Example sentences of "[adv] as [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | older women , losing height a lot of pain from these fractures and it 's bones that are too porous so they 're not holding you up sufficiently as you get older . |
| 2 | Once we had got our jobs for the morning we set about then eagerly as everything had to be perfect right down to the last detail . |
| 3 | Stitch 's nose had twitched eagerly as he took in the size of the Imperial . |
| 4 | Battler looked at him eagerly as he came back into the room . |
| 5 | ‘ How was your first day as Damian 's secretary ? ’ he asked weakly , but his eyes gleamed with a new reason to live , and he listened eagerly as she told him half-truths about her new job . |
| 6 | Donald was nodding eagerly as she talked . |
| 7 | She parked her car and strode through the grand , carved doorway , her heels clicking purposefully as she headed for the reception desk . |
| 8 | The Advisory Committee has agreed with the Director 's proposal-either as it stood or subject to specified modifica-tion ; |
| 9 | The Colonel was used to acting in loco parentis and would certainly not have responded as warmly as he had done to Miss Danziger 's maturity had he not discerned in it a vulnerability : something he could defend . |
| 10 | She had spoken more warmly to him tonight than she had ever done when she was unmarried and free to speak as warmly as she liked . |
| 11 | ‘ I hope we get a replacement , ’ Müller said heartlessly as they settled down to work . |
| 12 | The temptation must be resisted as firmly and valiantly as I have resisted the other , more obvious , more sensual lures and snares . |
| 13 | ‘ You certainly have mastered your anatomy , ’ she told him admiringly as he slid his hands across the small of her back to find that ecstatic erogenous zone that never failed to set her on fire . |
| 14 | Kirov 's anger dissipated somewhat as he played the recording over a couple of times . |
| 15 | Down the curved cliff of the dried-up waterfall he climbed : ‘ But , of course , he dirtied everything terribly as he went . |
| 16 | Harry brooded , frowning terribly as he toyed with his knife . |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't push me much further , Rachel ! ’ he bit out thickly as she fought . |
| 18 | But that time must yet remain a few days ahead , while everywhere lay in the throes of a natural disaster — the nature of which had yet to be determined — and while the snow still fell as thickly as it did . |
| 19 | Her hands slid up his chest , her fingers uncurling against the hard wall of muscle , tracing every strong lean line until they brushed against the warm skin of his throat , then slid on to draw his head back down while she kissed him just as tenderly , just as achingly as he had kissed her . |
| 20 | No , My Lords , I entirely disagree with the Noble Lord er furthermore as I 've already said we 're talking the builders site not the library in today 's question . |
| 21 | It bounces alarmingly as it gathers speed . |
| 22 | Coming back round by the house for the third time , she got quite above herself , and the bike began to wobble alarmingly as she fought to control it . |
| 23 | Whatever he wore he looked marvellous in , and Fran 's heart tripped alarmingly as she appreciated how attractive he was for the umpteenth time . |
| 24 | At times he would brood gloomily as he thought of the future course of the Reformation . |
| 25 | He drew off some fluid and relieved the pressure , then went back to the office , where he shook his head gloomily as he pored over the report that had come back with her from Seapark . |
| 26 | ‘ No … ’ she whispered tremulously as he marched across the sand towards the dark lawns leading up to the cottage . |
| 27 | They should have done much better as they dominated for long spells , but failed miserably in the art of scoring . |
| 28 | Gold ( 1958 ) suggests that the researcher may be : ( a ) a complete participant , concealing his true identity and intentions from the group , and living entirely as they do ; or ( b ) a participant-as-observer , actively involved in the group , but they know the researcher is not really one of them ; or ( c ) an observer-as-participant , a less common mode , usually involving a brief visit with limited participation . |
| 29 | The Giral government , consisting entirely as it did of bourgeois Republicans , was increasingly irrelevant to the new situation . |
| 30 | Rachel asked suddenly as they drank black coffee , because the question had been burning on her mind for some time , and she told herself it was important strategically to find out , although she suspected the truth was that he fascinated her . |