Example sentences of "as [pron] [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time as I was writing some correspondence ( including the note to you ) , I was attempting to organise the hand-over of certain severely disturbed patients to various colleagues who were to assume responsibility for them during the long vacation . |
| 2 | Just as I was writing this book I received a beautiful card from Sue Fuller whom I had met at the Town and Country Festival last year . |
| 3 | I would like to thank the following women for their support and encouragement as I was writing this piece : Anne Collins , Linda Stepulvage , Tricia Darragh and Lisa Hunt . |
| 4 | As I was typing these words , a young friend phoned to tell me about the wonderful summer holiday he had just had with his father . |
| 5 | In fact a new study , by Merchant ( 1989 ) , was published as I was drafting this section . |
| 6 | As I was giving this description it came to me that I was talking about someone else . |
| 7 | , ah no , but you , but you were n't aware of that because you were on the floor , as I was saying five minutes ago . |
| 8 | If someone said , Okay nitric acid and calcium hydroxide. as long as you were using this chart to work out which are single negative and double negative , what 's going to happen to that one ? |
| 9 | One woman was close to tears as she was named Top Unit Manager of the Week . |
| 10 | There was no reply to the phone , but as we were going that way to spend the night at Sandspit , we called at the neighbours ’ and found that Pat was away for a few days . |
| 11 | Beyond Postojna the roads became increasingly worse , twisting and turning as we went through at Janene on the Croatian border where it was explained that we would have to pay a reduced fee ( as we were carrying humanitarian goods ) of 13DM in order to acquire the appropriate papers to allow us to enter Croatia . |
| 12 | It was a bad thing for me , strictly speaking , because the men became as they was earning more money than me and this is complete fact . |
| 13 | As they were denied Christian burial the hands proceeded to assume a life of their own . |
| 14 | They had refused to pay the toll as they were delivering humanitarian aid . |
| 15 | The Palestinians were fighting their way forward — as they were to do many times in the future — in the wrong direction . |
| 16 | So they got him settled in the bottom of the boat and just as they were putting this tarpaulin over him , and getting ready to set off , the one man He heard the one man saying to the other , he says , Right , forty miles a wee stroke of the oars . |
| 17 | The new President , the Premier , the two Deputy Premiers and the Defence Minister all held seats in the People 's Great Hural which they were required to give up , as it was stipulated that Cabinet post-holders could not concurrently serve as deputies to the assembly . |
| 18 | In the 1970s high domestic inflation rates encouraged governments to change the emphasis of economic policies towards money supply control , as it was believed excessive money creation had caused inflation . |
| 19 | Their reaction was predictable : ‘ One expects them to groan , though I do n't know quite why we should be seeing a piece as it was performed 50 years ago . |
| 20 | Delightful as it was to meet pleasant company in such an unlikely place , I very badly wanted to exchange our fell citations on the other side of this rock . |
| 21 | ‘ It is very plush in all areas ’ , he said , ‘ as it was refurbished three years ago . |
| 22 | But the first thing that 's the first thing to bear in mind , the first thing to bear in mind of course is had our previous proposals in other years been accepted Mr Mayor we would need it as it were to make these cuts from this year . |
| 23 | Sarella followed Peter outside into the courtyard as he was leaving next morning . |
| 24 | ‘ His was a very difficult job as he was helping large numbers of people in a number of different locations . ’ |
| 25 | Fernandez , as he was to do some years later , provided a link to Dave 's caddying days with one Severiano Ballesteros . |
| 26 | Joe saw Tony only briefly as he was working long hours . |
| 27 | The drama happened as he was giving First Aid to rider Kevin Mitchell who had been involved in a crash but was not seriously injured . |
| 28 | ‘ Youse can be at the codding , when youse like , ’ he mumbled thickly , ‘ but if this auld one in here — ’ he tapped the coffin with his glass — ‘ if this fella wants to , I tell ye , he 'll be sittin' up as bright as ye like and be givin' us all the ‘ Lark ’ , just as he was doin' that night when — ‘ |