Example sentences of "[adv] as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | older women , losing height a lot of pain from these fractures and it 's bones that are too porous so they 're not holding you up sufficiently as you get older . |
| 2 | Once we had got our jobs for the morning we set about then eagerly as everything had to be perfect right down to the last detail . |
| 3 | However , his easy charm soon won her over and before long , she looked forward to her riding lesson as eagerly as her mother . |
| 4 | Battler looked at him eagerly as he came back into the room . |
| 5 | Stitch 's nose had twitched eagerly as he took in the size of the Imperial . |
| 6 | Donald was nodding eagerly as she talked . |
| 7 | ‘ How was your first day as Damian 's secretary ? ’ he asked weakly , but his eyes gleamed with a new reason to live , and he listened eagerly as she told him half-truths about her new job . |
| 8 | Robyn walked forward into the brightly lit , ultra-modern kitchen as purposefully as she could manage and took the mug of steaming coffee he held out to her with shaking hands . |
| 9 | She parked her car and strode through the grand , carved doorway , her heels clicking purposefully as she headed for the reception desk . |
| 10 | The Advisory Committee has agreed with the Director 's proposal-either as it stood or subject to specified modifica-tion ; |
| 11 | The Colonel was used to acting in loco parentis and would certainly not have responded as warmly as he had done to Miss Danziger 's maturity had he not discerned in it a vulnerability : something he could defend . |
| 12 | But she seemed to have got over her momentary embarrassment , so he smiled at her as warmly as he could , and she went away to eat her solitary lunch in the small bed-sitting-room alongside the nursery , which was the only part of the Unit that was n't monitored with cameras and tape recorders . |
| 13 | At lunchtime , when he read the note , he would always thank her as warmly as he could , but her mistake of taste was plainly defined in his face . |
| 14 | She had spoken more warmly to him tonight than she had ever done when she was unmarried and free to speak as warmly as she liked . |
| 15 | ‘ I hope we get a replacement , ’ Müller said heartlessly as they settled down to work . |
| 16 | The temptation must be resisted as firmly and valiantly as I have resisted the other , more obvious , more sensual lures and snares . |
| 17 | ‘ You certainly have mastered your anatomy , ’ she told him admiringly as he slid his hands across the small of her back to find that ecstatic erogenous zone that never failed to set her on fire . |
| 18 | She leaned back against the wall and looked at him tauntingly as his head rose sharply at her tone and his eyes fastened on her . |
| 19 | Kirov 's anger dissipated somewhat as he played the recording over a couple of times . |
| 20 | Down the curved cliff of the dried-up waterfall he climbed : ‘ But , of course , he dirtied everything terribly as he went . |
| 21 | Harry brooded , frowning terribly as he toyed with his knife . |
| 22 | ‘ Do n't push me much further , Rachel ! ’ he bit out thickly as she fought . |
| 23 | And do n't do that ! ’ she cried thickly as his thumb moved on her exposed breast . |
| 24 | But that time must yet remain a few days ahead , while everywhere lay in the throes of a natural disaster — the nature of which had yet to be determined — and while the snow still fell as thickly as it did . |
| 25 | Her hands slid up his chest , her fingers uncurling against the hard wall of muscle , tracing every strong lean line until they brushed against the warm skin of his throat , then slid on to draw his head back down while she kissed him just as tenderly , just as achingly as he had kissed her . |
| 26 | ‘ Do n't , Fernando , ’ she breathed achingly as his mouth grazed her cheek on its way to her mouth . |
| 27 | No , My Lords , I entirely disagree with the Noble Lord er furthermore as I 've already said we 're talking the builders site not the library in today 's question . |
| 28 | It bounces alarmingly as it gathers speed . |
| 29 | Coming back round by the house for the third time , she got quite above herself , and the bike began to wobble alarmingly as she fought to control it . |
| 30 | Whatever he wore he looked marvellous in , and Fran 's heart tripped alarmingly as she appreciated how attractive he was for the umpteenth time . |