Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had we reduced the dividend , our share price would have fallen sharply but , as I write a few days after the Annual General Meeting , the share price is a robust 180p — 26 times our earnings per share . |
| 2 | mimics them and that , oh I hate that , I hate that as I say a few times I thought to myself I do not like |
| 3 | I 've had a couple of letters asking me whether I ever managed to give up smoking as I promised a few months ago . |
| 4 | When William had gone , she thought of all the things she had planned to do as soon as she had a little time to herself . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's fine , ’ she said , but as soon as she took a few practice steps forward , the edges of the bale , on either side of the binding rope . |
| 6 | She signed as she sifted a little icing sugar on to her home-made mince pies . |
| 7 | As she stopped a few feet away from them she saw that his cap had been knocked some distance from where he lay and the force of the blow , which had thrown him through the air , had dislodged his fountain pen from his pocket . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , Intel still denies that there is any delay in volume deliveries of the Pentium 80586 microprocessor for public consumption , but vendors briefed by the company have confirmed that , as we revealed a few weeks ago ( UX No 410 ) , the part at present needs a heat sink and a fan , and that Intel is unlikely to be able to ship in volume before the fourth quarter 1993 . |
| 9 | Just as we saw a few weeks ago Zaccheus was , er , between him being up the tree and hitting the ground , that man was converted . |
| 10 | Then as soon as they loose a few games Cantona will bugger off , Sharpe will go back to old habits and Giggs will go to Italy ( : - ) ) . |
| 11 | Vitor enquired , as they joined a few stragglers beside the buffet table . |
| 12 | There was a long pause , the kind of pause that winners always display as they create a little time to savour their victory . |
| 13 | But there are many more , of course , and listing playwrights is useful only insofar as it presents a few guidelines , primarily to help you look in the right places . |
| 14 | Later in the week , some of us went for an evening swim at a nearby beach — or rather not so nearby , as it entailed a few miles of driving and then a long walk down a deserted track . |
| 15 | There was a long silence , apart from the creaking of Mr Nightingale 's chair as he swung a few degrees either way , frowning down at his desk top . |
| 16 | On tour : security agents and officials shadow Secretary of State Warren Christopher as he takes a few moments off from his talks in Cairo yesterday to pay a visit to the Sphinx |
| 17 | Lucille , her face paled by fear , held d'Alembord 's arm as he walked a few paces into the room and bowed primly to Christopher Manvell . |
| 18 | Tom 's latest acquisition is EMF 's Unbelievable and he makes the song as much his own as he did a few years ago with Prince 's Kiss . |
| 19 | But her host 's calm demeanour as he scribbled a few notes and went on to the next call calmed her fears . |
| 20 | I took the standard right turn and watched as he stopped a little way out to sea , turned , and stared at us . |