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AS FOLLOWS
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
her complaints went as follows
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Context examples:
It was as follows: As soon as Elinor had finished it, she performed what she concluded to be its writer's real design, by placing it in the hands of Mrs. Jennings, who read it aloud with many comments of satisfaction and praise.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
The contents were as follows:—
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
““My charges against—HEEP,”” he read on, glancing at him, and drawing the ruler into a convenient position under his left arm, in case of need, ““are as follows.””
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
His method is as follows: He allows it to be known that he is prepared to pay very high sums for letters which compromise people of wealth and position.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But now it comes out: 'My motive for cautioning you is as follows. We have reason to imagine that his aunt, Lady Catherine de Bourgh, does not look on the match with a friendly eye.'
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
I took the paper from him and read as follows: TO THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE: On account of the bequest of the late Ezekiah Hopkins, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., there is now another vacancy open which entitles a member of the League to a salary of £ 4 a week for purely nominal services.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Elinor, who knew that such grief, shocking as it was to witness it, must have its course, watched by her till this excess of suffering had somewhat spent itself, and then turning eagerly to Willoughby's letter, read as follows: With what indignation such a letter as this must be read by Miss Dashwood, may be imagined.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
I read as follows: Oh what will you feel when you see this writing, and know it comes from my wicked hand!
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
It ran as follows: Wanted, a woman of good address, attired like a lady.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
What relates to yourself, is as follows: 'Having thus offered you the sincere congratulations of Mrs. Collins and myself on this happy event, let me now add a short hint on the subject of another; of which we have been advertised by the same authority. Your daughter Elizabeth, it is presumed, will not long bear the name of Bennet, after her elder sister has resigned it, and the chosen partner of her fate may be reasonably looked up to as one of the most illustrious personages in this land.'
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)