Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [pers pn] as [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was a family company and I could n't see any future for me as far as equity was concerned , ’ Goodwin says . |
| 2 | As he felt his own orgasm beginning to pulsate be felt her legs gripping him and drove his penis into her as hard as he could , bursting inside her like a dam . |
| 3 | She had spent Christmas with her sister 's family and her own two children in Toowoomba , but was back on deck today as if the festive season did n't exist , and this waiting for Faye 's baby was taking its toll on her as well as on everyone else . |
| 4 | Get your entries to us as soon as possible . |
| 5 | But when the great general of the Civil War , Oliver Cromwell , lost his temper with the Rump Parliament for trying to monopolize power , and made himself supreme instead , he regretted this war between Protestant countries and set out to make peace between them as soon as possible . |
| 6 | I need to speak to Governor Nicholson about them as soon as possible , do you understand ? ’ |
| 7 | New life , green as the holly leaf , was at work inside him as surely as it stirred inside his wife . |
| 8 | It was long since Adam had thought of him so , and he gathered the warmth of their recollection to him as gratefully as if he had salved one bleached and solitary bone of the beloved right hand out of the Severn , and laid it back in holy ground . |
| 9 | Ataturk was able to control the mullahs and to find a place for them as well as for merchants and intellectuals in the new Turkey . |
| 10 | She suffered one paroxysm of doubt , the first and the last , and a matter of shame to her as often as she remembered it after , when the hour of noon came and passed , and no one sent for her to go into the town and fetch her father to the audience ; and when she ventured to enquire , she was told that one of his Grace 's clerks had already gone to summon Master Parry , and she need not concern herself in the matter . |
| 11 | That put the tin lid on it as far as Patrick Kelly was concerned . |
| 12 | If you have a strong proposition to put to the consumer , it certainly makes sense to draw attention to it as strongly as possible , and the headline might be the right place to do it . |
| 13 | I have had the former fitted up with Drawers for birds and books in hope to work going along and taking a quantity of birds with me as well as left over plates to cut up for box books etc . |
| 14 | Think about the shape of the flowers that you are pressing and try to place the blotting paper on top of them as carefully as possible to ensure that they will lie flat under the weights , because once they are permanently pressed you can not start again . |
| 15 | You see , it 's not just speaking in other tongues , there is gon na become the evidence of it as well as we grow in him . |
| 16 | It was clear that the events of 17 May 1968 had left their mark on him as indelibly as they had on Willy Morpurgo . |
| 17 | In some cases it can be difficult or even impossible to find texts again ( for example if the text is a lecture , or a television programme ) , but you should still keep details of them as fully as possible , so that your reader knows exactly where ideas or words come from . |
| 18 | Everything here seemed so unreal that I had to come to terms with it as soon as possible , so that I can begin work . |
| 19 | ‘ He does have Paula with him as far as we know , ’ Monica reminded him . |
| 20 | I had the feeling that Signe had n't dismissed Harvey 's words of caution about me as completely as she professed and I carefully refrained from asking about the parcel . |
| 21 | He shut the door behind him as quietly as possible . |
| 22 | And , of course , I 'm in love with her as far as I 'm capable of loving anyone . |
| 23 | As he came into the room , he realised that she was crying quietly , and he went up to her and put his arms around her as tightly and as reassuringly as possible . |
| 24 | ‘ He was n't hurt and that 's the end of it as far as he 's concerned . ’ |
| 25 | Why could not Wales have taken care of him as efficiently as Ireland had of Roger ? |
| 26 | If any of you are teaching groups who could be included in the sponsored system , please get in touch with me as soon as possible . |
| 27 | There had been so much else to do : such as leaving a brief note for Julie , and also contacting her office to explain the problem and that she 'd be in touch with them as soon as possible . |
| 28 | I resolved to explain the situation to them as briefly as possible , make a plea for money and then very rapidly leave . |
| 29 | and they said oh we 'll get the list to you , the full list to you as soon as possible I mean |
| 30 | she decided to put an end to it as gently as possible . |