Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shriek of the plane 's engines drowned our voices , so Bonefish and I just watched as the plane sank towards Straker Cay 's small airstrip . |
| 2 | I 've discovered over the years that if my hair is all right , then generally speaking , so am I. I also notice as the years lurch by , and I would n't dream of telling anyone but you , that my mother was right . |
| 3 | It was a promise of sorts and one Harry found himself constantly remembering as the hours passed . |
| 4 | There were three broad influences on perceptions of Labour chances : a ‘ wishful thinking ’ ( partisan ) influence , which was the most powerful and consistent ( Labour supporters rated their party 's chances highly ) ; a pure information-based influence ( discussion , education , television viewing all lowered expectations of a Labour victory ) , which declined as the election approached ; and a propaganda-based influence ( reading rightwing papers also lowered expectations of a Labour victory ) , which also declined as the election approached . |
| 5 | She almost crumpled as the full rage of thunder exploded over the meadow and was still fifty yards short of the cabin when the squall hit . |
| 6 | The development of what we still see as the modern corporation began with Pierre S. du Pont 's restructuring of his family company in the early twenties and continued with Alfred P. Sloan 's redesign of General Motors a few years later . |
| 7 | Between 1 846 and 1873 the social and ecological pattern of what we now regard as the traditional English village became firmly established , particularly in the lowland South and East . |
| 8 | Remarkably , Pliny slept calmly during the early part of the night , although ashes had begun to pile up outside the house , but he eventually awoke as the situation deteriorated . |
| 9 | It even grew as the century went on . |