Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [noun] [adv] as [pron] " in BNC.

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1 A survey last year showed that a frightening proportion of child car seats would not do their job properly as they had n't been fitted correctly .
2 But I can not abandon my identity now as I did so freely in those days of my youth .
3 I have been constantly told what a fine man he was and I regret not being able to experience and appreciate his qualities first-hand as I have grown from a child to an adult .
4 It was as if he was dropping a hint or letting slip a little clue thinking that one day someone would read his diaries just as I was doing . ’
5 In a conventional world , the Chancellor would simply roll his forecasts forward as he has been doing for the past two years now .
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