Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something I 've always wanted to do and rather daunting as everyone knows the original movies and shows and the people who sang and danced in them . |
| 2 | I 'll remi remind you of those again as I reach the various Lots . |
| 3 | Bert and Duncan were as uninformed as I regarding the forthcoming events of the programme . |
| 4 | I had occasionally seen his photograph as I skimmed the financial sections of the newspapers . |
| 5 | The big bonger chimed midnight as I put the finishing touches to our Bible beds ( hers has a closing lid , of course ) . |
| 6 | As I rounded Ardmair Bay , the sky was bright but as I reached the scattered cottages and crofts of Strath Kanaird , none with an invitation to halt or stop , ominous yellow clouds formed overhead , obviously heralding a storm , and when Stac Polly came into sight , there was a spiralling column like a tornado above it . |
| 7 | Even as I wrote the final corrections to the first edition of this text in January 1973 , a splendid , though destructive new tear had Opened across the island of Heimaey , south of Iceland , and new oceanic crust was being formed . |
| 8 | As I survey the 25 conflicts raging in different parts of the world , I am haunted by Yeats ' lines : |
| 9 | It was only natural that my thoughts should be on the life and work of my friend Robert W. Service as I walked the untidy streets of Whitehorse four decades after the roaring pandemonium of the gold rush days . |
| 10 | ‘ I am more and more Christian as I walk the unchristian ways of Christendom ’ , he wrote , confessing himself ‘ a conscientious objector with a very seared conscience ’ . |
| 11 | They have much to teach us , as I hope the following pages will demonstrate … . |
| 12 | As I changed the mandatory dollars to cordobas before going through passport control , I could hear a pop song with a distinct Wham ! -like tune blasting through the airport — ‘ Esta Daniel — Daniel Ortega , Daniel , Daniel … ’ |
| 13 | And there you see again in early B R days , er the er the station master 's house , and er er and the station itself , over here , the goods shed over there , the various track works coming across , the er line up to round here , and as I say the various sidings that were put in to accommodate the additional er colliery and other traffic . |
| 14 | Yeah it 's back with him , but as I say the overall implications have n't er been sorted out . |
| 15 | As I oversee the finishing touches of this Christmas issue of Pipeline , I am also preparing for a special production of my own ! |
| 16 | ‘ Certainly , ’ I replied , as I loaded the assembled personnel . |
| 17 | I groaned inwardly as I climbed the narrow stairs and was plunged in darkness when only half-way up . |
| 18 | I wept a little as I climbed the creaky stairs , and when I got into the attic I knelt down beside the bed , put my hands together and prayed . |
| 19 | Despair overtakes me as soon as I see the dreaded trolleys jammed together ; I always manage to pick one with a crab-like action ; my heart sinks and culinary amnesia sets in somewhere between the tinned fruit and dried pasta . |
| 20 | Something tightened in my chest as I remembered the two days since I saw Toby last . |
| 21 | As I read the previous documents , the strategy was to bring down the rate of development in North Yorkshire and that has happened . |
| 22 | So then it went on from there to Canada so it just worked out or appeared to work out that right around the world at that particular time ten or eleven years ago , that nobody was bothered and as you said the Beautiful Dreamers and this sort of stuff until we came along and er but other than that we would be surprised . |
| 23 | He 's far more likely to catch a chill standing about at a show or in the hunting field than after a bath , as long as you take the right precautions . |
| 24 | But as long as you spot the early signs you should be okay — just keep the red bits covered for a few days . |
| 25 | EGYPT — cruise the Nile , soak up the sun and take in 5,000 years of history as you visit the famous sights . |
| 26 | However , as you inspect the marked messages , you may return to the initial page in order to check how many more messages are to be processed . |
| 27 | However , as you inspect the marked messages , you may return to the initial page in order to check how many more messages are to be processed . |
| 28 | However , as you inspect the marked messages , you may return to the initial page in order to check how many more messages are to be processed . |
| 29 | Now , as soon as you have the five answers , and do remember that if you er , did n't hear any of the other ones , they will be repeated next week , so you 'll have a chance to write all the five answers down . |
| 30 | Now as soon as you have the five answers , and if you have n't heard the other four questions , then there will be a chance , as I said , to hear them again next week , when you 've got the five answers , I 'd like you to send me them on a Christmas card please , this is very , very important send them on a Christmas card please , to the following address . |