossy as newly-painted furniture ; the Fords , sending darting glances round the congregation to see if anyone was missing ; the Shergolds , sitting in their usual place near the door in the pew where Melissa had come upon Eleanor the previous day , Rodney with his normal air of self-importance that might or might not be hiding an inner anxiety , his wife pale and twitchy as she pulled off her gloves to turn the pages of her hymnbook . |
| 30 | Taff and I watched fascinated as they set up their equipment , then started to dig a slit trench . |