Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I said earlier this year , there will not be enough of any one crop to give self-sufficiency , but the contribution this small plot has made to the good budget has ten times repaid the outlay on seeds and materials . |
| 2 | I got my wings and I 'm gon na do my share , but as I got almost two years here , I found myself worrying about some poor tailgunner that was n't feeling well as he went on the airplane . |
| 3 | I hope I have demonstrated some of the variety of ways in which Credits can be used and as I write perhaps some genius is thinking up yet another variation to deal with a particular problem . |
| 4 | As soon as I dropped about 70 feet down towards the restaurant , via the tourist runway with its ridiculous little suburban garden fences bordering the steps , the wind ceased and I stepped out of the snow . |
| 5 | Well yeah , as I say very recognizable subject is n't it ? |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , such a day , and to stroll along as I did so many times in the old days . |
| 7 | I was trying to think in the correct way about right and wrong as I travelled home last night . |
| 8 | I know it sounds crazy , but even as I watched this little boy , Jimbo , I thought I could actually see a muscle quiver . |
| 9 | Yeah , I I wrote the thing as you remember about eighteen months ago , but it had no conflict in it you know we 're all the same and stories must have conflict , so I got the house to burst the ceiling on the wife |
| 10 | I want you to have the portrait too , as you set so much store by it . |
| 11 | ‘ They 're all coming except Hywel , ’ said Lydia as she returned later that evening . |
| 12 | This was a tremendous achievement , as she recovered little selective movement in her leg , and none in her left arm . |
| 13 | Miss Waterson said she had undertaken the study after her sister-in-law had difficulty in deciding where to have her baby as she had only anecdotal evidence on which to base her choice . |
| 14 | That night she lay awake for a long time , thinking first of her father , recalling many happy childhood memories and wishing fervently , as she had so many times before , that he had not left her so soon . |
| 15 | Then as she scanned yet another sheet , full of data , her eyes were brought to a halt by a red ball-point circle and exclamation marks . |
| 16 | Looking into her churning heart as she stood there that night , she knew she felt an affection for the man opposite and believed he had some affection for her . |
| 17 | She admired that trait in his character — just as she admired so many others . |
| 18 | The fog stayed with us throughout the night as we made painfully slow progress towards Hartlepool with bedtime stories on the radio of ships colliding and running aground to cheer us on our way . |
| 19 | It will be apparent that we were fascinated by the phenomenon of crofting , as we presume most other newcomers to it must be . |
| 20 | ( Granted , there were a few flaws … but hey , ‘ MY PEN RAI ’ ( ‘ never mind ’ ) , as we say about 100 times here a day in Thailand ! ) |
| 21 | Felt pretty chipper , as we scraped together enough coins to buy a shared polystyrene cup of milky tea . |
| 22 | As we have only four wagons , we can not by carried by railway without Taunton Cider . |
| 23 | As we have so much control in forming a horse 's habits it is up to us to teach it good ones ; and not through our own lack of thought or knowledge , or want of kindness and sensitivity , impair the horse ; or even worse , teach it such bad habits that its life will be a misery to itself or others . |
| 24 | And support us as we live as responsible citizens of this city and nation . |
| 25 | BRITONS spent £37 million eating a record 860 million crumpets last year — well over twice as many as we scoffed only six years ago . |
| 26 | The townsfolk must have gazed in amazement as there came ashore fine silks , spices , calicoes and jewellery such as none had seen before , including some ‘ … other stones of a green colour with spots of red ’ . |
| 27 | Waterlilies should never be positioned near waterfalls or fountains as they prefer fairly static water . |
| 28 | The hippos , she thought , with a sure hunter 's instinct , the hippos always mate at the full moon , to whelp during the monsoon , as they had since Tertiary times . |
| 29 | It was dark inside , as they had only one candle . |
| 30 | Fortunately I had a tide-table with me which played havoc with the original extravagant plans as they had only three days to shoot the 15 minutes of film they needed . |