Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb past] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By now I had almost convinced Rick to change to the boilie when I had another take on the Tropicana ; this was all the convincing he needed as I landed a nice mirror around the 12lb mark . |
| 2 | ‘ Good gracious , that was close ’ I said , as I heard a God-Almighty thud . |
| 3 | I 'll , I can endorse that by saying that we should n't , as I noticed a certain offhandedness with him that I did n't like at all . |
| 4 | I came across the garden 's central pavilion quite by chance , stumbling on it as I followed a dried water-course . |
| 5 | We were to fly across , which suited me , as I had a morbid fear of being torpedoed at sea . |
| 6 | As long as I had a sympathetic host , of course . |
| 7 | I know , as I had a strict upbringing . |
| 8 | As I had a twelfth-hand Hillman Imp at the time I drove him down to his place in South London . |
| 9 | Now Lynne Taylor is Regional Executive for the Chest , Heart and Stroke Association , Lynne er is it , this is er as I said a new week , are , you hopeful that it 's , it 's working well ? |
| 10 | The ground felt as I imagined a first world war battlefield might feel — all pits and trenches — but dry . |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't worry — any more intimate reminiscences escaped me , as I discovered a strong disinclination to hear the sordid details of your relationship . ’ |
| 12 | Was he just a common cock-tease , I would wonder as I suggested a new word , broke an overlong line , or did he sometimes really desire a more intimate contact ? |
| 13 | The test-flight was postponed over and over again , as I hit a busy spell in work — and as usual the weather had its say in the proceedings . |
| 14 | I 've had a couple of letters asking me whether I ever managed to give up smoking as I promised a few months ago . |
| 15 | And much as I coveted a wonderful watercolour by Albert that I came across in an Alice Springs gallery for 4,000 dollars I was even more taken with the traditional native art , particularly since it seemed to offer useful hints about a problem I had of seeing the outback in ways other than through the window-on-the-world vision that developed in Renaissance Italy . |
| 16 | DEEP in the frozen wastes of Canada I felt near to tears as I watched a fluffy baby seal gaze adoringly into its mother 's eyes . |
| 17 | I think historically although you know historians can much better than me , erm historically maybe the way that the rock has been worked with a bagging system and it was you know and lots of quarry men had little bits of farm as well around Blaenau especially and you get a feeling er from reading about it that er you know they have a an almost self employed attitude to their to their work and their rock and the fact that er they 'd do it in their own you know wor work the rock in a certain way and this and very sort of proud erm of their work and that and From talking a lot to them and being close to you know it you feel that that that 's still very much the same really you know there is this sort of close relationship and that with their em employers there was you know a lot of you know was n't it was n't straight it as straight as you said a straight employer employee relationship that they was A lot of s sort of er give and take probably and I think they were outraged at this sort of McGregor type tactic really that you know this new machine . |
| 18 | She broke off , colour running up her face as she pressed a guilty hand to her mouth . |
| 19 | She felt her brassiere tighten uncomfortably as she heaved a vicious sigh . |
| 20 | Isabel gasped at the strength of his grip , her senses reeling as she fought a wild impulse to melt into the crushing pressure of his embrace . |
| 21 | My mother was a delicate creature and a cripple who had to wear a large , specially made boot as she had a shortened leg . |
| 22 | When William had gone , she thought of all the things she had planned to do as soon as she had a little time to herself . |
| 23 | She was probably raped first as she had a horrible wound in the abdomen , undoubtedly caused by a grenade , as if to make an examination impossible . |
| 24 | Well , not entirely , as she had a little girl of eighteen months old and her husband was missing reported killed in a bombing raid over Germany . |
| 25 | She found this very difficult to keep to , as she had a sweet tooth and loved cakes . |
| 26 | The thought was frantic as she dragged a desperate breath into her lungs . |
| 27 | Her lips twitched as she imagined a black cloud , bearing his face , hovering over her head . |
| 28 | The small of her back began to feel warm as she imagined a small bead of laser light centred there , cueing a flamer , or a needler , or a screamer , or anything nasty and permanent . |
| 29 | After removing her shoes according to the Korean custom , she demonstrated her dexterity with chopsticks as she popped a delicate roll containing shredded beef and mustard sauce into her mouth . |
| 30 | Impulsively , and without changing from the pale blue uniform she had put on this morning , since she did n't know how Faye wanted her new nurse to dress , Belinda found her way to the kitchen where the housekeeper , Mrs Porter , was creating deliciously savoury aromas as she cooked a three-course evening meal that was carefully balanced with Faye 's special needs in mind . |