Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | name ; is a very respectable cook , so we make occasional trips to the supermarket and to the open market , and then eat at home in the evening , although we can also go out to a restaurant for a meal if we want , as someone has now kindly lent us a car . |
| 2 | I 'm pretty sure that I was the only mother & baby entrant as I struggled on sometimes running , sometimes walking around the 10 mile course encouraged by the smiles and cheers of the many people who lined the route . |
| 3 | I got up quickly , as I had n't really started to drop off when it went , and ran down to get there before my father . |
| 4 | As I had never actually made a cold application for a job before , I did n't really know what to make of this . |
| 5 | We visited Blackwell 's , such a bookshop as I had never before seen , and Vivien left with armfuls of books , and I , happy with one modest Penguin . |
| 6 | As I had only very limited experience in writing in output terms , the process was exacting and extremely slow progress was made initially . |
| 7 | At the Hospedaje Lisboa where Dana stayed — ‘ Camas , Comidas ’ — I looked up at his window as I had so often done on those lonely days and nights he spent away from me . |
| 8 | ‘ But it 's a long-term investment and , as I 've only just explained , I have n't got that kind of capital . |
| 9 | As I refused so soon to repeat the horrors of the afternoon , the taxi ride from the Olympik to Nove Mesto ( the New Town ) was a real treat . |
| 10 | As I have not yet heard back from you since then , I wonder if you could confirm that you are still interested in receiving a copy of the tape ? |
| 11 | I do view this as one of the ‘ great classics but I do not know if I would say it is the greatest book ever written in English as I have not yet read widely enough but I would definitely say that for all the above reasons that it is a great book . |
| 12 | ‘ I ca n't say that , sir , as I have n't yet sailed her , ’ replied the captain . |
| 13 | However , as I have n't yet had the opportunity to study the large scale maps of the area , there may be hidden markers which may firm up the circles and so narrow the discrepancy . |
| 14 | Because we had all come from such different backgrounds , and were individuals bound together only by circumstance , I felt it was impossible to criticise their actions as I did n't fully understand their motivations . |
| 15 | As I did not now want her to guess my real reason for keeping quiet on this other matter , I used the truth , if not all the truth . |
| 16 | I 've had the front hub off and checked it all , renewing the gasket but still it seems to be losing oil.l hope you can help as I do n't really want to get the garage to sort it out as it will cost a small fortune . |
| 17 | As I do not really wish to purchase a new knitting machine until I have a ‘ practise ’ run I was really pleased , that was until I found out it was no longer available . |
| 18 | As I earned only enough to pay for my childminder my father paid my train fares . |
| 19 | my Lord all that follows now is that question costs in this my Lord there is no doubt that er this is the painful experience for both the plaintiffs and of course for doctor who is unrepresented and therefore must inevitably feel rather isolated in this matter erm , however in my there is no reason to er depart from the usual principal of the costs which should follow the event and of course we know as it the loss on the subsidiary appeal and so I do n't press the point on that cos the reality as you 've already probably anticipated is all the work has been done erm on this appeal the subsidiary appeal I ask , I do n't ask for costs on that , in my submission it should be both sides bear their own costs on that , the reason I say that is that there was no , there was no cross appearing in respect on it in effect , cos after all , all you were doing was er trying to get the same as the other side if we lost , so no worm of can of beans can be done by doctor I had one parallel in my whole skeleton on that , er , but we have substantially succeeded on the main issue and so I , I would ask that costs in favour of the plaintiffs on , on that and here and indeed below . |
| 20 | Then I found my way , you know , you you learn as you go along really do n't you , a lot . |
| 21 | I was going to say as long as you do n't both have two days at the same time . |
| 22 | apparently he went , he went round telling everybody erm he was doing a live exercise and he got singed or something but this , this erm , its Browndown on the South Coast and it was , it was a Christ it was a Christmas piss up , regiment Christmas piss up and anything goes , as long as you do n't physically hurt somebody , although that has been known to happen and its not criminal anything goes right , but honestly the worse you do to somebody the worse they do back to you , and people are getting tied bollock naked up the flag poles , dumped in bins , erm , tied in their beds , put out in the middle of the parade ground , fucking all sorts of things you know , like what we can do , the most common thing is nicking , you know the old walking pay slips they 've got |
| 23 | It 's especially irrelevant as you did n't even seem to introduce them when you were in control . |
| 24 | As you have not even seen your inheritance yet very little progress has been made . ’ |
| 25 | Firstly as you have probably already gathered , we have to satisfy you that there were reasonable grounds to believe that Lawrence was in the flat , the plaintiff 's flat . |
| 26 | As you have so sapiently observed , I have consumed far too much brandy to be capable of any amatory advances . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ As you have so rightly reminded me , ’ he went on , ‘ I am on holiday ; so for that matter are you . ’ |
| 28 | but just riding him , well that 's what he needs , so I said well you just see as you think on just keep exercising him , so erm , after that she 's been alright and the little sister 's getting really good with him |
| 29 | You keep shouting as you move offstage still pulling the load . |
| 30 | What happens if , as you move in close to grab his arm , he suddenly kicks you hard in the groin , and then stabs you as you double over in agony ? |