Example sentences of "[coord] as i [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as I had this urge to correct manuscripts as I went along , and could n't read his handwriting , and did n't know the first thing about Roman Britain , you can imagine he felt obliged to educate me . |
| 2 | The introduction of new services will always be part of our strategy and as I said last time the water saving service has moved well in the year . |
| 3 | ‘ And as I put one leg out of the door , he looked slightly taken aback , because he could see that my leg was bare . |
| 4 | People left smiling and as I passed one lady on her way down the hill she grinned at me and said ‘ Perfick ’ ! |
| 5 | They have varying effects on humans and as I discovered disastrous effects on fish . |
| 6 | erm Jane gave me the figures and as I say this division is about forty seven percent . |
| 7 | Er it yes it it 's true to tell , gone on record on several occasions saying in terms of environmental capacity there 's the potential within Selby district to accommodate eleven and a half thousand dwellings , however I did later qualify those comments with reference to the emerging local plan , which is the main vehicle we 've we 've got for identifying potential development sites and the the qualification was that was that land is not necessarily available in in the right places , to enable us to make a a reasonable distribution for development in accordance with P P G advice , so that the question of a new settlement remains an extremely attractive option for Selby District , and as I mentioned this morning , in terms of whi we would be approximately eight hundred and fifty dwelli whi we would be approximately eight hundred and fifty dwellings short , in any case , erm |
| 8 | But as I get older patience , a commodity not particularly noticeable in the past , has gradually appeared in my personality , like a sandbank silted into place by too many frothing tides . |
| 9 | A note from Bartram in 1745 seems to imply a slight difference of opinion as his account of some American pines had been questioned : ‘ But as I have great opinion of Miller 's learning and judgement , I am engaged in duty and friendship to inform him the best I can . ’ |
| 10 | Three pound fifteen shillings yeah and that 's how , that 's how the work went at that time but as I say these boatmen erm they used t they used to sit down on lock gates day in and day out and did n't have a ship to come in but I 've kno kno known them to row down the river at high tide or it 's before high tide and there 'd be another erm , there 'd be other boatmen there , one was called , he went down , he used to go down and get 'em going , there used to be a race between these two families or the and the first one got the boat , the first one roped it in you see , or wh what we call roping in , moor mooring the ship up , that was |