Example sentences of "[adj] as [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er now it claims , of course that this is a more efficient purchasing mechanism on behalf of the patients and the community of this area the problem is , of course , it depends what you mean by efficiency and the truth is , that we may get increased our purchasing in terms of frugal as they put it delicately our patients ! |
| 2 | Gently , under the comforting warmth of the duvet , he removed her jersey and bra , but his hands , not satisfied , sank lower , their movements purposeful as he removed her skirt to reveal the black woolly tights . |
| 3 | She had stopped giving me murderous looks and seemed quite bright-eyed as we got ourselves ready to leave the ship . |
| 4 | The ground beneath her feet seemed to become unstable as he kissed her . |
| 5 | Even so , in her darkest moments , wrong as she knew it to be , Constance could not stop herself thinking , If only it had been Mummy . |
| 6 | That much was clear as she struck his hand away . |
| 7 | Well , expectations were high as we wended our way up to Coventry in teh Porsche ( I just had to slip it in ! ! ! ) . |
| 8 | We recognize their resistance to having our lesbianism made as public as they make their heterosexuality . |
| 9 | His arms closed around her instantly , fiercely possessive as he pulled her against him . |
| 10 | That way the syncro system will be pumping power to all four bits of rubber as you throw yourself into corners with all the wild confidence of a kiddie in a bouncy castle . |
| 11 | It is n't as painful as I thought it would be . |
| 12 | His tone was light as he turned his attention back to the road again . |
| 13 | I just have to be careful as I pick my way past the grubby piles of snow at the edges of the pavement . |
| 14 | Our lives become richer and more free as we give ourselves to God and to of hers . |
| 15 | He had to keep his arms free as he needed them to keep the snake from suffocating him . |
| 16 | Lucifer 's face was so devil-like as he said it that he frightened even Izzie , a thing he had never done on stage . |
| 17 | He thinks of that great opening shot in Le Métro and he realizes that her lips are moving in exactly the same way , her face pained as he does his practised best . |
| 18 | After all , if your order books are as empty as you say they are , then how can you lose ? |
| 19 | Well the standpipe used to freeze up and er when that occurred the grown men in the house used to light a fire round the standpipes , of course it was cast iron it was n't copper or anything like that , and light a fire to thaw it out , I do n't remember ever being without water but we used , it was a bit primitive but burn newspaper and stuff round the standpipe and er the old as I say we used to , the water for the washing we used to pump into the sink and er fill the old dolly tub with water for the washing and use the rainwater for washing . |
| 20 | I called , got through and spoke to a man who sounded as ordinary and as sane as I thought I was . |
| 21 | ‘ Who would have thought it ? ’ asked Fireman Robb , puffing as he lit his pipe . |
| 22 | The glitter in his eyes was white-hot as he met her wide-open , startled gaze . |
| 23 | this frog so interesting as I inspect its most secret |
| 24 | Indeed , if he has a fault as a critic it is in his boyishly enthusiastic generosity towards authors — Thomas Usk , Lydgate — who are not really as interesting as he makes them sound . |
| 25 | ‘ You are determined to think the worst of me ? ’ he demanded , his wry voice a fraction unsteady as he ran his hands hungrily down her back , crushing her softness against his hard body . |
| 26 | Taylor 's slip catching had suddenly become a worry , though he recovered his poise with a good take late in the match , no longer rigid as he threw himself low to his right . |
| 27 | The mother , dialling the number on the phone , said , ‘ I 'm afraid men are not always quite as clever as they think they are . |
| 28 | I 'm not clever as you like you are . |
| 29 | ‘ You 're not nearly as clever as you think you are , are you , Connie ? ’ |
| 30 | Her answering smile was thoughtful as she watched him duck gracefully through the doorway . |