Example sentences of "as we [verb] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we pull out of the drive , we catch a parting view of the king once more at his castle . |
| 2 | But we also had the attendant holding the door for us as we came out of the changing room because the wind was threatening to tear it off its hinges , as well as relentlessly trying to move the deep end up to the shallow end . |
| 3 | As we looked out of the shattered window and across the field opposite to where the Corporal was pointing , another burst of fire hit the house . |
| 4 | And also I 'd like an indication as we go through of the relative weights that you might want to give to individual criterion . |
| 5 | As we passed out of the bar it was raining again and all Madrid 's lights were swimming before my eyes , reflected on the street . |
| 6 | He told me that as we got out of the car , a boy asked , ‘ Who 's the little nigger ? ’ |
| 7 | He just stood there , a moment of shocked surprise as we got out of the Toyota . |
| 8 | And the thing that sounded like a telephone number — I wrote it down as soon as we got out of the attic — " One-x-nine-two-four " … |
| 9 | As we stepped out of the plane at Madrid airport the heat hit us like an oven , and that made me feel very good indeed . |
| 10 | All of us stand up watching as we come out of the theatre and Alfred glance up at we . |
| 11 | I will therefore be looking at the range of measures on offer to ensure that as we come out of the recession they offer unemployed people practical and effective help in getting back to work . ’ |
| 12 | As we come out of the recession , retailers will be looking for new merchandise to attract people into their stores , ’ says Gledhill . |
| 13 | I believe that , as we come out of the recession , we shall find that British industry is much stronger than it was during the same period at the beginning of the 1980s , and that it will prosper mightily during the remainder of the 1990s . |
| 14 | It will mean more doubtful inward investment at the very moment when this country needs such investment most , as we come out of the recession . |
| 15 | I , I think Chairman that as , as we come out of the recession an and th that the overall erm level er quantity of development taking place increases , then we are almost bound to see perhaps more affordable housing erm in absolute terms , although I do n't see any opportunity of there being a a major hiccup in proportional terms , so I , I , like you , I think I remain er pessimistic er regarding the , the , the overview , although we might see er a turning up of the er of the graph having been bumping along the bottom for a little time a little while . |
| 16 | Ernest ‘ Honest ’ Johns approached us as we slunk out of the club . |
| 17 | Not even the hasty relieving of my weary bladder as we scrambled out of the car was enough to offset that wonderful feeling of rejuvenation . |
| 18 | Just as we scrambled out of the ditch again , one of the woodchucks dropping his black rifle and barely managing to grab the sling as it slid back into the foul water , a straggler from the malai patrol crossed the road a hundred and fifty metres away , looked to his left and saw us . |
| 19 | I enquired as we clambered out of the trench after draining the last of the French wine . |
| 20 | As we marched out of the farm the Commando behind me thrust a mug full of very tasty wine into my hand . |
| 21 | As we marched out of the station into the streets of Scarborough I could hardly believe I was back in Yorkshire . |
| 22 | However , as we move out of the inner city the trend to backing is reversed , and the system swings back again to front realizations J. Milroy , 1982b ) : it converges on front-vowel realizations to the extent that all items ( except those with following /r/ ) including items such as grass , path ( which are back-vowel items in both RP and inner-city vernacular ) have the front vowel . |
| 23 | That may change and as we move out of the recession hopefully , er the er erm position will improve , but it does mean that for next year we are not in a position to er achieve the level of income that the , the current year 's budget er required us to and which er on a normal knock-on basis as this element of the budget moves on from year to year , we would n't er have very much hope I would er put to you of actually meeting the level of income that would allow us to operate er a standstill budget in , in this area . |
| 24 | As we trooped out of the hall , the old lady in the wheelchair was still trying to get up , and Clara Beeding was kneeling in front of her . |