Example sentences of "as [pron] [adv] [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what you carry away in the back of your eye is the image of two very still figures , in foetal folds , on the platform of that truck as everyone else dived for cover . |
| 2 | ‘ Your mother perchance felt for your father , much as you now feel for Prince Edward . |
| 3 | Bath players of recent years have never appeared as convincing for England as they regularly do for Bath ; while if they are part of one of those curious South-West sides their form goes down yet another notch . |
| 4 | Sensibly , as they generally sail for pleasure , most yachtsmen ( encouraged by their insurance companies ) lay up for the winter . |
| 5 | The ability of the modem to translate signals makes the information services market we have today a possibility … information publishers must now prepare for a new challenge and for a similar degree of networking capacity for video and other multimedia as they currently experience for data … ’ |
| 6 | Mr Sowerberry , the undertaker in Charles Dickens 's Oliver Twist , was in the middle of the funeral hierarchy , but towards the bottom end as he only catered for parish funerals — that is to say those from the workhouse or those receiving outdoor relief . |
| 7 | Instead of going to the Club as he usually did for lunch , Owen went to Zeinab 's apartment . |
| 8 | Dutchman Marcel Albers , who won the first race at Donington , compatriot Oswaldo Negri and Belgian Mikke Van Hool were all slightly quicker in testing during the week so de Ferran will need to be at peak to clinch top spot , as he twice did for Edenbridge Racing last year . |