Example sentences of "[adv] as we [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girls were very beautiful , and flirtatious , but as royal guests there was no question of us , much as we entertained the thought , lumbering off with our torches in the direction of pitiful screams . |
| 2 | Just so long as we maintain the candidacy . ’ |
| 3 | Right , so as we increase the labour ou er input by one unit the change in total product , right , is going to be given by the marginal product , right , so so quite simply the marginal products of labour . |
| 4 | Only as we entered the Tower did Benjamin lean over and whisper , ‘ Roger , pretend we discovered nothing . |
| 5 | It was thought that this would stimulate our divinity students in being close to the university and so involved in contact with university students who would in future years be leaders of the nation , just as we hoped the divinity students would become leaders of the Church . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , just as we finished the boss came past in a hell of a state . |
| 7 | Suddenly , just as we rounded the bend and were able to glimpse the gables and turrets of Templecombe above the trees , one of the soldiers came riding back so fast his horse , slithering and clattering on the path , almost crashed into Mandeville 's mount . |
| 8 | Just as we need the rain forests , the fish need the plants , and only healthy , assimilating plants can do the job nature has designed them for . |
| 9 | " Just as we used the tiger as a symbol to secure the protection of a huge diversity of habitats in India , so we want to achieve the same with the elephant in Africa " , Simon Lyster adds . |
| 10 | Just as we have the ebb and flow of seasons , each with its own appointed purpose ; just as the rest of night follows the activity of day , so too could there be vast seasons of the Mind , spanning aeons , which hold the world in balance , removing dead wood , and vitalizing and renewing harmony between all forms ? |
| 11 | As film viewers , we have learnt this ‘ grammar ’ subliminally , exactly as we learnt the grammar of language subliminally . |
| 12 | However , as soon as we reached the interview for the home/school post a debate on the school and the community began again as shown from the notes I took where the main participants in the discussion were Phil Barlow ( the Deputy Head for Curriculum ) , Chris Cousins ( the Deputy Head for Community ) , Ann Thomas ( the Community Adviser for the LEA ) and Father Curtis ( the Chairman of the Governors ) . |
| 13 | We require some evidence of loss , either from a vet or an accountant , and as soon as we receive the reports we look at them speedily and with sympathy . |
| 14 | As soon as we received the tree preservation order we rushed down to pi-n i-t on the tree . |
| 15 | As soon as we heard the engine his grip tightened . |
| 16 | It consists in pointing out the fact that , as soon as we use the stages as a type of classification , we find we have more doubtful borderline cases than typical ones , because of the great variation of social systems in history in different parts of the world . |
| 17 | and I said as soon as we got the opportunity of moving away we would do , and we searched all over the erm , when it come to , went into Lincolnshire , went into Wales |
| 18 | ‘ As soon as we got the report we suspected — well , we knew , I suppose . |
| 19 | ‘ As soon as we spotted the advertisement for the lighthouse we were intrigued . |
| 20 | The number one will automatically light up as soon as we activate the circuit and the current increases gradually as the numbers get progressively higher . |
| 21 | A sprinkling of members was busy ordering drinks and as soon as we approached the bar , there was a chorus of ‘ Welcome back , Captain ! ’ or ‘ Good to see you , Bill ’ . |
| 22 | As soon as we entered the restaurant the proprietor came out to us from the kitchen , rubbing his hands oilier on a tea towel . |
| 23 | As soon as we entered the house we heard a low moaning and , on opening the living-room door , saw our landlady rocking herself backwards and forwards in her chair . |
| 24 | ‘ As soon as we see the scripts , we start planning , look in our nasty books or ask Peter Salt our nursing advisor , ’ says Jan. skin for stitching scenes is made from a gelatine based substance which is coloured and moulded on to the actor . |
| 25 | As soon as we have the results of the trials we shall publish them . |
| 26 | The face has always had a dialectical relationship to art and , today perhaps , this is stronger than ever as we view the face — in portraiture — with a scepticism characteristic of our age and as we witness the convergence of popular culture and fine art in so many spheres . |
| 27 | The exiles from Ecuador — more accustomed to jungle and soggy heat — had gasped unashamedly as we rounded the bend above the cliffs , and they remained quite mute , awestruck , as we circled down into town and parked outside the Hotel Eberhardt for a dish of the king crab , centolla , and a mug of beer . |
| 28 | From a relatively flat and gentle start our clearly marked path soon began to lead upwards as we rounded the corner by South Eggardon Farm . |
| 29 | Just in so far as we cause the Government to persecute those who believe in peace , so we may be doing the greatest service … to stimulate the national consciousness in [ the ] direction [ of peace ] . ’ |
| 30 | The old unregenerate ‘ I ’ is nailed to the cross with Christ ( Gal. 2:20 ) : we ‘ live in the Spirit ’ or ‘ walk in the Spirit ’ precisely in so far as we allow the Spirit to ‘ crucify the flesh with its affections and lusts ’ ( Gal. 5:24 ) . |