Example sentences of "[verb] it [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope it works as well for you as it has me . |
| 2 | I hope it works as I admire any attempt to bring a book more awareness . |
| 3 | Corbett let it drop as the trumpets brayed again and royal serjeants-at-arms , staves in their hands , moved into the hall and began to impose order . |
| 4 | We have seen it regarded as something it could not be . |
| 5 | We had a good view of Sao Paulo as we flew over it — so massive , it looks bigger than New York , and you can almost see it grow as you watch it , because all round the outskirts of the city are straggling half-finished ‘ shanty town housing estates ’ , with dirt roads and little hut-like dwellings , as it seemed from the air . |
| 6 | I shut the door behind me , because I do n't want to hear it crash as I walk down the path . |
| 7 | When the thaw came to Munding it came as rain , a wind-driven chilling rain that flooded the water-meadows and made the ford impassable . |
| 8 | After years of hard work , I think we 've got it looking as we want it to . ’ |
| 9 | You 've still got it to pay as soon as you get it . |
| 10 | But she 's more organised than these lads you see , whatever the duties are you know , she 's got hers up and running and whereas they 're still a bit you know have n't got it going as well as she has . |
| 11 | Ah no , oh would it of not of been kinder to put it to sleep as soon as it were born ? |
| 12 | We said god look at this , you know it looked as though it had been painted |
| 13 | I know it looks as though he was being filmed in a prison cell . |
| 14 | As far as I know it works as well as ever . ’ |
| 15 | Yes , yes , it sounds it sounds as it 's for a limited time anyway , so , you know |
| 16 | But they 're prepared to let it stand as the prices are at the moment cos they 're under pressure . |
| 17 | I heard it scrape as it was lifted away and his voice sang out . |
| 18 | Having it cut as well ? |
| 19 | I particularly liked the way they 're unafraid to use the sustaining pedal in its Minuet second movement , giving it charm as well as dignity . |
| 20 | And today it 's as hard to believe it happened as it was thirty years ago . |
| 21 | That logger even believes you can hear it popping as the pockets burst . |
| 22 | I could swear I saw it sizzle as it ate through the varnish . |
| 23 | An American air crew saw it happen as they prepared to take off . |
| 24 | A great late run by Chats saw it fizzle as the winning post came too soon for them , victory went to the in form Likely Lads team of Patsy McGee , Kieran Ferry , Eamon Devlin , Frank Ferry , Daniel O'Connell and Brian Deehan . |
| 25 | He coughed and spat some phlegm into the fire , hearing it sizzle as it hit the coals . |
| 26 | She would only have to sit still and clever stage lighting would make it appear as though she were naked . |
| 27 | Erm he decided to stage a fire in which it would make it appear as though er this was a result of some sort of erm armed confrontation between law enforcement and his group . |
| 28 | Although on occasion he functioned as leader of the Congress movement , the ascendancy he achieved over it was purely personal , and he could make it seem as though he played with it at will . |
| 29 | Increasing distance made it shrink as it rose , until at an unimaginable height it was not larger to her eye than a small bird . |
| 30 | He continued as if she had n't spoken , his voice dropping to a level of intimacy that suddenly made it feel as though they were alone , not being listened to by thousands of people . |