Example sentences of "as [pron] [modal v] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because I find that er I can talk to people now , we chat away as I would in a pub , or in someone 's house but then this is the bit that worries me . |
| 2 | ( 3 ) Swing your right hand and arm down as you would during a downswing in golf . |
| 3 | You should look on your notes as you would on a stamp collection — small , frequent additions on the right pages and plenty of empty space for more in the same category . |
| 4 | Type in text as you would on a typewriter , but at the ends of lines do not tap Enter . |
| 5 | Any other PC equipped with Ultrafax can also send and receive files , as you would with a modem , which is a bonus . |
| 6 | That 's where you actually sign over er the management of your whole portfolio to another individual , as you would with a share portfolio with a bank . |
| 7 | Be as cautious with a dog as you would with a child . |
| 8 | In fact , sweet traitor , you clung to my hand as you would to a lover . ’ |
| 9 | It 's rather like a Ford Granada ; you can buy the basic version or you can pay almost as much as you would for a Jaguar and get the Ghia version . |
| 10 | Cut out each letter of the phrase and hide them in or around the house and in other places , as you would for a scavenger hunt . |
| 11 | With the stake firmed in the hole , hold the tree up with a simple string loop , and plant it just as you would for a bush — except that , without the bud to go by , you will have to look carefully for the soil ‘ tide mark ’ where it was growing in the nursery and finish off to that height , with the standard stem about 1½–2 inches ( 4–5cm ) from the stake . |
| 12 | ( 2 ) Swing the club back as you would in a golf swing and then start to return to an imaginary ball . |
| 13 | Find out as much as you can about a job before you apply for it , and certainly before you have an interview . |
| 14 | Note that when you are acting for a seller of registered land ( unlike unregistered ) , the plan attached to the transfer must be signed by the seller alone , and not by the seller 's agent — not even by the seller 's conveyancer as you can for a buyer . |
| 15 | I keep reminding myself that this was a film , a work of art , a dramatic illusion , but it 's not easy to detach yourself from a film , as you can from a play . ’ |
| 16 | She had to stand on her toes and reach up as high as she could with a walking-stick in order to hook the hat off the peg , and even then she only just made it . |
| 17 | In one regrettable case , which I myself witnessed , it had become an established sport in the house for guests to ring for the butler and put to him random questions of the order of , say , who had won the Derby in such and such a year , rather as one might to a Memory Man at the music hall . |
| 18 | We lost ours a long time ago , but some people are still clinging to it , as they would to a piece of wreckage , in the hope that it will remain afloat . |
| 19 | Residents should be able to live as far as possible as they would in a home of their own . |
| 20 | At extremely fast tempos this lilt is lost and they even out as they would in a funk or fusion context . |
| 21 | One reason why students do n't do as well as they should at A level is that they ca n't express themselves . |
| 22 | If development ceases , the pupils will not benefit as much as they should at a time in their education which will never be repeated and one which therefore could never be made up . |
| 23 | ‘ And there are some boys who are just out to go as far as they can with a girl and get rid of her after a couple of days . |
| 24 | The terminals worked on a line by line basis , with the screen information scrolling upwards just as it would on a teleprinter roll . |
| 25 | Regan is right to the extent that to talk of recognition in such circumstances does have a purpose , as it would of a dog 's staccato barks and tail-waving on hearing its master 's voice , but he fails to realise that the same form of words now features in a related , but different , language-game . |
| 26 | When Brau and Brunner AG and Cadbury Schweppes plc notified the creation of a joint venture that would prepare and sell mineral water , the Commission found that this joint venture was not a concentration but a cooperative agreement , because the parent companies would stay active on the soft drinks market and so the structure of competition would not be permanently altered , as it would with a concentration . |
| 27 | as it might around a prayer |
| 28 | In some cases , vibrational progressions may be observed , and careful analysis of the nature of the vibrations involved can give us an idea of both the symmetry and any changes in structure associated with the transition , just as it can for a band in a valence photoelectron spectrum ( Section 6.6.2 ) . |
| 29 | A spark can just as easily set light to your clothes as it can to a dryer full of washing . |
| 30 | The formulation of restraints upon State activities through the adoption ( often by consensus ) of Resolutions and Codes of Conduct within international organisations makes it hard for a State to claim non-party status , as it can to a treaty it has not ratified . |