Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I assume the first year warranty will soon be over , I suggest you have the problem investigated . |
| 2 | As I left the next shift was settling in for the day , writing up diaries , reading novels and brewing up endless cups of tea . |
| 3 | Fenella must have heard me , as she appeared at her door as I reached the first landing . |
| 4 | We could feel the tension among the large audience of Spaniards and British and Americans , a tension that relaxed into applause as I blew the last candle out and the room lamps came on . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm just trying to get some perspective here , ’ he said as I twisted the last coldness from my beer bottle . |
| 6 | I had dropped my bag as I hit the first man , but that did n't matter . |
| 7 | What I 'd like to say is I think erm certainly in Scotland and in Strathclyde area that four years ago , erm the first women in transport survey was actually carried out , erm and it was carried out elsewhere in Britain and er this was as I say the first study that had been done and the results were very surprising . |
| 8 | But as I say the last bit where you sa dur during the course of the , of this conversation it almost sounded as though you were gon na , you 're doing it parrot , parrot fashion whereas the rest of it was , was superb , there was no , no problems in that . |
| 9 | Many of the rules for knitting these stitches on single bed go out of the window as soon as you bring the second bed into operation . |
| 10 | If you do try to use them , the first row will knit but , as you knit the second row , where several tucked needles are side by side the yarn will come off the needles and jam the carriage . |
| 11 | As you replace the second piece , note which needles hold which horizontal band of the first piece and make sure the bands of the second piece are put on exactly the same needles . |
| 12 | As you play the 9th chords in bars 6 and 7 you might wish to finger the full voicing for each chord and only lightly strike the top three strings as indicated in the music . |
| 13 | ‘ It is only simple , ’ she apologised as she brought the first course to the table . |
| 14 | This fantasy was so vivid to her that she would even rehearse this line out loud , looking at herself in her mirror as she smoked the last cigarette of the night , after she 'd taken her face off , after all the noise was over and we 'd all gone home . |
| 15 | As she reached the last step Travis appeared through a door to her left . |
| 16 | Helen Alfredsson , winner of the 1990 Weetabix British Women 's Open , was heading the European contingent , being five under par as she mounted the tenth tee . |
| 17 | And as she attended the first parade of the Princess of Wales 's Royal Regiment , she joked : ‘ It has to be said that for a 31-year-old woman to have 2,500 men under her command is quite a feat but I am sure I will rise to the occasion . ’ |
| 18 | And as she attended the first parade of the Princess of Wales 's Royal Regiment , she joked : ‘ It has to be said that for a 31-year-old woman to have 2,500 men under her command is quite a feat but I am sure I will rise to the occasion . ’ |
| 19 | THE link between dance music and drugs such as Ecstasy is a big worry to Catherine as she plans the next moves in her budding pop career . |
| 20 | Beth has practised her craft , of course , and as she reads the second line of each poem , thereby confirming the piece 's rhythm , the children look up expectantly . |
| 21 | She smiles as she meets the first customers of the day . |
| 22 | She touched Artemis lightly on the shoulder as she said the last word , and throwing away her lipstick-stained cigarette butt , fell into step beside them . |
| 23 | She could have kicked herself as she added the last bit . |
| 24 | As she finished the last morsel of a perfectly running Brie , she said , sighing : |
| 25 | ‘ Oh , it 's a reply to my fax from Beryl ! ’ she exclaimed as she scanned the first paragraph . |
| 26 | An eerie shiver as she woke the next morning , suddenly in a cold landscape for which she had no bearings . |
| 27 | Rose too was hesitant as she started the Fifth Mystery . |
| 28 | For half an hour or so she had Barbara Paulus , ranked 21st to Durie 's 102nd , chasing shadows as she won the first set 6-2 . |
| 29 | She gazed defiantly at Mr Arlidge as she awaited the next question . |
| 30 | That was probably the understatement of the decade , she acknowledged ruefully some hours later , as she grabbed the first opportunity of the entire afternoon to simply stop moving and stand still in one place for longer than ten seconds . |