Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't have any help in the house , as I prefer to use that part of my budget for the twins ’ child minder , Audrey . |
| 2 | He commented : ‘ I felt the time was right to make a personal move forward as I wanted to have direct control over my own destiny and re-invest into the Province . ’ |
| 3 | How dare you do thing like that , you know , you 're sort of , you , you just ca n't , you 're almost beside yourself , as you 're trying to use up all that adrenaline , all that energy that 's poured into your body as you try to help that child across the road , knowing in actual fact you ca n't . |
| 4 | If you feel the ‘ fit ’ is wrong so that the relationship is not working well you might need to consider ending it , for there should be a growing sense of ease as you get to know each other . |
| 5 | The Prime Minister herself had reaffirmed her commitment to the " founding principles " of the service in her speech to the Conservative Party Conference in 1982 as she sought to allay public suspicion that the health service might not be safe in her hands . |
| 6 | Donna rubbed both hands across her face , her body quivering as she began to regain some warmth , some feeling in her extremities . |
| 7 | Everything in Fabia cried out as she started to panic that Ven might yet hit on the truth of her love for him . |
| 8 | She closed her eyes , leaning back against her remaining pillow as she tried to recall that aspect of her childhood . |
| 9 | Kim , who is continuing on the diet as she wants to shed another couple of stone , has always had loads of personality but , as her weight has reduced , an even more bubbly girl has emerged . |
| 10 | We praise God for the progress already made and ask for your prayers and support as we seek to make this project a reality . |
| 11 | As we wished to maintain effective management of manpower resources it was a requirement . |
| 12 | As we intend to use this theory in Chapter 7 to explore the implications of new technology for the shape of organisations , it is important to develop our understanding of organisational processes in the light of this radical attack . |
| 13 | As we tried to attach fresh wallpaper to the wall , we found that the damp had so undermined the structure that the wall fell down . |
| 14 | But as soon as we have to commit this question to paper we discover ( or we certainly should discover ) that this is a difficult question to ask with absolute clarity . |
| 15 | On the one hand there was the need to allow individual divergences from the hierarchy and to leave teachers some freedom to make their own contribution to the curriculum — a goal often repeated by all Secretaries of State as they sought to limit that freedom . |
| 16 | Sometimes key changes can be used as formal divisions , as they help to give more definition to the beginning of new sections . |
| 17 | You hear beep beep all night long as they try to pass each other . |
| 18 | Hospitals openly confess to giving higher priority to fundholders ' patients as they try to avoid financial crisis . |
| 19 | Indeed , even honesty is a mere legal concept now , rather than a moral one , as they undertake to hide important information from us in order to borrow as cheaply as possible , while they lend at the highest practicable rate . |
| 20 | Little by little the Grants began to do more things together as they came to trust each other , and to find enjoyment in each other 's company . |
| 21 | But as they got to know each other Annabelle discovered that Steven liked the arts as much as the sciences/hiking as well as driving/driving cars as well as repairing them . |
| 22 | I was at one stage tempted to forgo my chance to contribute to it because of the fascinating speeches of Members representing inner and outer London constituencies as they struggled to find some fairness , justice or logic in the banding system . |
| 23 | Bradley and colleagues are well aware of these problems as they seek to justify newborn screening for this untreatable genetic disorder . |
| 24 | Sheila Mann , consultant in psychiatry of old age at Homerton Hospital , warned of clients falling between two stools as they failed to receive adequate nursing or social care . |
| 25 | Character models are less likely to be hit as they tend to have higher initiative values . |
| 26 | I am loathe to take it back to SMAC where I bought it new , as they seem to do more harm than good whenever it goes back there . |
| 27 | In the first of two reports , we look at the difficulties facing people with head injuries , as they learn to take one day at a time . |
| 28 | There stood the King of Kings and the president , choking and weeping as they tried to praise each other , their wives by their sides . |
| 29 | They sit only so long as they continue to hold episcopal office . |
| 30 | BRITISH troops in the former Yugoslavia have to perform a fine balancing act between the warring factions as they start to deliver humanitarian aid in Bosnia . |