Example sentences of "[adv] as [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ 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 . |
2 | ‘ 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 . |
3 | Her mocking laughter stopped suddenly as she saw his face go deathly white . |
4 | ‘ I want to look at you without any clothes on , ’ she said suddenly as she watched him suck his chocolate . |
5 | Much as they admired him and loved him , he seemed to have let them down . |
6 | By contrast gardening , much as we love it , is generally a bit static . |
7 | Much as we love our Church , we know it falls far short of its inheritance of faith . |
8 | Much as you said you were . |
9 | Much as I regard them as a social nuisance on a par with the Orange Walk and invented by the devil to prevent churchgoers getting to church on time , I can not claim that marathons have ( yet ) been proved to kill enough people to justify banning them . |
10 | Much as I esteem you , I will not manipulate events for your personal gratification . ’ |
11 | much as I miss you |
12 | Much as I like my Barbour , I have to admit it is not a safe colour and wear a reflective Sam Browne belt in poor weather . |
13 | ‘ Much as I admire your unstructured lifestyle , on the evidence of the knees in those jeans I 'd think twice before I traded bank accounts with you . ’ |
14 | We would say : ‘ Much as I love you , I can not condone this behaviour . |
15 | Much as I love you , I do n't love you that much ! |
16 | That would slay me , Charles , much as I love it . ’ |
17 | Much as it pained her to meekly obey , Shannon clambered slowly to her feet , muttering darkly beneath her breath . |
18 | Much as it infuriated her , Shannon knew when she was beaten . |
19 | And yet , much as she enjoyed her career and would not want to give it up permanently , she had a great desire for a strong , loving relationship and wanted to have children of her own — something she would never be able to do if her present feelings persisted . |
20 | She ate as directed by Taggy , and made no fuss when that dame looked after her much as she had herself done for her deceased employer — nursing her and acting as lady 's maid , and combing out her troublesome copper hair , until Theda felt strong enough to perform this office for herself . |
21 | Much as she resented her all-out pursuit of Roman , Dana was the sister she had loved all her life . |
22 | Much as she liked him , much as she would miss his companionship , it seemed to her that the relationship had reached a dead end . |
23 | Nevertheless , she could n't imagine herself in any form of intimacy with her employer , much as she liked him . |
24 | Much as she disliked her pony , Nicandra was undefeatable in her wish to please : " I 'll keep it for Ducky , " she promised . |
25 | The young mother may feel that she has nothing to offer — after all , much as she loves her children , their conversation may be less than stimulating . |
26 | Indubitably it was full of madmen , and women too , much as she found them fun to be with . |
27 | She frowned thoughtfully as she refilled her cup . |
28 | Apparently as you know I mean biblical criticism is a very and well people have devoted their whole lives to it , but apparently there is a , a school o of , quite a large school I think o of biblical critical that claims that there are actually two Moses and not one . |
29 | It was more like Jewish rabbinical study , where students chant the words of the Talmud aloud as they memorise them , rather than the silent , interior disciplines of a Buddhist monk . |
30 | Then she was crying aloud as she felt her body quickening to climax , and the tears wet on her own cheeks as she soared to a summit she had never hoped to experience , as beautiful and spectacular and as free as the fireworks of Tivoli and , like them , over too soon , leaving her both satiated yet hungry to renew the experience . |