Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb -s] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that 's our business , taking risks , and it works well enough — as long as everyone plays by the rules . ’ |
| 2 | It would also allow me to experiment as much as I likes with the interesting colours of the Winsor & Newton Artists ' Acrylic Colour range and with some of the techniques that are particularly well suited to the acrylic medium . |
| 3 | Her ‘ tubular ’ voice production has the merit of keeping the voice steady , and it sometimes rivets attention , especially when she takes a high note with an especially clean attack as she does in the love music of Act 1 . |
| 4 | When the female settles on her eggs , the male brings lumps of soil , moistened with his saliva , as she sits in the hole . |
| 5 | However , I can give my hon. Friend the undertaking that as long as she remains in the House such research will not be the Cinderella of the health service . |
| 6 | Portia has control over her men because of her power and beauty , and even over the whole judicial system , as she proves towards the end of the play . |
| 7 | As she goes into the election , she will be helped by the stronger economy . |
| 8 | All eyes will be on Vina Buller today as she goes into the final showjumping phase in the lead of the National Championship sponsored by Heineken at Punchestown in Co Kildare . |
| 9 | This gives you a head start , and if you are sensitive to her changing needs as she goes through the grief experience you will learn your role and recognise your cues as you go along . |
| 10 | She is offered a lift by a Black man , and as she gazes at the countryside slipping by , she reminisces about her childhood . |
| 11 | ‘ About 30,000 fans will see her as she travels around the country . |
| 12 | Sadat lights a cigarette , with the engine still running , and watches the earnest set of Kate ’ s back as she talks through the gates to the guard just inside . |
| 13 | Jane Fowler appreciates her own failings as she takes to the open road with an advanced driving instructor |
| 14 | The Duchess of York waves to residents as she arrives at the Bedford Drive homes in Rock Ferry , and right , chatting to Mark Kinsley Picture : JASON ROBERTS |
| 15 | It is clearly inappropriate to involve Julie in a prolonged conversation as soon as she arrives on the ward . |
| 16 | William Wright of Charing Cross 's 1634 monument to Lady Deane at Great Maplestead , Essex , has a more exaggerated movement than that of Donne , and the hands are now completely liberated from the shroud as she emerges from the black marble recess of the tomb . |
| 17 | Now , as she romps in the garden of their Georgian home in Grayswood , Surrey , this energetic nine-year-old is just as much a part of the Nicholson family as Mike 's wife Diana , 50 , and his two grown sons Tom , 20 and William , 19 . |
| 18 | So these are the things that are worrying Robyn Penrose as she drives through the gates of the University , with a nod and a smile to the security man in his little glass sentry box : her lecture on the Industrial Novel , her job future , and her relationship with Charles — in that order of conspicuousness rather than importance . |
| 19 | He greets an old woman as she peers through the window of Patel 's newsagent shop . |
| 20 | We follow her as she continues towards the Odeon Leicester Square . |
| 21 | As she flies through the dark , or gallops on the horse of night , she is using different skills from those of our daytime world . |
| 22 | Robyn turns the ignition key , holding her breath as she listens to the starter 's bronchial wheeze , then exhales with relief as the engine fires . ) |
| 23 | The tragic heroine of Odtaa , as she appears to the other characters in the story , is idealised in two senses . |
| 24 | As she searches for the killer of a diamond merchant , Melanie falls for the rabbi 's son , played by flashing-eyed newcomer Eric Thal . |
| 25 | Greg smashes his guitar , shoulder-barges the others , lurches suggestively over his co-singer , Paula Kelley , as she squats on the floor screaming her lungs out , leads an inspired , funny and very , very noisy version of ‘ Fight For Your Right To Party ’ , and finally stage-dives into the crush of pissed students who 've spent the evening trying to steal his microphone . |
| 26 | THOROUGHLY MODEST MRS : Fergie covers up as she heads for the pool |
| 27 | But as she heads into the ‘ 90s as one of THE global superstars , she 's determined not to lost her foothold on reality . |
| 28 | Her son has taken her up in his hang-glider ( can you carry two on a hang-glider ? ) , and she recalls her life and loves as she sails over the old family farm and the nearby manganese factory where it all happened . |
| 29 | Referring to them as she detracts from the clarity of my work , since the reader is brought up short by the unfamiliar , inappropriate form . |
| 30 | One of the most beautiful uses of pas de bourrée courus is when Ashton places his danseuse in her partner 's arms as she floats over the surface of the floor as if in a dream like ecstasy . |