Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , as far as I know all the forms that were allocated to me have been versioned and distributed out to everybody , so I should have lots of version forms . |
| 2 | As I write this the survivors are eight days old , and being fed Brineshrimp once a day , and powdered flake or powdered High Protein once a day . |
| 3 | It was pure chance that made me notice the writing on the top file , as I pushed open the window . |
| 4 | My hon. Friend knows as well as I do that no Government have brought the police force to such a level as this Conservative Government have done . |
| 5 | I felt faint as I remembered all the things that mouth had done , and I sat down quickly , touching my burning face . |
| 6 | The debt counsellor said that as long as I paid all the money I was getting from Social Security for the house , they could n't take it away from us . |
| 7 | Dumb-bell/barbell kits are inexpensive to buy , and as you become stronger the poundage of the kit can be increased by purchasing additional discs . |
| 8 | British Rail 's vastly varying fare structure is simple to understand , as long as you have half an hour to spare , a clock and a calendar and the great fare bible to follow . |
| 9 | As you grow older the shape of the lipline becomes less defined ; using a lip pencil can make you look younger . |
| 10 | She had all but crawled downstairs to answer the imperative summons , yawning as she tugged open the door . |
| 11 | As she grew older the problem took on mammoth proportions . |
| 12 | I must have moved towards her as she took half a step back . |
| 13 | ‘ I think we 've concluded our business , ’ she told him crisply as she snatched open the driver 's door and climbed into the sun-warmed interior . |
| 14 | This time , as she held open the door and saw him into the car , she was unable to refrain from privately comparing his physical likeness to that of her own father . |
| 15 | And as she pushed open the west door Miss Danziger was met by the scent of fennel , the six-foot stems of which towered over her from a huge stoneware pot , very different from the musty scent of piety that greeted her in English country churches . |
| 16 | As she pushed open the swing doors to the corridor , Patrick walked towards her . |
| 17 | ‘ Unfortunately I ca n't tell you how long that will be , ’ Luke inserted drily as she pushed open the door . |
| 18 | Melissa felt a faint sensation of queasiness as she pushed open the door . |
| 19 | To her dismay , as she pushed open the door of the treatment-room the first person she set eyes on was David Markham . |
| 20 | She believes she passed the habit to daughter Cherie as she puffed 50 a day during pregnancy . |
| 21 | ‘ We intend to remain independent and as we control all the shares we are able to do so . ’ |
| 22 | yes , erm my wife came from the Midlands , from Coventry and her family roots were in Coventry at the Midlands , in fact there she still has numerous nieces and nephews and great nephews and great nieces there to this day , my with the exception of a sister who moved , who , to Basildon , erm I have two brothers and er they still live in London , still live in East Ham , er the distance is not too great erm and , but obviously as we get older the amount of visiting we do will be constricted by the difficulties of getting from Harlow to East Ham especially when one is compelled to stop driving a motor car |
| 23 | As we climbed higher the jungle became more marshy and exotic , with the sort of plants you usually only see as plastic decorations . |
| 24 | This can be a struggle and it may take a while , but as we see all the time among those around us , identity can be achieved , and with tremendous satisfaction and eventual rewards . |
| 25 | However , their fortunes were soon to enter on that switchback which took them first to a golden age , and then through impoverishment to extinction as they became first the beneficiaries of factory-produced yarn , and then the victims of their own expansion in numbers and , ultimately , of the power loom . |
| 26 | Il ; Lazerdale Ltd. v. City of Glasgow Licensing Board , 1988 G.W.D. 36–1484 ( 1st Div. ) where it was held that a radius of 200 metres was a reasonable " locality " under s. 17(I) ( d ) within Glasgow , and Bury v. Kilmarnock and Loudon District Licensing Board , 1989 S.L.T. 110 , where it was held that the board had exercised its discretion unreasonably in refusing to consider an application for an extension on the basis of non-representation without asking whether that non-representation was material as they had all the facts before them . |
| 27 | ‘ It seems to be that as they get older the prospect of cohabitation is less exciting for women . |
| 28 | ‘ Mineral water for the invalid , ’ she heard someone say as they handed Dizzy a glass , and she saw Dizzy give a wry smile . |
| 29 | Two of them carried a big straw basket between them , which they hoped to fill as they visited all the houses in the village . |
| 30 | As they climbed higher the air became cooler and a light breeze rustled the gorse beside the track . |