Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb base] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No no cos it could n't be worse than the one in the girls toilets today seeing as someone shat on the floor |
| 2 | Ricardo shows great patience with me as I reach for the dictionary or , using a book and his long fingers , he makes the rituals clear to me . |
| 3 | As far as I can tell , we have some sort of unspoken agreement that I keep quiet about not officially existing in return for being able to do more or less as I like on the island and buy more or less what I like in the town . |
| 4 | I can not do as I like in the house . |
| 5 | I smile at Ma and my sister as I totter towards the compost heap beyond the garden shed . |
| 6 | I can hassle for business contacts in these areas at conferences as soon as I get to a conference . |
| 7 | As I stride across the plain I feel I have a glimmering of what it means . |
| 8 | The children , their faith reinforced , run down the hill to tell others of their good fortune as I stride up the track towards the forest . |
| 9 | The phone is ringing as I come through the door of my office . |
| 10 | I owe a great deal to my education many years ago , as I come from the background of a Welsh mining village , where a high proportion of us ended up with university degrees — a far higher rate than in many posher , salubrious , suburban areas . |
| 11 | I 'll drop the key in as I go past the lodge . ’ |
| 12 | Cos that really got up , up my back when the , I mean tho ai n't a ba , bad bunch of old boys but I normally go down but they they clear and once we 've done our work before dinner break they all clear off and I go down to the and then I sort of walk back more or less behind them you know , to the break like and as I go past the club , I go and wash my hands , they go straight in , I go and wash my hands and I walk past the and er we should go to dinner at quarter to twelve and I go past , it 's one minute past quarter to twelve so cos when we go in there you see quarter past twelve due to go back I always give them two or three minutes and I say that 's it , that 's , ah we was late coming in , I said no you were n't ! |
| 13 | But sometimes I get cut up by another vehicle as I go for a space — and it 's always a man . ’ |
| 14 | It is a truth which I can never now forget as I go about a world in which human beings apparently have themselves under control . |
| 15 | As I go through the rest of the presentation you 'll see erm the agenda slides highlighting the area of the architecture we 're talking about in the section . |
| 16 | ‘ That sound changes as I go from the window that I picked it up in , to a different window , or to the desktop . ’ |
| 17 | As I go round the country , and I , I , I you know , I explain to people how I use my daytimer , and er , people say well can I do that too . |
| 18 | The carpet on the stairs is thick and deep and I make no noise as I climb to the top , then pad along towards the master bedroom , tripping one more sensor . |
| 19 | I wonder if I may offer some thoughts on this theme as I reflect on the situation facing Catholic Christians in our Church today . |
| 20 | ‘ I tried to put the same sentiment into that landscape as I put into the figure : the convulsive , passionate clinging to the earth , and yet being half torn up by the storm . ’ |
| 21 | As I put on a plaster in here an hour ago , I wondered if I 'd left it on that shelf above the sink . |
| 22 | Now the areas that I 've identified are the same ones as I put on the board last week . |
| 23 | Having been told by the gentleman at passenger enquiries that the Lowestoft train is one of the few in Britain to retain six-seater compartments , I am fully prepared to adopt my usual routine for such occasions ; I intend to rush on , secure an empty compartment , slide the door behind me , adopt the brazen-hussy-like pose of an Amsterdam whore in her front window ( tongue rolling out and knees wide apart , as I slouch across the upholstery ) , crook my index finger and beckon slowly at any commuters passing along the corridor outside who are considering invading my territory . |
| 24 | Now , in these quiet moments as I wait for the world about to awake , I find myself going over in my mind again passages from Miss Kenton 's letter . |
| 25 | I take advantage of the silence as I wait for the punch-line to review the facts and fictions of the short story of Dudley Moore 's life . |
| 26 | Sarah 's bellowing voice shouting ‘ Go for it ’ as I wait at the top of a World Cup Course and Rob 's quiet and steady presence epitomise their deep enthusiasm for the sport . |
| 27 | As I wait at the traffic lights I find myself crying ; I realise it is not for Hilda but for him . |
| 28 | As I kneel in a kind of mourning , someone calls . |
| 29 | I smiled to myself as I let in the clutch and moved off I would stop at the shop and tell the little man that he could collect his pans without the slightest fear of being torn limb from limb , but my overriding emotion was one of relief that I had not cut the sparkle out of the big dog 's life . |
| 30 | Yes , as soon as I hear from the Factory , we 'd better have a word with Mr James Pegg . ’ |