Example sentences of "[to-vb] as [pron] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | My heart and stomach seemed to collide as I heard a rapid panting noise come over the phone behind Eric 's muttering . |
| 2 | There are some glorious cameos full of subtle humour and insight , such as when Seth desperately invites an Indian film crew to visit as they re-enact a truly dreadful song and sitar number on the back lawn . |
| 3 | This essentially empirical question is very difficult to answer as it raises a whole host of conceptual , theoretical and practical difficulties that are only partially resolvable . |
| 4 | The members of these death squads are often difficult to identify as they make a habit of killing anyone who witnesses their activities . |
| 5 | He rolled onto the bed beside her , and his own tightly curbed control began to weaken as he slipped a hand over one of her breasts and bent his head to kiss the other . |
| 6 | The youngest child in the lorry started to cry as he saw a skinny boy crumple in the road . |
| 7 | And finally , it offers hardware and software maintenance , which makes up the remaining 39% , and which Bland said the company is keen to develop as it provides a ‘ predictable cash flow and profits ’ — customers tend to renew their contracts year-on-year . |
| 8 | The last straw was when a totally serious Westite Unionist remarked that , as it was a shooting matter , he recommended that it should be left to the army to investigate as it had a lot of experience of shootings of one kind and another . |
| 9 | So hard was the surface that Malcolm 's boot-sprigs failed to cope as he unleashed a bouncer , and he finished flat on the ground , which was where the retreating batsman was supposed to be . |