Example sentences of "and [adj] as [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was such quiet authority in his deep voice that she nodded , instinctively obeying the command , remaining stiff and unfeeling as she watched him go back inside . |
| 2 | He was slim and attractive , certainly , but his body was not quite as tense and muscular as he felt it ought to be . |
| 3 | It may be soft and warm as you inhale it but once it is inside your body it becomes as hard and tough as the surface of that road . |
| 4 | They were having a great time looking at the animals and listening as we explained which countries they were all from . |
| 5 | By then it was too late to try and change her policy , for the overseer seemed to have taken a real dislike to her , watching for any slip she made , so that he could punish her for being high and mighty as he called it . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's not long now , ’ she tried to sound cheerful and bracing as she saw her neighbour 's lower lip tremble . |
| 7 | She sounded distant and cold as she told me she would marry the man her father had selected from millions , and that was the end of it . |
| 8 | As at home , your diet is as healthy and balanced as you make it — it 's up to you . |
| 9 | She felt very vulnerable and awkward as she followed him into the room . |
| 10 | We realise that as the play develops she is not as ‘ white ’ and good as she wants us to believe . |
| 11 | Their answers are both forthright and fascinating as they reveal their most private thoughts . |
| 12 | Feel lithe and graceful as you do them . |
| 13 | Feel slim , elegant and graceful as you do them . |
| 14 | Feel slim and graceful as you do them . |
| 15 | Feel slim and graceful as you do them . |
| 16 | And thence to Halifax where they had entered the town in their thousands , led by the women , Sairellen had been pleased to hear , walking four and five abreast , empty-handed and bare-headed as she had herself once walked to York , singing the psalm she too had sung on that day . |
| 17 | Her face looked calm and beautiful as it slept its enforced slumber , the lips slightly parted , the dark curls spilling over a pale cheek . |
| 18 | Mrs Browning was still pale and shaky as we settled ourselves by the fire ( and what the moon saw , or what it might have seen if its beams could have penetrated the closely-drawn curtains supplemented by plastic sheeting to foil the poison gas , might have seemed a little unusual ; but who can tell what strange sights are enclosed within the cheerful light of a curtained window ? ) . |
| 19 | Every feather in her boa fluttered and caressed as she lifted her arm and her glass . |
| 20 | Feel slim , graceful and elegant as you do them . |
| 21 | As the campaign progressed , his rallies became increasingly visionary and evangelical as he narrowed his eyes and gazed at horizons no one else could see . |
| 22 | On shaky legs she walked slowly over to him , stood before him , her breathing suddenly shallow and jerky as he moved his dark gaze the length of her body . |
| 23 | They are soft and soothing as they cover my body |
| 24 | A huge rocky outcrop at the far end jutted up and beneath it a small river or burn flowed quietly , turning and twisting as it followed its banks . |
| 25 | Everything Nicolas or Bridget says is wrapped in inverted commas , which open as the character opens his mouth and close as he closes it . |
| 26 | Feel beautiful , lithe and positive as you do them . |
| 27 | Everyone was black-faced and weary , and numbed as they contemplated their own futures . |
| 28 | I felt proud and grown-up as I made my way down the road , concentrating my mind for what might be required of me . |
| 29 | His movements were slow and deliberate as he threaded his fingers through the tangled strands , his eyes on his task , and Hilary forgot to breathe altogether , almost terrified by his touch . |