Example sentences of "[pron] have [vb pp] [subord] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not mean to imply , he wrote , that nothing existed before that moment , no plans , no designs , no sketches and no notes , of course there were plans and designs , sketches and notes , how could there not be , he wrote , when my whole life has been nothing but a preparation for this beginning , not only in the sense that everyone 's life is always a preparation for every beginning in that life but in the quite specific sense that my own life has always been a preparation for this beginning , nothing but a preparation for this beginning , both consciously and unconsciously , with everything I have done as well as everything I have thought , everything I have felt as well as everything I have suffered . |
| 2 | I do not mean to imply , he wrote , that nothing existed before that moment , no plans , no designs , no sketches and no notes , of course there were plans and designs , sketches and notes , how could there not be , he wrote , when my whole life has been nothing but a preparation for this beginning , not only in the sense that everyone 's life is always a preparation for every beginning in that life but in the quite specific sense that my own life has always been a preparation for this beginning , nothing but a preparation for this beginning , both consciously and unconsciously , with everything I have done as well as everything I have thought , everything I have felt as well as everything I have suffered . |
| 3 | He counterclaimed , joining the other chargees whom I have mentioned as well as Mr. Hammond 's trustees in bankruptcy and Mrs. Hammond as defendants to the counterclaim , for rectification of the proprietorship register , by the removal of the Hammonds ' names and the insertion of his own name , and of the charges register , by the deletion of the entries relating to the building society 's charge and the charges of the other chargees . |
| 4 | In the end Maggie dragooned four Australian chaps , and a Cockney girl who 'd volunteered as soon as she 'd heard help was needed . |
| 5 | Was this what she had felt as soon as she had seen him — a man who would interfere with her life ? |
| 6 | But she had known as soon as she had seen the glazed eye that this was death . |
| 7 | She had known as soon as they had arrived at the lodge that her heart had made the right decision , even though it felt irresponsible and utterly childish to be spending a summer like this , at her age , and after all the work she had done to put the initials MD after her name . |
| 8 | Indeed you must , for you have transgressed as well as I. The pious accusations of Captain Pesaro ! |
| 9 | He had been serving in France when he met her , they had married as soon as the Hun had been finished off , and after the honeymoon it had been back to the colours for him and straight over to Ireland . |
| 10 | ‘ Should the thief read this and comprehend the distress he has caused as well as the futility of his action , if he organises the return of our parts , perhaps through a third party , then we will take no further action . ’ |
| 11 | He had realised as soon as he had employed Michael that he had found himself a kindred spirit . |
| 12 | He had left as soon as he could , leaving Joe to consume half a bottle of whisky whole he raced through the backstreets , slowing to a walk only when he spotted someone approaching . |
| 13 | All the clothes on the line were frozen solid , as the water in them had iced as soon as we had put them out . |