Example sentences of "[adv] as it [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 The dominant response may at present be a favourable one , but this is only maintained so long as it implicitly accepted that functions are being successfully and rationally fulfilled .
2 Staring at the door , Ellie seemed quite unable to tear her eyes away as it slowly opened and Feargal walked in .
3 Fascination with the older girls won just as it always did and she crossed the landing , an expanse of lino dotted with what her mother referred to as ‘ slip mats ’ , pushed open the door and went in .
4 She threw up until the nausea passed , just as it always did if she drank alcohol , but now it was almost as if her body already knew alcohol was bad for the tiny life growing inside her .
5 Intrigued , and a little afraid of the gyrating shadows that loomed like feathery figures on the walls beside them , the boy kept close to the bent figure , curiosity alive in him , and a strange excitement driving him on as it always did when he was with the old man .
6 My life is set to go on as it always has and no war can change it that I can see . ’
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