Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [be] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I am writing these words , I have a persistent , low-pitched hum in my left ear . |
| 2 | As I was typing these words , a young friend phoned to tell me about the wonderful summer holiday he had just had with his father . |
| 3 | , ah no , but you , but you were n't aware of that because you were on the floor , as I was saying five minutes ago . |
| 4 | But I 've decided that I 'll only be in the band as long as I 'm doing other things as well as . |
| 5 | — as soon as you are drilling basic questions , use them to keep a given conversation item going as long as possible . |
| 6 | And the number is not likely to reduce as the scope of spreads and as we 're offered new technologies , software technologies by vendors . |
| 7 | as we 're doing twelve hours perhaps I 'll come in tonight and the machine will actually be running . |
| 8 | erm there are a lot of social needs that remain unmet , and meeting those needs would generate more employment , but in many areas of the economy I do n't think there 's so much need for work as there has been in the past , especially as we 're applying new technologies that increase productivity dramatically . |
| 9 | Beyond Postojna the roads became increasingly worse , twisting and turning as we went through at Janene on the Croatian border where it was explained that we would have to pay a reduced fee ( as we were carrying humanitarian goods ) of 13DM in order to acquire the appropriate papers to allow us to enter Croatia . |
| 10 | ( 8 ) Audiotext Harvard OTC ) " They are expanding their telephone lines dramatically , as they are getting several times the number of calls they had anticipated . " |
| 11 | Just as they are taught other subjects , they should increasingly be taught about such topics as mental handicap so that they do not grow up with the prejudices that their parents may possess . |
| 12 | Wetland plants will be in their element , so long as they are given generous mulches to keep the moisture in . |
| 13 | There are of course many aspects of language usage that depend on these relations ( see e.g. Brown & Levinson , 1978 , 1979 ) , but these usages are only relevant to the topic of social deixis in so far as they are grammaticalized Obvious examples of such grammaticalizations are " polite " pronouns and titles of address , but there are many other manifestations of social deixis ( see Brown & Levinson , 1978 : 183-92 , 281-5 ; Levinson , 1977 , 1979b ) . |
| 14 | Same as all farm work , see , farm work They do n't know as they 're born these days , these youngsters do n't , when they come to talking about farming . |
| 15 | The Palestinians were fighting their way forward — as they were to do many times in the future — in the wrong direction . |
| 16 | ‘ Anthem for Doomed Youth ’ has a completely different angle of viewing as it is comparing two types of death , slaughtering and a ceremonial death . |
| 17 | It 's all good-humoured teasing and winding up , and for my part I 've long since ceased to care whether or not anyone regards me as the worst climber in the world or some sort of antediluvian relic with no rights to any opinion on ‘ rock climbing as it is done these days . ’ |
| 18 | Their reaction was predictable : ‘ One expects them to groan , though I do n't know quite why we should be seeing a piece as it was performed 50 years ago . |
| 19 | ‘ It is very plush in all areas ’ , he said , ‘ as it was refurbished three years ago . |
| 20 | But the first thing that 's the first thing to bear in mind , the first thing to bear in mind of course is had our previous proposals in other years been accepted Mr Mayor we would need it as it were to make these cuts from this year . |
| 21 | I want a divorce , that 's what I want , but he 'll not budge as long as he 's drawing two salaries and has me cooking for him — but I 'll not eat with him , I stick myself in that tiny kitchen in there — can you imagine the life I lead ? |
| 22 | ‘ His was a very difficult job as he was helping large numbers of people in a number of different locations . ’ |
| 23 | Fernandez , as he was to do some years later , provided a link to Dave 's caddying days with one Severiano Ballesteros . |
| 24 | Joe saw Tony only briefly as he was working long hours . |