Example sentences of "be [verb] as [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , the Israelites had been taught to welcome strangers and to look after them and Ruth 's fears must have been allayed as they receive her , there 's no cross examination , there 's no inquisition , she does n't go through any third degree , she is received back at face value . |
| 2 | Not very many sub-conversions have yet been done as I understand it and my source of information about the levels of conversion is solely from Mrs , called on behalf of the defendants and her real source of information is simply one family whom she has talked to on the telephone about it , who find the levels conversion of their Nissan Serena perfectly satisfactory for their twenty year old daughter . |
| 3 | They 're spelt as you say them . |
| 4 | The imaginary and timeless cruelties of the Chinese are relished as they frighten us , while the drama of the Hungarians is a disturbing intrusion of someone else 's reality that , glimpsed on the television screen , is not entirely unlike our own : worried-looking men in square-shouldered , belted coats ; forlorn children . |
| 5 | This weekend that fear will be realised as she finds herself isolated from the boys who , as she has so often pointed out , mean everything to her . |
| 6 | These people must be considered as you organise your data . |
| 7 | Unless there is a particular problem I would propose to delay altering the stops until moving the shelter can be organised as I think it would be confusing , not to say unpopular , to do otherwise . |
| 8 | It is erm alleged , it is to be alleged as I understand it by the er defendant relying on Mr opinion that the business would have failed in any event er because of the plaintiff 's general lack of experience in this trade and what is described as a lack of financial expertise or caution er to which the availability of extra money as envisaged in the original proposal , would have made absolutely no difference . |
| 9 | He had to be assisted as he flayed himself , but he got most of the skin off as easily as a cardigan , and the minister only had to help him with the last few strips . |
| 10 | Children often match the colours of their equipment , but sometimes the smallest spade is the same colour as the largest bucket and further conversation can be encouraged as they discover it is not always easier to fill a small bucket with a large spade , than to fill a large bucket with a small spade . |
| 11 | If the plans were to be implemented as they stand it would mean a significant deterioration in Maternity services . |
| 12 | It was a ploy of Lord Darlington 's to stand at this shelf studying the spines of the encyclopedias as I came down the staircase , and sometimes , to increase the effect of an accidental meeting , he would actually pull out a volume and pretend to be engrossed as I completed my descent . |
| 13 | This was truly paradise ; it had to be savoured as we knew it short lived . |
| 14 | The more explicit pictures referred to in the text have not been reproduced as we felt they could cause unnecessary offence to both readers and distributors |
| 15 | It had been delivered as she paid her daily visit to the Casa Guidi or otherwise would have languished at the post office , returned as unclaimed . |
| 16 | I do n't think you 'll be in the slightest danger of being knifed as you practise your bedside-manner sitting by a semi-conscious young woman in an intensive care unit . ’ |
| 17 | The musky male scent of his cologne teased her nostrils , and she was ashamed at the way her knees were trembling as he led her over to sit down on the wide , comfortable couch . |
| 18 | But his hands were trembling as he put them back in his pockets , and a thick feeling rose up in his throat whenever he thought of Helen , which seemed to be nearly all the time . |
| 19 | This time it was his eyes that were narrowed as he watched her as closely as any cat after a mouse . |
| 20 | His eyes were watering as he started it , and he looked away from me again , towards the deserted white tables around us . |
| 21 | He pointed to the straight-backed figure of a striking Chinese girl in an embroidered silk dress before whom the crowds were parting as she made her way slowly along the opposite pavement . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd take your clothes off now and prove it to you , ’ he said thickly , and his hands were shaking as they held her by the hips . |
| 23 | Someone brought her a coffee and she smiled vague thanks , noting with the same odd detachment that her hands were shaking as she clasped them around the mug . |
| 24 | It 's a bonus to have your papers delivered , but my newspaper boy , like all others , had perfected the art of cramming them in the letter box so that they were shredded as you pulled them inside . |
| 25 | She took the programme from his hand as if wanting to know what the song was , but her eyes were shut as she bent her head over it . |
| 26 | This is called dynamic storage allocation because the variables of type PERSON are created as we need them in the program . |
| 27 | This is all realistic and is happening as I think it would if small boys were alone on an island . |
| 28 | Of course , the terrible irony of this is shown later , when Eddie betrays his cousins and the truth of his own words is applied as he ruins his life and finally loses it as a result of being disloyal . |
| 29 | This is done as he lifts his rear leg to kick the attacker . |
| 30 | The author 's study is preserved as he left it , along with his collections of books , armour and historical records . |