Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Lord , our Mass is over , ’ the choir sang in sweet , lilting voices as everyone walked down the hill into town once more . |
| 2 | But that 's our business , taking risks , and it works well enough — as long as everyone plays by the rules . ’ |
| 3 | Presentation of the cup was made by Ian Proudfoot , Group Finance Director to Halbert Oliver , Captain of Douglas Reyburn 's team as everyone gathered in the hotel after the match . |
| 4 | There was only the scratching of pens and the rustle of paper as everyone waited for the reply . |
| 5 | There was an instant relieving of the tension as everyone joined in the laughter . |
| 6 | ‘ Pollensa ? ’ she croaked , punching out her floor and raising her eyes skywards as everyone did as the lift doors slid shut . |
| 7 | It would be the same as me going to a medical conference or to the stock exchange and telling them where they were going wrong . |
| 8 | The damage this did to our criticism was as nothing compared with the harm it did to our poetry . |
| 9 | But any gloom on the grain front is as nothing compared with the problems for the oilseed rape harvest . |
| 10 | But however unpleasant monsoonal conditions can on occasion be , they are as nothing compared with the fearsome storms that hurl themselves on the Pacific with terrible regularity . |
| 11 | Human power was as nothing compared with the strength of God . |
| 12 | However , it is as nothing compared with the difficulties that we shall face if the generals , who have effectively staged a coup against civil authority , are allowed ultimate success . |
| 13 | The view from the tower was as nothing compared with the view Amaranth unwittingly presented . |
| 14 | No matter how painful the problems of economic recession here , he says , these are as nothing compared with the suffering of millions in less fortunate areas . |
| 15 | Whatever reservations they had about dealing with me were as nothing compared to the reservations they had about dealing with each other . |
| 16 | The heat you encountered inside the Chamber of the Looms is as nothing compared to the heat of the Time Fire . ’ |
| 17 | Yet they were as nothing compared to the eighty-eight major rings that clustered near the apex of the dome . |
| 18 | As someone said at the time , ‘ I could believe him guilty of grievous bodily harm , but not grievous bodily charm . ’ |
| 19 | He looked up as someone rattled at the front door of the shop ; irritably he waved them away . |
| 20 | He stopped speaking as someone knocked at the door . |
| 21 | But while you 're doing that , I 'm trying to get the wages made up for — ’ began Josh , then exploded irritably as someone knocked at the office door : ‘ What is it now ? ’ |
| 22 | Probably be glad to get rid of her , she thought gloomily , then looked up sharply as someone rapped at the back door . |
| 23 | As someone bereaved through the disease , I felt angry and upset by the flippancy with which you dealt with this subject . |
| 24 | When Athman did re-emerge into visibility , it was once again as someone embroiled in the struggles of others , and , now along with Gide , subjected to the homophobic sneer . |
| 25 | As lads , ignorant about stalking , two of us hove over a horizon just as someone fired at a stag . |
| 26 | The snapping of twigs as someone moved over the thick , soggy mass of fallen leaves . |
| 27 | No no cos it could n't be worse than the one in the girls toilets today seeing as someone shat on the floor |
| 28 | As someone seduced by the clever remake that was ‘ Iron Lion Zion ’ , I ca n't say that I feel quite as lubricated by this one . |
| 29 | My relief grew rapidly as I warmed to the theory . |
| 30 | Ricardo shows great patience with me as I reach for the dictionary or , using a book and his long fingers , he makes the rituals clear to me . |