Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | General Norman Schwarzkopf , or Stormin' Norman as he became known , retired from the forces last year . |
| 2 | you would give the leads is that right as I read this ? |
| 3 | I owe you another fifty as we agreed . ’ |
| 4 | She tho she was doing this right as she spoke |
| 5 | It is hoped that the general reader will find this interesting as it certainly adds to the understanding of the fascinating discoveries described in the later chapters . |
| 6 | Such behaviour is essential when you are training your dog to run free outside as you will want to put it back on the leash at the end of the period of exercise . |
| 7 | There was some light left as they motored the few miles to The Towers . |
| 8 | My watch alarm woke us to a finger cold pre-dawn , though I remained only half awake as we trudged through knee-deep snow to the bottom of the Supercouloir , both of us cursing that we had not brought our skis . |
| 9 | His eyes were half closed as he drank from his glass , and there was a sudden stillness in the air as he waited for her reply . |
| 10 | Sophie 's eyes were half closed as she sought the memory . |
| 11 | Erm if we actually get into the th th t the top selling bracket er or the top ten as it were , erm bearing in mind that the top sales were one thousand three hundred and nineteen pounds , |
| 12 | She crouched as the great flock screamed past her , wings humming ; some of them tangled in the trees , a few panicked as they shattered themselves against the stone of the fortress , or flew frantically in the confined space of the room ; but most of them circled above her head , then streamed away to the south , lost against the fading luminescence of the sky . |
| 13 | Later discussing the experience with his workmates the reaction was divided , some voiced complete disbelief , some agreed as they too had had similar experiences , others just nodded agreement with Willie . |
| 14 | His buildings are as exciting naked as they are sumptuous when adorned . |
| 15 | Wilkinson will now try to qualify for the British Open as he aims for a European tour card later in the year . |
| 16 | In the event , I found this difficult as they seemed inappropriate . |
| 17 | Gradually the bubbling and gurgling faded as she drifted away . |
| 18 | I mean she used to toss , toss me off on the old and there 's , there 's and she used to sit on there used , used to sit on there she used to toss me off and I got this fucking as she 's tossing me off she did this love bite . |
| 19 | Now he 's back with a furiously reworked ragga version of the Beatles B-side ‘ She 's A Woman ’ , heading straight for the Top 40 as we speak and featuring top toasting from ragga megastar Shabba Ranks . |
| 20 | I should n't think this boring as I had sometimes done before . |
| 21 | His eyes were a warm clear blue as they fixed and held her dark ones . |
| 22 | You will understand then something of the climate prevailing around Darlington Hall by the time of my father 's fall in front of the summerhouse — this occurring as it did just two weeks before the first of the conference guests were likely to arrive — and what I mean when I say there was little room for any ‘ beating about the bush ’ . |
| 23 | Simmons blasted five sixes and 12 fours as he moved to 122 from 113 balls . |
| 24 | Here I must admit to a certain prejudice , in that much as I admired Chapman 's engineering brilliance — it was intuitive , radical , lateral-thinking and extremely sharp — I did not share , then or now , the belief that Colin was a constructor in the class of Enzo Ferrari , nor did I feel any faith in him as a man or a leader of men . |
| 25 | Economic policies are actually about social relations and social values , which is why they are as much political as they are economic . |
| 26 | Without question , open systems give users a great deal more leverage when negotiating with their suppliers , as Wendler observes , ‘ the keys to a successful migration process are as much political as they are technical . |
| 27 | The footprint controversy is as much political as it is scientific . |
| 28 | This is as much unnecessary as it is undesirable ; critical evaluation can lead to positive assessments , just as much as to negative ones . |
| 29 | Universities and polytechnics , after all , are as much interested as anybody in what a student can do ; and especially in what he understands . |
| 30 | If you charter from Corsica — where there seemed to be no real shortage — take as much extra as you can manage . |