Example sentences of "[adv] as [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rachel asked suddenly as they drank black coffee , because the question had been burning on her mind for some time , and she told herself it was important strategically to find out , although she suspected the truth was that he fascinated her . |
| 2 | All the males of the Khedive 's family tended to thicken out and age suddenly as they approached middle age . |
| 3 | Going back to the family problem just mentioned , much as we love that child in spite of his problems , we would not let ourselves be completely taken over . |
| 4 | As the Daily Express noted : ‘ Much as I disliked this film and its cheap exploitation of suffering and illness , I must concede that it has been made with the dead-on professionalism that is characteristic of the other ‘ Carry Ons . ’ ’ |
| 5 | He certainly has a vision for the Burmese farmer , and I have never liked him so much as I did last night as we sat talking together under the stars . |
| 6 | World heavyweight boxing ends the year much as it started this year and almost every other year — in total chaos . |
| 7 | Just so long as we understand each other . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Good , ’ he said coldly , ‘ just so long as we understand each other . |
| 9 | To the public , subordinating national interests to Europe 's requirements is of small account , so long as we sustain competitive sport . |
| 10 | Hers was not a demanding character , and so long as she felt some evidence of a man 's care ( which living in Charles ' room would give her ) she would not need more . |
| 11 | Williams J. said , ‘ In effect , ( the former husband ) says to ( the former wife ) : ‘ If you , who now owe me no duty as a wife , will agree to my stipulation , I will , so long as you observe that stipulation , pay you £6 per month . ’ |
| 12 | So long as you delivered enough advertising against the right consumers , the result could be measured in sales . |
| 13 | I guaranteed a starting price so long as I got last refusal — he was auctioning the piece . |
| 14 | In the sonnet just quoted , for instance , Shakespeare presents the Poet in a humiliating situation , indifferent to the behaviour of the Mistress with other men just so long as he gets some share of the action . |
| 15 | He knew how to hold the Conservative Party together , and , so long as he judged this right , to hold it loyal to Lloyd George . |
| 16 | These documents form a basis for the history of Jacques le Romain and his father , Martin ; they make possible the revision of the most recently published Hotteterre genealogical charts , especially as they document three Hotteterre makers previously unidentified , including one who lived in London in the service of the King ; and they offer clarification of the Hotteterre makers ' marks , and alter our view of how the three-piece flute of the early Baroque developed into the four-piece flute with corps de rechange . |
| 17 | I not only feel it to be the most relevant magazine to the industry I work in — the consumer finance sector — but have also found the appointments section excellent , especially as I secured new employment through it after being made redundant . |
| 18 | Then you 'd quarter it , quarter it off , you see , then carry it down to the shop so as you had some beef in the shop on show in four quarters . |
| 19 | Er so as it happened this girl had got the material erm a wild silk cream and er Elizabeth made up this dress for her of course er Michael Caine 's daughter i is quite a busty girl , you know |
| 20 | Oh so as I get another chance then ? |
| 21 | Okay the so as I said earlier opening K channels will hyperpolarize the membrane . |
| 22 | As writer of a weekly newspaper column , he was allowed his own room in hotels , and from the corridor could be heard above the typewriter coughing away as he smoked one cigarette after another . |
| 23 | Volunteers constantly tug in all directions while others bewail the imminent end of the organization — just as they did last week , last year and ( in a few cases ) last decade . |
| 24 | The British rule it , just as they rule this country . |
| 25 | and vital that we do n't and just as we said this morning said we would n't preempt and pre-judge the community of the St Albans District Council on the er on the transportation study . |
| 26 | The trust status will ensure that that record of success continues into the life of the next Conservative Government and the one after , just as we established that record during the lifetime of the previous three Conservative Governments . |
| 27 | Just as we give more weight to the views of an impartial judge , one who is not a party to the dispute in question , than to a partial one , so we give more weight to an impartial moral opinion , one expressed by a person who is not directly involved in the situation being assessed , than To an interested party . |
| 28 | People tend to get hold of wrong ideas , just as you did last night . ’ |
| 29 | Just as it requires careful planning to ensure the correct orientation of a pedagogical grammar , so the progression of the lessons too must be carefully planned . |
| 30 | Then , just as it seemed that sleep was a compulsion he could no longer resist , Lucien heard a noise in the room . |