Example sentences of "as [pron] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gina tried to laugh as his softly delivered judgement made her heart lurch . |
| 2 | For the salvation offered by God to men and women … took on , from the Old Testament Prophets onwards , the privileged form of a nuptial mystery : for God the Chosen People is seen as his ardently loved spouse … |
| 3 | You want the lord of the manor to come and carry you off as his long lost daughter , is that it ? ’ |
| 4 | As I rarely watched TV or read newspapers , my knowledge was scanty . |
| 5 | It always fascinates me , the way my other self appears as I carefully apply concealer and foundation , shader and blusher , eye shadow and liner . |
| 6 | ‘ In so far as I ever had snake hips , they have gone since I came here . ’ |
| 7 | No it is n't amazing , as you well know sweetie . |
| 8 | As you slowly lose weight you can programme little rewards for yourself , like a visit to the hairdresser for a restyle , new make-up , new glasses , a tour of the clothes shops to try out new styles , and so on . |
| 9 | As she slowly regained strength , Julia began to be able to think of things beyond her own physical state , and whenever David came to see her she urged him to tell her what had been happening at the trial . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , dear — you poor old hag ! ’ her friend murmured sardonically , grinning as she deftly caught hold of the cushion Laura had sent flying across the room towards her . |
| 11 | But , just as she never saw Candy 's baby , Sally was denied that , too . |
| 12 | Ronni looked back at him and was aware of a flicker inside her as she suddenly caught sight of those wonderful eyelashes . |
| 13 | They saw her sometimes , watching them from the hillside as they carried peats or hay , wood or baskets of fish that they 'd not sell her ; and each one could feel the chill as she silently vowed vengeance on them all . |
| 14 | Trotter had raised her voice as she always did speaking to the old man . |
| 15 | May 's comment on oxidized wares seems to us today to be quite astonishing : ‘ common flower pot red , or tile-red wares were as offensive for domestic purpose to the Romans , as to ourselves and should generally speaking , be regarded as ‘ wasters ’ — overbaked and distorted specimens which accumulate in heaps besides kilns as one sometimes made use of in their own locality ’ . |
| 16 | Information is a resource to be managed , in the same way as we currently manage manpower , financial , and physical resources . |
| 17 | I can recall one memorable evening when we met in the Pathfinder Club just as soon as it had opened in the evening ; I was attached to the Air Ministry at the time and it was very soon after the war as we still wore uniform . |
| 18 | However it is also likely that many ‘ wifely ’ tasks such as teamaking and the bosses ' shopping disappear , and that typists gain some protection from sexual harassment as they increasingly become machine operators , tied to work stations . |
| 19 | This is particularly important in women who have periods as they often lack energy and feel tired |
| 20 | European commercial banks were also more likely to follow such a policy as they often have steering committees with functional executives to co-ordinate the integration of the two policies . |
| 21 | Others tremble as they limply carry spoon to mouth . |
| 22 | Erm I 've mentioned one or two some of the industrial land policies as they er as they still stand policy in in structure plan policy I eight I think and particular policy I six does n't preclude reasonable and necessary development taking place in rural areas . |
| 23 | Gareth and Rachel Rowlands ( right ) allow visitors to walk round Brynllyys , their organic farm , freely as they always spend money in their shop . |
| 24 | The main methods subjects from which students were drawn crossed the spectrum , except that no Physical Education teachers were mentioned ( this reflects one return from a College , which wrote back politely refusing to answer the questionnaire on the grounds that as they only trained PE teachers the language issue did not arise ) . |
| 25 | Mr Outcalt believes that Nordstrom 's shoppers — typically bright , successful types who seem to spend nearly every waking hour with cellular telephones , laptop computers and videos — will accept Nordstrom-style television shopping as readily as they now use bank debit cards to buy their groceries . |
| 26 | It was perhaps fortunate for both of them that Mr Toogood was in America and Mr Shelve was at home in Haslemere with influenza , but publishers had to go to America and they were also as likely as anyone else to catch influenza , Penelope explained . |
| 27 | Kodak , for example , is beginning to reap the same sorts of advantage as it carefully allocates supply among all its producing units . |
| 28 | From all over the Badland tribes of Orcs and Goblins rushed to join the huge army as it gradually moved north . |
| 29 | Oh , yes , he was himself again , he would be trailing this glory after him for as long as it still shed lustre . |
| 30 | ( This is one event I have not seen personally , as it only takes place every seven years , the next being due in 1990. ) the last perambulation took place in August 1983 , with about 500 people taking part in the fourteen mile walk . |