Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb pp] as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Thank Heavens for William , ’ she has since said as it meant she could now quite properly forsake the pills she was proffered by arguing that she did not want to risk physical or mental deformity in the baby she was carrying . |
| 2 | After a few years , the conclusion was reached that the experiment had not worked as it had been expected to , and cuts in educational spending soon brought it to an end . |
| 3 | Peripheral awareness becomes progressively blurred as it recedes from the foveal zone and adjusts to an overall equilibrium . |
| 4 | Enthusiasm for an approach to the Comintern had largely evaporated as it became clear that the Communists were intent on superseding the ILP . |
| 5 | The horse had gradually slowed as it tired , until the animal now moved forward at a resigned walk . |