Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv] as it " in BNC.
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| 1 | To carry out participant observation into the minutiae of police practice might be theoretically approved in any statement made for general consumption , but in the cold light of institutional reality it will most likely be thwarted or subverted even as it is being agreed . |
| 2 | He laid upon the table a drawstring purse of soft leather , that chinked faintly as it shifted and settled . |
| 3 | In the stunned silence George Felse got up , without speaking , and crossed the room to where Gus 's jacket hung on the back of a chair , turned towards the replenished fire , and steamed gently as it dried . |
| 4 | She estimated that its body was about twice the size of the shuttle , but it seemed much larger because of the mottled membranes that extended like wings on both sides of the creature , and rippled lazily as it swam through space . |
| 5 | Yesterday afternoon was misty and bitterly cold , but I walked the four miles to Wuthering Heights and arrived just as it was beginning to snow . |
| 6 | For 9 consecutive days the Manor will be peopled and run exactly as it was in 1644 — the middle of the English Civil War — two years after the Battle of Edgehill and the year of the Battle of Cropredy Bridge , both within 8 miles of Sulgrave . |
| 7 | For 9 consecutive days the Manor will be peopled and run exactly as it was in 1746 — Georgian times — one year after the abortive Jacobite Rebellion . |
| 8 | Television , it should be remembered , can conserve and celebrate just as it can abbreviate and denature . |
| 9 | An elaborate framework of twisted osiers , the Wheel was nine feet in diameter with the proportions of a water-wheel ; but lit by the lamps and raised aloft as it was , it looked gigantic . |
| 10 | Mistakes do not disappear of their own accord , and the text on the screen will be saved and printed exactly as it appears . |
| 11 | Riven felt a thrill of fear in his stomach , like ice poured liquid into the bottom of his lungs ; and then it was all he could do to steer his terrified horse in Murtach 's wake , and stay aboard as it swerved past rocks and bushes , and leapt hollows with the thunder of the other horses like a storm in his ears , and the rain a freezing hail in his face that blinded him . |
| 12 | So anything that can fall down and go faster as it falls . |
| 13 | It had no identifiable melody , it was just beautifully melodic , rising and falling gently as it carried him along . |
| 14 | Christina touched the side of his jeep and jumped away as it began to rock . |
| 15 | Mouths that opened and closed hungrily as it advanced , showing lots of saw-teeth within the openings . |