Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [vb past] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I said in a previous article , the Dinas Mawddwy Railway has been obliterated in some places much more than other lines I have walked . |
| 2 | If you take all of the money that has been spent since the policy was established in nineteen eighty eight , it still does not amount to twenty pence per child which as I said in a previous erm question , answer to a previous question , is bare would barely buy a pencil for each child . |
| 3 | So with all this in mind , as I sat in a long queue of airmen for the preliminary examination , I was thankful . |
| 4 | As I mentioned in a previous memo , if the Government decides to endorse the re-establishment of the Welsh Affairs Committee , and it chooses to continue the study , we will want to give evidence . |
| 5 | Resentment flashed into her eyes as she said in a pained voice , ‘ If ever the time does come , I hope I 'll be wanted for more than my ability with figures . ’ |
| 6 | The thought gave her a pain , yet she forced herself to smile as she said in a steady voice , ‘ I hope you 'll both be very happy . ’ |
| 7 | Nor was Doreen slow to realise her mistake , her jaw sagging slightly as she said in a contrite tone , ‘ Yes — yes , of course . |
| 8 | The next night Bob Smith took soundings over the stern of the canoe while David Brand held her steady as she bucked in a rising wind while they fixed the exact position of this bank . |
| 9 | Her fists clenched and unclenched as she spoke in a low furious mutter . |
| 10 | And yet , as she floated in a dream-like state , she felt no alarm when she slowly became aware that she was not alone , almost telepathically sensing his presence , even before the dark , sleek head of Ross quietly surfaced in the water beside her , barely disturbing the total peace and silence of their surroundings . |
| 11 | It was a groan of hunger , as she writhed in a sudden welter of dumb shyness as his lips and fingers sought intimate places which seemed to scream out to be covered up and left in decent privacy … |
| 12 | As we saw in a previous chapter , all the planes or levels of the human being interact with one another , and defects arising in one can be experienced by the others and can cause upsets in them . |
| 13 | We owned no property , as we lived in a rented flat and in any case needed a home in London for at least two more years . |
| 14 | Mansell and Senna were to provide photographic proof of what F1 is likely to miss next year as they engaged in a thrilling battle during the race . |
| 15 | THE CREW of a Glasgow ice-cream van escaped serious injury when their vehicle was fire-bombed as they served in a quiet street in the Ballieston area of the city . |
| 16 | Callum held her close in the darkened room and she smelt the slightly sour smell of beer on his breath , felt the too intimate touch of his hands on her body as they moved in a slow circle around and among the tightly packed bodies . |
| 17 | A word gets around the famine is over and after the tragic experience of loosing her family , her three men in her life , her husband and her sons , nobody starts to consider the situation again , she 's alone now in a foreign , a strange land , surely the only sensible thing for her to do would be to return to her own people in Bethlehem , they say news comes through that they 've been a succession of good harvest , well of course there was gon na be good harvest , god had n't forsaken his people , although they had sinned , although they had done what was wrong , he had n't forsaken them , gods not in the business for forsaken people , he 's long suffering , he is faithful , he keeps his covenant from one generation to another that he had n't forgotten the people in Bethlehem and he had sent them through and he had provided good harvests those who had remained in Bethlehem during the famine , they 'd only suffered for a short time , perhaps enough time to bring them to their senses , to bring them back to god , now the suffering was forgotten as they revelled in a plentiful supplying in abundant harvests Naomi on the other hand she knows want now , she 's suffering bereavement , she 's suffering poverty , she 's suffering remorse , there 's nothing for her in Noad , there 's no rest , no joy , no provision , nothing that could meet her needs what a pity she had wasted there those ten wasted those ten years , ten long wasted years in her life now she comes to a decision whatever the cost and there is a cost , she 's gon na have to eat humble pie , how are they gon na receive her when she goes back but she comes to that decision that no matter what it costs her , she will go back to the place that was chosen for her by god , her inheritance of him It always to our cost when we under value our inheritance , do you remember the story of Jacob and Aesop and how Aesop despised his birth right , the inheritance that was his , and Illuminarc and Naomi had done the same , and you and I can do it so easily , leaving , forgetting , not entering in to the inheritance that is ours in Christ , we do it to our own costs , and so she goes through that I 'm gon na go back , I 'm gon na take up my inheritance , I 'm going back home . |
| 18 | Among the most significant were the Lewkenors of West Dean , the Pelhams of Laughton and the Palmers of Parham , men whose estates grew steadily as they bought in a good market and judiciously married their sons and daughters . |
| 19 | He watched as they settled in a smart hotel in Wardour Street , and then he slowly and stealthily surrounded the place with Bow Street Runners . |
| 20 | A six inch deep channel of water still flowed over their wader clad feet as they stood in a rough circle looking down at something in the mud . |
| 21 | At least 13 protesters were killed , most of them run over by tanks as they stood in a human cordon trying to defend the building , and 230 were injured ; a soldier also died , shot by one of his own men . |
| 22 | The long blade sang its death song , as it whirled in a gleaming figure-of-eight . |
| 23 | Complete with authentic jeeps and US Army gear from World War Two the Hospital was allowed to briefly relive its past … as it beckoned in a new chapter in its future with a brand new entrance |
| 24 | She felt Adam 's ribs swell suddenly as he took in a huge breath ; he thrust her away from him , seized hold of the roof slab as if to pull it down on top of them ; and screamed . |
| 25 | As he wrote in a revealing letter dated 20 September 1963 : |
| 26 | His mouth twisted into a wry grin as he said in a sardonic tone , ‘ Thank you , Doreen — that 's mighty big of you . ’ |
| 27 | The man 's gaze raked her clear complexion and pale gold hair , then his mouth twisted slightly as he drawled in a sardonic tone , ‘ What 's the matter , Cornflower ? |
| 28 | Clasper was beginning to be seen by his own members for what he really was : a born agitator and troublemaker who was great to have around when plant managements behaved like bastards because he was one too and would give as good as he got in a stand-up fight . |
| 29 | As he lay in a grassy field near Cambridge in the Thirties , Alan Turing , a young logician , day-dreamed about a machine that would operate on symbols , according to the rules of logic . |
| 30 | Then he was climbing back up the bank he had slithered down and I watched as he walked in a leisurely fashion across the slope of the mountain to the gully . |