Example sentences of "[adv] as [pron] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a certain doubt as to whether the universe is old enough for any Black Dwarfs to have been produced as yet , but eventually it must happen , and this will be the final fate of the Sun — though we will not be there to see ; the Earth can hardly expect to survive the Red Giant stage , when the Sun will radiate at least a hundred times as fiercely as it does at present . |
| 2 | Independent soft-commission brokers regard it as an acceptable method of payment so long as they deal at the best price . |
| 3 | " Well , so long as you remain at mine , I think the rest could be managed . |
| 4 | It is no good insisting that , so long as you look at it with your eyes closed , a pig 's ear is a silk purse after all . |
| 5 | He had asked John Prior Estlin for letters of introduction to the Unitarian ministers at Bridgwater and Taunton , and became a regular preacher in both towns for as long as he remained at Stowey . |
| 6 | Do n't hang about , ’ he said impatiently as she stared at him , the bedclothes clutched tightly round her . |
| 7 | He could tell she was very annoyed by the way she jogged her foot up and down as she stared at the window . |
| 8 | Doubts came rushing in as she stared at her reflection , wondering what on earth had possessed her to buy it . |
| 9 | And er I used to go myself quite a lot er when there were well when there were more than one coming up I 've seen me go into , down in the pullman train from here to er , well we had about five changes I think , fat father had it all marked out so as you changed at a certain place . |
| 10 | So as it says at the bottom of page eight there 's a golden rule for presenting is use three themes . |
| 11 | It is only as we become at ease with the condition of our own humanity that we can accept another person 's . |
| 12 | A few girls were dancing together as they did at the youth club hops and the dancing was of the proper ‘ ballroom variety ’ — waltzes , quicksteps and foxtrots . |
| 13 | Thus as I look at the figures I see the question in a broader context . |
| 14 | You know if they think they can do just as they like at that age , well I mean er the , the |
| 15 | Locke 's contemporaries marvelled at this human creation just as they marvelled at nature as seen through the microscope . |
| 16 | It is certain that the seas of 600 to 1000 million years ago swarmed with drifting medusae , just as they do at present . |
| 17 | The laws of science will hold at them , just as they do at the North and South Poles on the earth . |
| 18 | And I see nothing wrong with allowing certain rooms to be used as bedrooms , just as they do at any English Dormy House . |
| 19 | As lads , ignorant about stalking , two of us hove over a horizon just as someone fired at a stag . |
| 20 | Just as you look at the candle flame there burning , erm it 's a symbol . |
| 21 | I read , just as I had at the Moroneys , yet with the single difference in this case there was a young man , Aoin O'Heiher , a nephew of Liam O'Flaherty and he introduced me to writers like Eliot and Joyce . |
| 22 | And as for you , miss , ’ she said , rounding on Theda , ‘ you 're no better than you should be , just as I suspected at the outset . ’ |
| 23 | The real reason was that he felt at ease ; he was no longer a figure of fun or an eyesore , he had a place — just as he did at first with Sien . |
| 24 | Claiming he will have this design ready by the autumn , MacDonald is taking a personal interest in product design , just as he did at AC Scotland . |
| 25 | He sat and watched the quill being borne along by the current and then leaning over as it tugged at the end of the swim . |
| 26 | The first and most important question to mull over as you gaze at your patch is : What is this garden for ? |
| 27 | and Angela happens to be sleeping over as she does at her job |
| 28 | Taking over as she did at very short notice when our last Treasurer became ill , she has always managed to administer the Society 's finances in an extremely capable way despite the fact that the last six years has been a period of considerable change and economic difficulty . |
| 29 | And Beuno said nothing , but he looked at him as mildly as he looks at the trout that he catches in the stream , and the doctor said , ‘ Until tomorrow ’ , and he left , and Beuno watched him go as mildly as he watches the sheep when he frees them from where they are caught in the hedge . |
| 30 | It is not the people who break the pattern of the Numbers stories , but God , for he responds almost exactly as he did at Meribah before . |