Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb past] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The southern States stand out very strongly as having experienced a Democratic hegemony then , as they did for the entire century beforehand . |
| 32 | When in Washington both Houses , in an extraordinary mark of respect , asked him to give the opening prayer as they assembled for the fifty-fifth Congress . ) |
| 33 | His mind recalled the familiar ambience of his trade ; men moving like black shadows behind the glare of the arc-lights the police cars tidily parked ; the flap of the screens , desultory voices conferring as they watched for the first lights of his approaching car . |
| 34 | The Gould machine was set like clockwork to continue ticking as methodically for the next two years as it had for the last eight . |
| 35 | AS GOOD as it got for the deranged Los Angeles combo . |
| 36 | His remarks , in a Daily Telegraph interview , triggered protests from right-wing Tory MPs and pitched the Cabinet into more controversy as it met for the first time since the summer break . |
| 37 | His remarks , in a Daily Telegraph interview , triggered protests from right-wing Tory MPs and pitched the Cabinet into more controversy as it met for the first time since the summer break . |
| 38 | He has also pointed out that the future did not loom so large for them as it did for the Roman historians , who were anxious about the fate of their empire . |
| 39 | As I understand it the Cleveland structure plan proposes the same number of dwellings for erm its next period which happens to be fourteen years , as it did for the last fourteen of the of the previous structure plan , fifteen thousand seven hundred . |
| 40 | The ‘ Snap ’ camera was used with the supplied software , ( not suitable as it stood for the required measuring instrument ) . |
| 41 | He 'd have quite liked to have spent the night on the couch in Polly 's living room , as he had for the last few months of their marriage , but it had not been offered as an option and he supposed it was just as well . |
| 42 | The cello concerto swelling through the house , the briny tang of the scallops in their marinade , doors opening and closing as he searched for the missing due . |
| 43 | As he asked for the latest report , Marshka thought about the policeman and the Englishman . |
| 44 | As he leaped for the null-grav shaft , he caught sight of the prisoner thrashing through the air two storeys above . |
| 45 | Her attacker got a 2 month suspended sentence ; the same as he got for the original theft . |
| 46 | And , as he reached for the pale , fleeing figure of his cousin , he looked like a man with murder in his heart . |
| 47 | Yohan , an old man , was moved to tears as he read a tract , as he realised for the first time how much God loved him . |
| 48 | ‘ Well , ’ said Jane one afternoon as he emerged for the first time , blinking in the sun , ‘ how 's life in Lotus land ? ’ |
| 49 | In his slow crawl from the corner as he peered for the right number through the flooding windscreen , it had seemed an odd neigh-bourhood for the Fight Game : well-weeded drives , well-painted houses , the cars as recommended by Which ? and Ratepayers ' Association posters in several windows . |
| 50 | Among Fianna Fail members , Mr MacSharry is seen as the man with the courage and determination to revive the party 's flagging fortunes , just as he did for the Irish economy four years ago . |
| 51 | ‘ It was the talk of the set — the rumour monitors were working overtime , ’ Jim said yesterday as he talked for the first time about the couple 's whirlwind romance . |