Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not perfectly clear from what Mace says what it is that he wants to contrast with my body as it appears to others . |
| 2 | He mentions ‘ my body as it appears to me ’ , and also ‘ my body as it appears to itself ’ . |
| 3 | He mentions ‘ my body as it appears to me ’ , and also ‘ my body as it appears to itself ’ . |
| 4 | What would ordinarily be meant by ‘ my body as it appears to me ’ ? |
| 5 | If Mace means what is ordinarily meant by ‘ my body as it appears to me ’ then the distinction he draws is of no use to us . |
| 6 | Caduta 's parting words to me — she delivered them like a war bride or mother , keeping pace with my cab as it pulled away — were as follows : " Protect me , John ! |
| 7 | Of a sudden a gull which has died on the wing crashes to the sand at my feet , its feathers brushing my forehead as it falls . |
| 8 | An information board allowed me to keep everyone up-to-date on my progress , stimulate interest and heighten awareness of my role as it developed . |
| 9 | It was the very same story the time oor Isa sent for the stilettos very much against my advice as it happens but they were supposed to be real made-in-England leather uppers available in three colourways , aubergine , aqua or avocado well , as she said herself she was expecting green but nothing quite as Irish as they turned out in fact to be . |
| 10 | ’ The other ship , ’ Posi said , confirming my thought as it formed , ’ has been locked on to our energy-field infrapattern , by means of the advanced Intelloid that controls it . ’ |
| 11 | My own dead-straight mousy fringe and dimpled chin framed my face as it distorted in agony . |
| 12 | The £60,000 was finally invested in September 1992 and the income will now be sent to my mother as it arises . |
| 13 | When Vietnam got nasty , many bands were finally forced out of their apathy as it became apparent that things like conscription were bringing matters pretty close to home . |
| 14 | When Vietnam got nasty , many bands were finally forced out of their apathy as it became apparent that things like conscription were bringing matters pretty close to home . |
| 15 | Her hair was dipping into the water and , stooping above her , Matthew was carefully pouring water from the jug , making a cascade over her hair as it washed the soapy water back into the bath . |
| 16 | Like most LIFESPAN activities , CREFDL will inform you of its progress as it works , so it is recommended that you run it from a hard copy terminal , or log the session to a file . |
| 17 | To do this he sent me to another sort of specialist who inserted through my neck a needle containing blue dye , guided it with the help of a television screen into the top of my spinal cord and then watched its progress as it trickled down . |
| 18 | Such variation reflects as much on the Authority 's style and the quality of its thinking as it does on the heads , and there is a clear need for much greater dialogue between the two levels . |
| 19 | It was risky — the sentry would be sure to hear their horse as it picked up speed — but crossing the dangerous waters of the Severn at night was riskier , and would point them in the wrong direction for Winchester . |
| 20 | It will toss it into the air with its front paws , then try to catch it in its mouth as it comes down . |
| 21 | And there was also an opportunity for Aberdeen and the surrounding region to look to its future as it prepared to host the next Offshore Europe in 1995 . |
| 22 | Outside a car revved up its engine as it changed up a gear only to screech to a halt at the corner and roar off again . |
| 23 | There have already been suggestions that Wang 's deal with IBM to sell the RS/6000 has not lived up to expectations — in June 1991 IBM took a stake in the financially troubled company , in return for which Wang agreed to sell the AS/400 and RS/6000 machines ( CI No 1,697 ) , but late last year said that it would not be adding to its stake as it had the right to do under terms of the agreement . |
| 24 | There have already been suggestions that Wang 's deal with IBM to sell the RS/6000 has not lived up to expectations — in June 1991 IBM took a stake in the financially troubled company , in return for which Wang agreed to sell the AS/400 and RS/6000 machines ( UX No 39 ) , but late last year said that it would not be adding to its stake as it had the right to do under terms of the agreement . |
| 25 | The Humpback , swimming a little way below the surface , emits a fine trace of bubbles from its blow-hole as it describes a circle or a figure of eight around a shoal of fish . |
| 26 | Capitalism was getting bigger , and changing its nature as it did so . |
| 27 | She was only a few feet away from the buffer when a rat darted in front of her , and although she jerked her head back sharply its wet tail brushed against her cheek as it disappeared into a gap between the two lengths of corroded track . |
| 28 | She was about to reach for her drink when she caught sight of the car out of the corner of her eye as it pulled up on the opposite side of the road — a white BMW , identical to the one her uncle had . |
| 29 | The symbolic meaning of a deictic term is its meaning as it functions within the linguistic system . |
| 30 | She found herself savouring almost frantically the strangeness , the rightness of it all , felt the silent , urgent clamour of her body as it pressed against his , wanting more — always more … |