Example sentences of "[adv] as [pers pn] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Yes thank well yes er thank you very much as you say several pages back . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ ’ |
| 4 | World heavyweight boxing ends the year much as it started this year and almost every other year — in total chaos . |
| 5 | Just so long as we understand each other . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Good , ’ he said coldly , ‘ just so long as we understand each other . |
| 7 | The rule against prior restraint is designed to allow publishers to publish even if this means betraying a confidence — a betrayal which , as Lord Denning points out , may be very much in the public interest — so long as they pay any damages that may be appropriate . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | So long as you delivered enough advertising against the right consumers , the result could be measured in sales . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He knew how to hold the Conservative Party together , and , so long as he judged this right , to hold it loyal to Lloyd George . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | Oh so as I get another chance then ? |
| 16 | The British rule it , just as they rule this country . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Talking of the Shadow is , of course , a convenient shorthand , since we have many Shadow selves — just as we have many Egos — and some of these selves carry our repressed positive qualities . |
| 21 | In the nineteenth century , it was possible to see female castration as a cure , just as it happens these days that women request cosmetic surgery to make their genitalia look ‘ more tidy ’ . |
| 22 | Then , just as it seemed that sleep was a compulsion he could no longer resist , Lucien heard a noise in the room . |
| 23 | This victory was to delight the masses just as it brought little pleasure to the newly energized forces of the political left , but , just as significantly , it was now also an occasional delight to a growing audience drawn from amongst critics , intellectuals , and the more respectable classes generally . |
| 24 | ‘ Just as it invaded this mutton ? ’ |
| 25 | He clambered up and intercepted her at the kitchen door , enfolding her and drawing her in to his body so that his warmth flowed through to her , just as he had that day when he 'd found her on the beach , lost and afraid ; like him , a victim of the past . |
| 26 | Spencer thus condemned any attempt to change women 's position in society , just as he opposed any state intervention to safeguard the position of the poor and weak . |
| 27 | As soon as we receive this envelope with their first order , we 'll send you your FREE York film . |
| 28 | I 'll fetch one of the ambulance lads to take a look at you soon as we get this bloke out . ’ |
| 29 | As soon as we get this month 's cheque . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Is it just coincidence that as soon as we arrive all sorts of weird shit starts happening ? |