Example sentences of "to [art] [noun] as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , miraculously , there was little resistance and I stared in disbelief as the great organ disappeared gloriously and wonderfully from sight I was right behind it with my arm , probing frantically away up to the shoulder as I rotated my wrist again and again till both uterine cornua were fully involuted Ben I was certain beyond doubt that everything was back in place I lay there for a few moments , my arm still deep inside the sow , my forehead resting on the floor . |
| 2 | For the rest of the afternoon she simply sat in the front room of the old farmhouse , surrounded by paint pots and rolls of wallpaper , oblivious to the chaos as she went over everything that had happened in her mind . |
| 3 | And so therefore if anybody has amendments that they wish to make to the deliverance as it is , we will take them if necessary one by one and vote for them as they are presented to us , and then we 'll come to any other counter motions that may be on hand . |
| 4 | One elderly juror , whose house had burned down eight months before North appeared , said she tuned in a little to the hearings as she tried to sort everything out , but ‘ it was just like I was focussing on ‘ The Three Stooges ’ or something . ’ |
| 5 | I had to jump to the cage attached to the crane as my feet were now tied together , the man in the cage checked everything once more and then we were off . |
| 6 | So Alan you go with our warm thanks and our very best wishes for a future which I know will be as valuable to the church as it will lead to a gap in our ranks which it will be difficult to fill . |
| 7 | To be fair , I was as opposed to the idea as he was , though not for the same reason . |
| 8 | One thing was clear : it was as important to clear away the vegetation close to the ramparts as It was to maintain the ramparts themselves . |
| 9 | And the report for the half year will go to the council as you 've heard . |
| 10 | But one incident that amused me was that I was booked for a coffee commercial and the producer phoned me up the night before the session to let me know the track we were doing , because he said he wanted to get it as close to the original as he possibly could . |
| 11 | They were now tending to the Frenchman as he lay on the ground . |
| 12 | Clearly there may be as many answers to the question as there are individual teachers , but my own personal experience would suggest that there are both negative and positive ‘ vibes ’ . |
| 13 | Instead of now referring to the child as something for us to share , Sarah started saying it was hers . |
| 14 | I 'd like to , just like to say that a woman erm , who can not have children erm and re has got to the end of the road , no medical mirac , miracles can help her , erm , if surrogacy is the only option for her then they 've , these pe , couples like myself have gone through such a long erm struggle to get where they are that any child that 's conceived is gon na be a wonderfully loved childed and explained , everything 's explained to the child as he or she grows up . |
| 15 | Respect for the dignity and freedom of the child consists in the recognition that the burden of responsibility shifts from the adult to the child as she herself demands it . |
| 16 | Philip went to the door as his Dad came in . |
| 17 | Way in the background , Lucy could see Josie with her back to the door as she cleaned up around the makeup chair . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've had better tarts , ’ he said , and , walking to the door as she struggled into a sitting position , trying to restore her ruined self , for at some time she must leave the room and face her shattered world , he flung her his final insult . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm coming — I 'm coming ! ’ she shouted back , wishing there were a key to the door as she quickly applied some light make-up . |
| 20 | And you 've got to try and relate this back to the areas as we have now as we now understand them . |
| 21 | He lay for a long time , listening to the storm as it blew itself out . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't want to ask you anything more now , Mrs Hatton , ’ he said to the widow as he left her weeping among the dead man 's ill-gotten glories . |
| 23 | ‘ People were hugging and kissing each other as my car powered its way to the finish as they joined me in an early celebration . |
| 24 | It is worth your while to obtain detailed quotations at the outset and to insist upon a further quotation for any work which may be added to the schedule as you go along . |
| 25 | Boys and girls are apprentices to the professionals as they plan and build their own playhouse in the school grounds . |
| 26 | God 's warning to the Israelites as they embarked on their conquest of the Promised Land can be applied easily to the renewal of mind which each of us should experience . |
| 27 | A longer time period is probably advantageous to the acquirer as it enables a better assessment of assets to be made and gives time for undisclosed liabilities to appear . |
| 28 | Her saviour was as soaked to the skin as she was , she 'd registered . |
| 29 | I immediately stop the engine and we drift parallel to the animal as it makes its way down the beach and into the sea . |
| 30 | Fran sighed , throwing the pencil down on to the desk as she leant back in the chair . |