Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the contrary , it was precisely the excessive femininity , laid on with a trowel as it were , that created the effect of someone pretending to be a woman , someone in fact rather desperately hoping to be taken for one . |
| 2 | We speak of a judgement in a particular case or of a rule laid down in a judgement as being undoubtedly according to law , but as being ‘ unfair ’ or ‘ unjust ’ or ‘ inequitable ’ . |
| 3 | Reconsider this planned essay with the introduction broken down into the parts as suggested . |
| 4 | Late last night , Tass reported that bursts of automatic fire were heard all around the city as ‘ several tens of thousands of people ’ gathered on Bucharest 's University Square . |
| 5 | The tape measure had now to go down into the hollow as well as across the circle , and it was not long enough to do this . |
| 6 | In his home town , Mr Edwards is a noted singer and says that he wants to go down in the programme as performing a selection of songs from Carousel and also Holy City . |
| 7 | ( ) If it appears to the Secretary of State — ( a ) that the financial affairs of any institution within the higher education sector have been or are being mismanaged ; or ( b ) that , in consequence of matters outwith the control of such an institution , it is likely that the financial position of the institution will be significantly adversely affected , he may , after consulting the Council and the institution , give such directions to the Council about the provision of financial support in respect of the activities carried on by the institution as he considers are necessary or expedient by reason of the mismanagement or , as the case may be , adverse effect on the institution 's financial position . ' . |
| 8 | The character of a scent develops slowly on the skin as it notes come into play . |
| 9 | TEACHERS of young children are being looked on by the Government as ‘ not a lot more than well-disciplined child-minders , ’ a senior Belfast education adviser claimed today . |
| 10 | Paintings which beg to be viewed at a distance , one by one , are squeezed together in a room as narrow , bare and poorly lit as a urinal in an airport . |
| 11 | All right then well thank you Simon that 's a broad thank you and and thank you very much for your money as well a hundred and fifty quid he gave that 's loads of dosh er to come in for the day as well and I 'm going to take you out for a a nice lunch in a bit when he can wonder around have a poke around everywhere this afternoon too so should be all right should n't it that ? |
| 12 | This would appeal greatly to the crowd as they are being given a reasonable , simple reason to why Caesar was killed , because he was out for himself . |
| 13 | She even hummed along with the radio as she rattled down the motorway , something she had n't felt like doing in a long time . |
| 14 | The Rigalis ' 31-year-old son , Amedeo , meanwhile , joins in with a voice as Easington as you might find : ‘ I 'm proud to be half Italian , but I do n't give it that much thought . ’ |
| 15 | They were awake before dawn and for the second time they heard the chorus begin as a trickle and grow swiftly to a torrent as the birds welcomed the great Trumpeter . |
| 16 | Show her how to pull away from the body as she pulls the zip up , so other clothes do n't get caught in it . |
| 17 | The loose rocks were carried away in the ice as it slipped downhill into the valleys . |
| 18 | Nails screeched and popped , and the board juddered away at the bottom as something outside slammed against the wood . |
| 19 | Pumping air into these causes water to be sucked through with the bubbles as they rise to the surface . |
| 20 | The devout and those with a full itinerary hurry off to the Abbey as the bell tolls for communion . |
| 21 | Two clipped young Gurkhas peel off to the side as the Queen stands before the two great thrones , flanked by a clutch of Yeomen of the Guard , pikes resting on their shoulders . |
| 22 | They go to amusement arcades , and start a poetry magazine , and buy pornographic books , and release long streamers of lavatory paper from the top of the Pan-Am building to see whose will be carried further by the wind as it falls . |
| 23 | A bizarre by-product has been the recognition of various richly decorated fragments of the church in places as far afield as Barcelona , Venice , Aquileia , and even Vienna , presumably carried off to the West as loot after 1204 , by members of the Fourth Crusade who evidently had an eye for exotic sculpture . |
| 24 | I caught it with the catapult , the thick black tubing of the rubber twisting once in the air as I scissored my hands and fell back , letting the buck go over my head and then kicking with my legs and turning myself so that I was level with it where it lay , kicking and struggling with the power of a wolverine , spreadeagled on the sand slope with its neck caught in the black rubber . |
| 25 | Thornton is remembered by Hayling , Lowe and the others involved early in the project as being ‘ difficult ’ . |
| 26 | There is no scope for distortion from indexer interpretation ; indexing error is minimized and new terms can be added directly to the vocabulary as needed . |
| 27 | He moved quickly to the door as Cardiff hauled Jimmy to his feet , keeping his own gun discreetly aimed in Duvall 's direction . |
| 28 | I caught up with the others as they were entering the front door of the house . |
| 29 | I flinch , and Rachel starts up from the floor as I begin stumbling through some kind of introduction . |
| 30 | ‘ I would say that nobody who has criticised the proposal to sell has come up with an alternative as to how these things are going to be funded , ’ Dr Macmillan said . |