Example sentences of "[pers pn] as [pron] [verb] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ronni felt her blood leap and burn within her as he held it for a moment , squeezing gently , then , almost as though the gesture was an afterthought , allowing his thumb to graze lightly against the burning peak . |
| 2 | Juliet stood staring at him as he made it to the kitchen chair . |
| 3 | Helen and Edward now met frequently on the Common , and she visited her father 's grave with him as he tended it with wild flowers . |
| 4 | He held out his hand and she gave it to him , watching him as he put it to his lips , her eyes fixed in an almost mesmerised stare . |
| 5 | But we must n't blame philosophers if they tell it as they see it with the aid of their philosophical telescopes and microscopes . |
| 6 | The easiest way to do this is to do it as you enter it by typing @NOW and then pressing F9 , the recalculate key before you transfer the entry into the cell by pressing Enter . |
| 7 | Frankie calls it as he sees it about the moral and social decay of contemporary Britain without ever sounding like someone whose grasp of the issues extends no further than memorizing a snappy slogan . |
| 8 | I shall repeat it as he works it for adults and then suggest how it might be adapted for children . |
| 9 | Somehow he had pulled free the phosphorus grenade , detonating it as he held it against the stinking flesh of the mercifully unseen horror that was ripping him apart . |
| 10 | So this song sort of sprang to mind and I could hear it as I wanted it to be and I could also hear a few little modifications that would suit their purposes , too . |
| 11 | In his Life he made William X of Aquitaine protest against Louis 's meddling in the Auvergne , with the words : ‘ If the count of Auvergne has committed any fault , it is my duty to present him at your court on your order , because he holds the Auvergne of me as I hold it of you . ’ |