Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] with [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am writing as I disagree with various comments made in an article entitled A Pair of Glasses … by Linda Lewis , as I feel that it gave Indian Glassfish a very negative press . |
| 2 | I do not feel competitive with Pamela as I do with other women , because Pam , in her unwitting splendour , is not pretty as other women are . |
| 3 | Erm first of all , as I grapple with this problem over the weekend , it did seem to me very difficult to make any sensible assessment of integration on a at a strategic level because so clearly it is a site specific matter . |
| 4 | You mentioned erm tumours , in fact you get this as I said the same picture with , with X-rays as you get with magnetic resonance imaging , but what is different about tumours apparently is that the erm relaxation time with which the erm nuclei move erm varies erm according to whether a cell is , is cancerous or not . |
| 5 | And , ’ I went on as he tried to interrupt , ‘ so as you do n't get lost if the sun goes in , you can paint the trees as you go with luminous paint . |
| 6 | You will find this card a real boon anywhere in Europe because it allows you to pay for goods and services with eurocheques , just as you do with ordinary cheques at home . |
| 7 | As you deal with each point then tick the cross , but not before . |
| 8 | As you work with more texts you can build up these specialist sluices and so create a unique resource for your own teaching situation . |
| 9 | And so this is how it ends , she thought minutes later as she walked with steady steps across the wooden planks . |
| 10 | Somehow she managed a smile as she said with deliberate casualness , ‘ Sounds a wonderful idea , Harry . |
| 11 | She looked up , arching a brow as she said with false sweetness , ‘ Well , is there something else , then ? ’ |
| 12 | As she struggled with Italian pronunciation , Jacqueline doubled away behind her and slid out of the shop . |
| 13 | And how deeply she wished she could feel the confidence impressed upon her voice as she added with forced lightness , ‘ Apart from any other consideration , I still have a wet dog to find . ’ |
| 14 | His arrival seemed to set the conveyor belt in motion , and she lost all track of time as she dealt with one actor after another , flinching every time the door opened , yet aware of a peculiar emptiness when Dane failed to show up . |
| 15 | He watched the girl as she moved with quiet competence about the table wondering , as always , what , if anything , was going on behind that extraordinarily wide brow , those slanted enigmatic eyes . |
| 16 | Picture her , Tabitha Jute : not as the net media show her , heroine of hyperspace , capable , canny and cosmetically enhanced , smiling confidently as she reaches with one hand for the spangled mist of the Milky Way ; but a small , weary young woman in a cracked foil jacket and oil-stained trousers , determinedly elbowing herself through an exuberant Schiaparelli crowd . |
| 17 | The words hovered on the edge of Folly 's consciousness for the rest of the day as she plodded with increasing grimness from one unsuitable or unaffordable flat to another . |
| 18 | The difficulty arises , as we saw with professional groupings , of sub-groups existing within an organisation that do not all share the same goals or values . |
| 19 | As we saw with long-term insurance funds this inevitably means an emphasis upon company securities . |
| 20 | As Fineman acknowledges , the anecdote may not be at odds with the general sense but , as we observe with New Historicism 's use of anecdote , it is difficult to determine its relation to the general with any satisfaction . |
| 21 | In so far as we deal with cyclical fluctuations here , they will be those which were characteristic of an unregulated capitalist economy typical of the nineteenth century . |
| 22 | We are er overseeing them , as we do with other contractors , but it is , it is the district and it 's their own contractor and we hope that they will improve their performance . |
| 23 | He likes the days when nothing seems to happen , and rain runs down the windows , and through somebody else 's windows on the other side of the airwell you can see girls with piles of lacquered hair laughing and making sudden small self-conscious movements , as they flirt with young men in Italian-cut suits , silent behind the layers of glass . |
| 24 | They provided many of the resources for the celebrations and allowed the students to proceed as they wished with few officials presiding over events . |
| 25 | There will still be those people who try and find a quiet corner , as they discovered with similar bans in hospitals . ’ |
| 26 | Each morning he would rise and make the fire to warm the house and , when the rest of the family came downstairs , we would find him in his armchair , elbows propped on spread knees and braces straining against vested shoulders as they heaved with suppressed coughing . |
| 27 | ‘ Now the chief priest is going to say a prayer for the boats on the beach , ’ he explained , as they went with other spectators to join in behind the end of the procession and follow it across the square and on to the sand . |
| 28 | As the Crown acts on the advice of ministers in this matter , and as they deal with comparable matters , the distinction between the two is not substantial . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't think you know yourself , ’ he teased gently , his eyes on the curve of her lips as they trembled with intense emotion . |
| 30 | Allen and the boy exchanged glances ; in the eyes of both , the idiot and the clever , there was a gentle caressive look as they stole with unnecessary care out of the cave . |