Example sentences of "[adj] as [pers pn] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tried hard not to appear self-conscious as she greeted the doorman at IMP 's headquarters where she worked . |
| 2 | Rain felt distinctly uncharitable as she straightened the bed and tried to pretend they had never been there . |
| 3 | The café looked deserted as I approached the front door . |
| 4 | Kelly felt quite calm as she entered the large committee room . |
| 5 | Huy felt anger rise into his mouth , but he made himself remain calm as he described the dead girl from the land of the Twin Rivers . |
| 6 | He felt perfectly calm as he entered the shop . |
| 7 | In this situation the first entry relating to the sales is clear as we reduce the sales by £600 and reduce the bank account by £600 in respect of the refund . |
| 8 | As we saw earlier , the extreme emotions of the horse are quite clear as they involve the whole horse ; but the same emotions in a more moderate form , or of lesser intensity , like apprehension or annoyance , will reveal themselves differently in different horses ; and the horse owner really has to learn them from the movement , gestures , and noises that the horse makes , and the context in which they are made . |
| 9 | Anyway , it was dead quiet and I felt a bit funny as I opened the door- ’ She stopped . |
| 10 | When we actually reached the reef , with calm water erupting into foaming waves twenty feet high as they hit the rocks , the Mantela bucked like a frightened horse , sank into a trough , reared up again , and then , as suddenly as it had started , the old tub was through the creamy foam of the passage and had settled into the lazy waters of the lagoon . |
| 11 | Rosalba 's voice grew worried and high as she remembered the Easter meal . |
| 12 | It was bitterly resentful , her hatred burning high as she remembered the months running into years that it had taken for her to convince herself that the guilt she had felt after her own father 's death was a self-destructive trap and just one more wrong done to her by Luke Scott . |
| 13 | By far the most common escape mechanism for organisms ranging from bacteria to human beings is ‘ habituation ’ , a kind of behavioural boredom by which an animal becomes less responsive as it encounters the same stimulus repeatedly . |
| 14 | Now careful as you pick the packets up because some of them are so old . |
| 15 | ‘ Or a King Charles Spaniel , ’ muttered Constance , puffing as she pushed the sofa against the wall . |
| 16 | So security was extra-tight as we visited the exclusive Knightsbridge store . |
| 17 | And slowly and carefully he peeled the garment over her head , his hands unsteady as he completed the task . |
| 18 | While all these points are important , the last-named is crucial as it influences the way in which new development is linked to the existing village core . |
| 19 | The entrance hall , although large and square , was panelled in some dark wood , which made it gloomy , and the ancestral portraits which stared disapprovingly down on Sabine as she mounted the stairs did nothing to lighten the atmosphere . |
| 20 | We became alarmed as he turned the car towards El Gala bridge and the city . |
| 21 | That thought in particular kept her warm as they left the restaurant for the bitter streets of the city . |
| 22 | Lucille was nervous as she climbed the steps . |
| 23 | So we felt quite smug as we manoeuvred the boats ashore for our next instructions . |
| 24 | He stood listening as they crossed the hall and waited for the sound of the lift gates closing . |
| 25 | She went on preparing the supper , her body tense with listening as she tossed the artichokes , stirred the pasta and put half a dozen steaks to fry in another black iron pan . |
| 26 | Kate looked bewildered as she watched the memories of amusement and sadness play over his face . |
| 27 | Jack 's Rake is a difficult scramble and at one or two points positively frightening as we climbed the final yards we felt a great sense of achievement . |
| 28 | ‘ What happened between us the other day , after our picnic — ’ his deep voice was suddenly slow and compelling as he steered the boat slowly towards the busy quay at Kalkara ‘ — that seemed … special . |
| 29 | For weeks he would live in a world by himself conscious as he watched the humdrum routine of his fellow prisoners that he was destined for higher things and happy in the knowledge that he was not as other men . |
| 30 | Gabriel felt sick as he realized the horrible truth . |