Example sentences of "[adj] as [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was an added pleasure to this as they used the cable that connected the spy camera on the wall , so , for a few hours at least , we had some privacy . |
| 2 | You mentioned erm tumours , in fact you get this as I said the same picture with , with X-rays as you get with magnetic resonance imaging , but what is different about tumours apparently is that the erm relaxation time with which the erm nuclei move erm varies erm according to whether a cell is , is cancerous or not . |
| 3 | Yes , but , the the main part of this as I understand the drawing , you 'll have to ask Mr when he comes , but the main part of , of the square , which would n't be the third which is done in the first phase according to the phase that they 're currently proposing . |
| 4 | More detailed analysis of this as it affects the experience of old people is developed in Part Six . |
| 5 | A pair of good cotton gloves make working with chocolate that much easier as they increase the length of time that you can handle the chocolate before it melts . |
| 6 | Relax your body and let your breathing become easier as you feel the tension flow out of you . |
| 7 | She tried hard not to appear self-conscious as she greeted the doorman at IMP 's headquarters where she worked . |
| 8 | Rain felt distinctly uncharitable as she straightened the bed and tried to pretend they had never been there . |
| 9 | The café looked deserted as I approached the front door . |
| 10 | Kelly felt quite calm as she entered the large committee room . |
| 11 | Huy felt anger rise into his mouth , but he made himself remain calm as he described the dead girl from the land of the Twin Rivers . |
| 12 | He felt perfectly calm as he entered the shop . |
| 13 | In this situation the first entry relating to the sales is clear as we reduce the sales by £600 and reduce the bank account by £600 in respect of the refund . |
| 14 | As we saw earlier , the extreme emotions of the horse are quite clear as they involve the whole horse ; but the same emotions in a more moderate form , or of lesser intensity , like apprehension or annoyance , will reveal themselves differently in different horses ; and the horse owner really has to learn them from the movement , gestures , and noises that the horse makes , and the context in which they are made . |
| 15 | Anyway , it was dead quiet and I felt a bit funny as I opened the door- ’ She stopped . |
| 16 | When we actually reached the reef , with calm water erupting into foaming waves twenty feet high as they hit the rocks , the Mantela bucked like a frightened horse , sank into a trough , reared up again , and then , as suddenly as it had started , the old tub was through the creamy foam of the passage and had settled into the lazy waters of the lagoon . |
| 17 | Rosalba 's voice grew worried and high as she remembered the Easter meal . |
| 18 | It was bitterly resentful , her hatred burning high as she remembered the months running into years that it had taken for her to convince herself that the guilt she had felt after her own father 's death was a self-destructive trap and just one more wrong done to her by Luke Scott . |
| 19 | By far the most common escape mechanism for organisms ranging from bacteria to human beings is ‘ habituation ’ , a kind of behavioural boredom by which an animal becomes less responsive as it encounters the same stimulus repeatedly . |
| 20 | After finishing second in the World Championship in 1983 and 1984 , Alain Prost lose the " nearly man " tag in 1985 as he became the first Frenchman to win the title . |
| 21 | Now careful as you pick the packets up because some of them are so old . |
| 22 | As a result Beaumaris have raised their current points total to 53 as they harass the leaders Llanfairpwll who are on 54 . |
| 23 | ‘ Or a King Charles Spaniel , ’ muttered Constance , puffing as she pushed the sofa against the wall . |
| 24 | On the golf-course behind him a foursome of players shouted to one another as they approached the fourteenth green . |
| 25 | So security was extra-tight as we visited the exclusive Knightsbridge store . |
| 26 | And slowly and carefully he peeled the garment over her head , his hands unsteady as he completed the task . |
| 27 | While all these points are important , the last-named is crucial as it influences the way in which new development is linked to the existing village core . |
| 28 | He looked a bit like a sorcerer as he stirred the mixture in a small clay crucible . |
| 29 | The entrance hall , although large and square , was panelled in some dark wood , which made it gloomy , and the ancestral portraits which stared disapprovingly down on Sabine as she mounted the stairs did nothing to lighten the atmosphere . |
| 30 | As discussed in Chapter I government statistics obscure almost as much as they reveal the extent of poverty among women . |