Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [vb base] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm afraid I ca n't subscribe to the theory that man should always be ‘ bloody , bold and resolute ’ ; but rather , I confess , that it 's very comforting to lean on you sometimes … more especially as I 've a funny instinct that if I follow your ways I ca n't go wrong , whereas my own existence is apt to be hardening , as you can see that it must be . |
| 2 | As I use a three-jaw chuck , if the number is not divisible by three , the assembled segments will be difficult to grip . |
| 3 | But er we eventually beat it though and as I say a good colliery you could er you could beat 'em to it . |
| 4 | In the square I hear the schoolchildren enthusiastically chant one to fifty as I start a late afternoon walk away from the Pachas into the suyo of trigo cebada . |
| 5 | He was quite capable of building a locomotive as I have a working steam model threshing engine , on about the same scale , that also came from the old office . ’ |
| 6 | Much as I admire a great deal of Ken Worpole 's contributions to discussion on alternative methods of arts funding — his and Geoff Mulgan 's ‘ Saturday Night , Sunday Morning ’ was an invaluable piece of work — his thoughts ( almost gleeful I thought ) on the problems of civic buildings ( MT May ) were shot through with the baby-out-with-the-bathwater conclusions which seem to be endemic in much new times and new Left thinking on the arts generally . |
| 7 | As soon as you make a nervous slip , he explodes with anger — humiliating you in front of colleagues . |
| 8 | In the air , look right round as you make a quick circle . |
| 9 | Although this looks at first to be quite incomprehensible , it is actually quite a friendly little creature and most willing to assist you with either your work or play , as long as you take a short amount of time to learn a few basic commands . |
| 10 | ‘ As you know a little while ago there were discussions between this Office and Stephenson Harwood [ the applicant 's former solicitors ] about a proposed interview to be conducted under the terms of section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 and I promised to provide further details to them of our proposed course of action which is now given to you instead of them : ( 1 ) This Office intends to hold an interview with you under section 2 on Thursday , 13 June 1991 . |
| 11 | as soon as you get a negative index anywhere , if someone says , Oh we 've got erm X to the minus nought point six . |
| 12 | He does seem eager , up behind some , long as you get a right distance , too far and you get oh , they 're fighting it again , whereas you can get right up . |
| 13 | eight o'clock so as you get a good rest . |
| 14 | Obviously as you get a little bit closer to it it gets rather more fraught . |
| 15 | Spatial frequency is less intuitively obvious but is related to the number of times the display cycles from light to dark to light again as you go a fixed distance in a single direction across the display . |
| 16 | Do you do anything special on a Sunday or do you eat the same kind of things as you eat a normal day ? |
| 17 | ‘ You ca n't , perhaps , take a 10-year view , but you can — as long as you have a decent strategy , and explain it — take a two or three-year view . |
| 18 | Active code page not available from CON device as long as you have a standard UK keyboard , with the pounds sign over the 3 key , then ‘ Current Keyboard code : UK ’ is what you are looking for . |
| 19 | A steep slab at right angles to the viewing balcony gives several routes at about VS and is a poseur 's paradise as you have a continuous battery of video cameras pointing at you . |
| 20 | As soon as soon as you see a parked car you should be looking to see what 's behind its and there 's about six policeman behind |
| 21 | She said there was this female , that the other thing , and there was a whole long list of things that pointed to this interpretation , and it was all part of a , as you say a great mass of data , that erm , is , is quite mind-bogglingly large , if you actually erm , see it in words . |
| 22 | Sanding can be done yourself as long as you wear a medical mask ( from chemists or drug stores ) and are prepared for a lot of noise . |
| 23 | Do n't cut down on the amount you drink as you need a regular amount of liquid , but do n't have too much after teatime . |
| 24 | Erm and I 'm responsible really for the historical side of the business , not only the all for all the furnishings and erm that kind of thing and refurbishing the house , but also for its future as we hope a living history event in the fullness of time . |
| 25 | The reduction in the and the persistent rise the depreciation charge , which is going over the last four years as we maintain a high level of capital spending . |
| 26 | We will see some instances of this fascinating phenomenon in the following sections , as we take a brief look at applications of mathematics and computing to the study of museum collections and the wider spheres of archaeology and prehistory . |
| 27 | He is compared to ‘ that sea-beast Leviathan ’ , thus appearing a fixed visible force of strength in our imaginations as we picture a towering monster , great though devilish . |
| 28 | And the retention and widening of those rights — as we approach a new wave of expansion of higher education — will require a continual vigilance on the part of students . |
| 29 | I and my family , as we approach a New Year , will draw strength from this faith in our commitment to your service in the coming years . |
| 30 | We are also proud to be in the vanguard of training and safety initiatives for our Division as we place a great deal of importance on the safety aspects of working on a major construction site . |