Example sentences of "as [pers pn] have [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I went to bed , I had a few ‘ sort of ’ pains , but I did n't think anything of them as I 'd had these kind of niggly pains a lot over the last week or so . |
| 2 | I decided to visit the Marines that evening and , after thanking Mick for his hospitality , made my way back to the orchard , thinking that as I had visited each Commando unit each day when we were in England , why not now that we were in France ? |
| 3 | As soon as I had seen this reading of the phrase it at once seemed more plausible . |
| 4 | Bad industrial relations had been the curse of the country for as long as I had taken any interest in politics ; although the reform of trade union law was essential , further steps were also needed . |
| 5 | It 's got as bright and fierce an eye as I 've seen this side the Avon . ’ |
| 6 | Erm that 's as much as I 've got this morning . |
| 7 | I 've never ever I say this very proudly , been in debt and as long as I 've earned enough money to live , I 've never bothered to put any on one side strict , you know , strictly speaking and I 've been happy to er live and er that 's how I 've lived me life . |
| 8 | Hello I 'm terribly busy Norma actually , I 've got a full lesson at the minute , erm , I 'll , I 'll try and , and sort that out as soon as I 've finished this lesson |
| 9 | I 'll be fine as soon as I 've had some breakfast . ’ |
| 10 | In broad terms , because soft systems thinking represents a unique way of encouraging an observer to learn about a situation , it should appeal to virtually anyone who has an enquiring mind , a notion reflected in the closing paragraphs of Systems Thinking , Systems practice ; as I have made frequent reference to this work throughout , it seems appropriate to finish my book with the following quote from Professor Peter Checkland , who says about soft systems thinking : |
| 11 | In fact , as I have developed this chapter , I realise that within the definition I am using they are exactly the same thing . |
| 12 | Warren responded yesterday by saying : ‘ As soon as I have received official notice from Eastwood we will do what is necessary to get the fight on . |
| 13 | I 'm very sorry that as soon as I have finished this welcome this morning that I have got to leave you , and I am very sorry that I shall not be able to return this evening for your dinner which I would originally look forward very much to but I trust that you will enjoy the company of the Chairman of our Environmental Services Committee , Councillor Robin Draga , who is attending on my behalf . |
| 14 | At times , as I have researched this book , it has occurred to me that the second-hand book world is the only place left in England where knowledge of anything but the latest semi-literate fads still exists . |
| 15 | I like us to think for a little while this morning just what it means to be a Christian , we 've been hearing and seeing and been challenged and accepting Christ as our saviour and over the week in Harlow a number made that response and not only in Harlow and in Earls Court but right across the country and into Europe and into Africa as well , through the , through the life link , men and women who have been challenged into accepting Jesus Christ as their saviour and I 'd like us to think for a little while this morning just what it means to be a Christian now obviously as we perhaps know er , and , and , and God work clearly shows to us that it is not in being religion , somebody well said that religion is man 's attempt to find God but the gospel is God 's method of seeking out and finding men and so just as the same as you 've seen that bridge of life illustration and we try with our planks to get across to God we ca n't make it , |
| 16 | As long as you 've got that contract and that deposit cheque that 's the crunch . |
| 17 | They 're actually saying , can you please , seeing as you 've got this money for youth , help us keep the job going . |
| 18 | I think as long as you 've got some way of dealing with things you can live with them . |
| 19 | Do you since as soon as you 've got any clue you 're gon na start packing stuff up ready and |
| 20 | Well , I 'll let you go as soon as you 've finished that cup . ’ |
| 21 | I can assure you we will keep our side of the bargain … just as soon as you have completed this assignment . |
| 22 | A As you have had such success in breeding your fish , and raising the fry to a reasonable size , you can not be judged to be doing anything wrong . |
| 23 | As she had suffered one setback after another-no money , another still birth , one or other of the boys in trouble with the police — she had turned more and more to the church . |
| 24 | In 1975 she had had to give up her job as a council clerkess as she had contracted asbestos-related pleurisy and pleural thickening . |
| 25 | As soon as she had announced this fact , she pushed past him roughly , on her way to the kitchen . |
| 26 | The only activity Gerald had forbidden her was the embroidery of tapestry , which he had declared too menial an occupation for a young lady of her intelligence , preferring her to accompany him on his visits to neighbouring landlords as she had done that day . |
| 27 | Her concern , until then , had always been that Time ( or the house ) would prevent him from reaching her , stop them from being able to meet , remove the opportunity , once and for all , for her to feel again as she had done last night , leaving her for ever empty and unsatisfied . |
| 28 | The same glorious sensation as she had felt that instant when , poised on the highest diving-board , she had known that this time she really did dare , that moment of poise and thrill before the free-fall . |
| 29 | She was in flight from it — as she had imagined that woman in the rain in flight . |
| 30 | She reported that she had already removed , cleaned and returned them as she had caught some wool under one of them . |