Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't do anything about Nassim 's cousin being in Pakistan , I reasoned as I rinsed my mouth for the hundredth time . |
| 2 | During much of the book you do not feel anything for the androids , but as you see their struggle for survival and begin to sense that they have gained the feelings that humans are losing , you realise the irony of the book . |
| 3 | Nicandra burst into tears and , as she opened her mouth for a bellow , the stored spinach and saliva shot out , into her plate , on to the tablecloth , a horrid defilement . |
| 4 | ‘ Margaret , ’ called my mother , and ‘ Margaret ’ again , her voice taking on the faint exasperation that had flavoured her tone as she used my name for many years now . |
| 5 | She patted him on the shoulder and he drove off as she plumbed her bag for a ring of keys which would n't have looked out of place at Balmoral . |
| 6 | Then as we commissioned our team for what is at the time of writing known as the King 's Arms church we experienced a pouring out of the gifts of the Spirit on those elders and leaders who were praying for the team : it seemed everyone had a word of instruction , a revelation , a tongue or an interpretation for the strengthening of the church . |
| 7 | ‘ How are you , sir ? ’ they say as they compress your hand for good measure . |
| 8 | ROUND the world yachtsman Robin Knox-Johnson and his crew were off the southern coast of Brazil yesterday as they maintained their challenge for the Jules Verne Trophy . |
| 9 | Earlier this week we joined them in Hungary as they rehearsed their display for the Fairford show . |
| 10 | DEVALUATION of the pound , deep cuts in military spending , phased withdrawal of the Army from Northern Ireland and tax increases on earnings over £26,000 a year were proposed by Mr Ken Livingstone yesterday as he launched his bid for the Labour leadership as the candidate for the party 's hard-Left . |
| 11 | He smiles broadly as he describes his nomination for the Best Actor award alongside Nick Nolte for Princes of Tides , as ‘ wonderful , fabulous and an honour . |
| 12 | Jones hit a gritty 99 not out as he carried his bat for Fron Dinas in a Tysilio Cup first round victory over Pwllheli by 166 runs . |
| 13 | Mansell showed his personal well-being yesterday by shattering the lap record on Ferrari 's home track at Fiorano as he tested his car for the two remaining world championship races in Japan and Australia , clipping nearly two seconds off the old record . |
| 14 | He saw her as he called her name for the third time . |
| 15 | As he gave his evidence for videotape , ‘ genial and twinkly , relaxed in the red eye of the TV camera ’ , as Newsweek described him , reporters noted that in an adjacent courtroom Stevie Wonder was appearing in a case about the authorship of a song , and that across the street another crew was filming an episode of Thirty Something . |
| 16 | TERRY YORATH last night called for a repeat of Wales ' European Championship performance in Belgium last year as he named his squad for the World Cup re-run . |