Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [conj] [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you ca n't run away and hide as though you were afraid of him . ’ |
| 2 | That secret self which he drew on , and which he would draw out and test as time went on , was not for public display unless Burton willed it . |
| 3 | A spokesman for the new organization declared that traditional whale-hunting countries could no longer stand by and watch as the system for international management of whale stocks crumbled under the pressure of environmental extremists . |
| 4 | A spokesman declared that traditional whale-hunting countries could no longer stand by and watch as international management of whale stocks crumbled under the pressure of environmental extremists . |
| 5 | The Labour Party 's obsession with distancing itself from anything which the right-wing media could pick up and exploit as ‘ extremist ’ is well described by Wainwright in her account of a Labour Party election rally . |