Example sentences of "[verb] as [pron] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of this written work can be done alone , but some of it is best achieved in collaboration ; it might be that the purpose of the drama is to work together to produce documents , for example : The letters written by the sailors on the Mary Rose as they left port ( had they been able to write ) . |
| 2 | ‘ I suppose , ’ she ventured as they neared Water Gypsy , ‘ you 'll have to go back to the beechwoods this morning . |
| 3 | Early sailors noticed that the height of the sun varied as they travelled north or south . |
| 4 | He winced as she dabbed disinfectant on the cut and covered it up for him . |
| 5 | Even lightly-oiled birds were dying as they ingested oil while attempting to preen themselves clean . |
| 6 | For example , the ship has a power meter which drops as you get hit , but builds back up over a period of time , you do n't just simply die when hit . |
| 7 | Her eyes fell from his , widening as she caught sight of a reddening patch on his cheek . |
| 8 | He refused to comment as he left court yesterday . |
| 9 | A diet high in fresh fruit and vegetables is obviously to be recommended as it encourages digestion and elimination . |
| 10 | Before she even had time to realise his intentions , he drove his long , powerful fingers into her hair , bringing her face round to his , and her squeal of outrage was silenced as he took possession of her mouth . |
| 11 | Reaching a decision , she stood up , groaning as she caught sight of her own rumpled state in the mirror . |
| 12 | In Western philosophy , when knowledge or theory comprehends the other , then the alterity of the latter vanishes as it becomes part of the same . |
| 13 | He had slid one hand beneath the thin wool sweater , causing her skin to judder as he made contact with her naked midriff . |
| 14 | Because he had the right attitude , he did n't quibble , he did n't moan he did n't criticize , he just got on with the job , and is n't that a little area that we can all work on somewhere , it comes down to that little bit of territory even , does n't it , if we 're given in the ministry and we say oh not there again , I worked that last time , I know that person in that house they 're all working , called on them and when they , I just do n't get , I just do n't get on with them , they 're not me at all , you see , we , we can go on and on in all kinds of areas ca n't we in the truth , but what an attitude to have and I thought this was a lovely expression here , look , erm , on page twenty seven , just about a third of the way down on the right hand side , he says as I have opportunity , I encourage new ones at that , that would take advantage of all privileged service , they 're given , and to learn to be content , and happy with it and just in the next paragraph at the end he says be happy and content in your present circumstances and blossom in a spiritual way in the soil where you are planted is n't that a lo a lovely expression , does n't that show a man who is spiritually alive and alert and awake , and is n't that how we should be , would n't the congregation flow and move along forward , so much better and more unitedly if we all have that lovely attitude that Jehovah service , no matter what it is , we ca n't all be public speakers , we ca n't all be giving a public talk at the district assembly can we ? |
| 15 | TWO men were appearing in court today charged with the murder of trainee accountant Martin Jacks , 23 , who was shot as he watched TV cricket at his home in Putney , London . |
| 16 | Perhaps my problem is the way I perceived the first news of the crumbling of the old Europe ; sitting in hospital and festooned in drip feeds and stoned out of my mind on pethidine as I came round from an anaesthetic , I muzzily watched the news on the TV in the corner of my room and truly believed I was hallucinating as I saw kitchen choppers taking down the Berlin Wall ; after such a beginning to the thaw , how can I believe that as well as East Germany 's arrival in the West , Czechoslovakia is almost herself again . |
| 17 | We speak as we hear speech . |
| 18 | There are also a large number of tactical decisions to be made as you sail upwind . |
| 19 | The Great Central Railtour of June 1963 behind 4472 ‘ Flying Scotsman ’ , seen as it heads south from Tibshelf and is about to cross the Midland branch from Westhouses to Teversal . |
| 20 | The Company offers employees the opportunity to buy Company stock by means of a Save As You Earn Contract — a scheme which has the approval of the Inland Revenue . |
| 21 | Options may be granted , at times determined by the directors , to employees who enter into the Save As You Earn Contract . |
| 22 | The employee subscribes to a Save As You Earn scheme for at least five years to pay for the shares . |
| 23 | This term is preferred as it signifies ill-treatment of a person . |
| 24 | We discover that prayer grows as it keeps pace with the moral and emotional changes within us . |
| 25 | The government of President Hastings Kamuzu Banda came under increasing pressure from Western governments to improve its human rights record as it took action to arrest the pro-democracy campaigner , Chakufwa Chihana , and to expel Mgr John Roche , Roman Catholic bishop-elect of Mzimba . |
| 26 | He slid off the couch , wincing as he put weight on his foot . |
| 27 | Piercingly aware of his presence in the next room , her hand shook as she spooned coffee into the filter cup and switched on the machine . |
| 28 | Trish yawned as she came padding into the kitchen the next morning . |
| 29 | Inside her she had felt a little sense of triumph begin to grow as they rode side by side through the cool bright jungle glades ; sometimes she had allowed her horse to drift towards his on the narrow trail , perhaps hoping he might give voice to the passion his expression had seemed to promise at the palais . |
| 30 | His eyes were closed as he perceived pleasure from all of his senses , except that of sight . |