Example sentences of "as [pron] have [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | While the fax machine is easy to use , it 's less attractive when it comes to mass faxing , as someone has to feed each document in and dial the destination . |
2 | ‘ But I was cautious about it too as I 'd seen both sides — the periods of unemployment as well as the glossy side of my father being in something so popular like Howards ' Way . ’ |
3 | When I went to bed , I had a few ‘ sort of ’ pains , but I did n't think anything of them as I 'd had these kind of niggly pains a lot over the last week or so . |
4 | I decided to visit the Marines that evening and , after thanking Mick for his hospitality , made my way back to the orchard , thinking that as I had visited each Commando unit each day when we were in England , why not now that we were in France ? |
5 | As soon as I had seen this reading of the phrase it at once seemed more plausible . |
6 | I held up my arms as I had seen German prisoners do in news-reels . |
7 | As I had done several times on the journey , since I had n't entirely managed to put out of my mind the events of Uulaa and my suspicions . |
8 | My dissertation was on Yugoslavia , as I had learnt some Serbo-Croat at Nottingham . |
9 | Bad industrial relations had been the curse of the country for as long as I had taken any interest in politics ; although the reform of trade union law was essential , further steps were also needed . |
10 | It 's got as bright and fierce an eye as I 've seen this side the Avon . ’ |
11 | As I 've said many times before , pressure is only a condition of the mind . |
12 | And I do n't mean I 'm bending them , but there were some , as I 've said many times , a lot of silly people refereeing in speedway , and thank goodness now , ninety nine per cent of them are being sensible and we 're seeing some good refereeing . |
13 | As long as I 've done two tapes minimum |
14 | ‘ I feel sometimes that I ca n't reach Faustina as I 've reached other cats . |
15 | Erm that 's as much as I 've got this morning . |
16 | So I think we 've developed in that direction that I can go ahead as soon as I 've got some dates and book it properly with Mr . |
17 | I 've never ever I say this very proudly , been in debt and as long as I 've earned enough money to live , I 've never bothered to put any on one side strict , you know , strictly speaking and I 've been happy to er live and er that 's how I 've lived me life . |
18 | Hello I 'm terribly busy Norma actually , I 've got a full lesson at the minute , erm , I 'll , I 'll try and , and sort that out as soon as I 've finished this lesson |
19 | I 'll be fine as soon as I 've had some breakfast . ’ |
20 | I had sought to interest some of the more enterprising newspapers , especially as I hoped to be able , if possible , to push on to Abyssinia ; but , in the end , I went in independence , as I have undertaken most excursions , both terrestrial and mental . |
21 | As I have emphasised three times , the previous Select Committee on Health and Social Services made a number of pleas to the Government not to get us into the position that we are in now . |
22 | I was interested in the Trend ellipse jig ( WW/Dec.91-p.1227 ) as I have made similar devices . |
23 | In broad terms , because soft systems thinking represents a unique way of encouraging an observer to learn about a situation , it should appeal to virtually anyone who has an enquiring mind , a notion reflected in the closing paragraphs of Systems Thinking , Systems practice ; as I have made frequent reference to this work throughout , it seems appropriate to finish my book with the following quote from Professor Peter Checkland , who says about soft systems thinking : |
24 | In fact , as I have developed this chapter , I realise that within the definition I am using they are exactly the same thing . |
25 | If you have ever stood on a sheep farmer 's hillside , as I have done many times in the Western Highlands of Scotland , and listened to the sheep calling to ( communicating with ) each other , you will immediately notice how their intonations are all different , as indeed are their faces . |
26 | ‘ You are an artist , as I have said many times . |
27 | This is true for simple problems but , as I have said many times before , as soon as the problems become more complicated our mathematical knowledge turns out to be greatly deficient . |
28 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : I have been careful not to lay down specific periods for the bids to come in , because , as I have said many times , it may take longer for some management-employee buy-outs to be lodged than others . |
29 | I think basically , if you 've got good colour sense you 're home and dry as I have said many times , it does n't matter how you put it together , but if the colours are superb , it 's going to look good . |
30 | As I have said some names had physical attributes and these can be identified in such names as Lofty , Longsett , Fatty , Buster , Tich , Snowy , Darkie etc . |