Example sentences of "as i [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ But I was cautious about it too as I 'd seen both sides — the periods of unemployment as well as the glossy side of my father being in something so popular like Howards ' Way . ’ |
2 | When I went to bed , I had a few ‘ sort of ’ pains , but I did n't think anything of them as I 'd had these kind of niggly pains a lot over the last week or so . |
3 | I do n't have any help in the house , as I prefer to use that part of my budget for the twins ’ child minder , Audrey . |
4 | I decided to visit the Marines that evening and , after thanking Mick for his hospitality , made my way back to the orchard , thinking that as I had visited each Commando unit each day when we were in England , why not now that we were in France ? |
5 | As soon as I had seen this reading of the phrase it at once seemed more plausible . |
6 | I held up my arms as I had seen German prisoners do in news-reels . |
7 | As I had done several times on the journey , since I had n't entirely managed to put out of my mind the events of Uulaa and my suspicions . |
8 | My dissertation was on Yugoslavia , as I had learnt some Serbo-Croat at Nottingham . |
9 | Bad industrial relations had been the curse of the country for as long as I had taken any interest in politics ; although the reform of trade union law was essential , further steps were also needed . |
10 | It must be emphasized , however , that this particular elaboration of the nature-culture split is , of course , also itself a complex social construct and one which as I said serves patriarchal needs in various ways . |
11 | It 's got as bright and fierce an eye as I 've seen this side the Avon . ’ |
12 | As I 've said many times before , pressure is only a condition of the mind . |
13 | And I do n't mean I 'm bending them , but there were some , as I 've said many times , a lot of silly people refereeing in speedway , and thank goodness now , ninety nine per cent of them are being sensible and we 're seeing some good refereeing . |
14 | As long as I 've done two tapes minimum |
15 | ‘ I feel sometimes that I ca n't reach Faustina as I 've reached other cats . |
16 | Erm that 's as much as I 've got this morning . |
17 | So I think we 've developed in that direction that I can go ahead as soon as I 've got some dates and book it properly with Mr . |
18 | I 've never ever I say this very proudly , been in debt and as long as I 've earned enough money to live , I 've never bothered to put any on one side strict , you know , strictly speaking and I 've been happy to er live and er that 's how I 've lived me life . |
19 | Hello I 'm terribly busy Norma actually , I 've got a full lesson at the minute , erm , I 'll , I 'll try and , and sort that out as soon as I 've finished this lesson |
20 | I 'll be fine as soon as I 've had some breakfast . ’ |
21 | Soon as I got paid last month . |
22 | He commented : ‘ I felt the time was right to make a personal move forward as I wanted to have direct control over my own destiny and re-invest into the Province . ’ |
23 | Well , like I say , it 's not erm an ambition really of mine it 's a challenge of a lifetime because I 've never liked running and I decided that as I started running two years ago that er the marathon was the ultimate , and as it 's the ultimate challenge I thought what I 'm asking and why I 've asked to come in to FOX F M is to er ask the businesses of Bicester to help me er raise money for the er Bicester Health Centre , and also for the Bible School boys sponsoring me . |
24 | I had sought to interest some of the more enterprising newspapers , especially as I hoped to be able , if possible , to push on to Abyssinia ; but , in the end , I went in independence , as I have undertaken most excursions , both terrestrial and mental . |
25 | As I have emphasised three times , the previous Select Committee on Health and Social Services made a number of pleas to the Government not to get us into the position that we are in now . |
26 | I was interested in the Trend ellipse jig ( WW/Dec.91-p.1227 ) as I have made similar devices . |
27 | In broad terms , because soft systems thinking represents a unique way of encouraging an observer to learn about a situation , it should appeal to virtually anyone who has an enquiring mind , a notion reflected in the closing paragraphs of Systems Thinking , Systems practice ; as I have made frequent reference to this work throughout , it seems appropriate to finish my book with the following quote from Professor Peter Checkland , who says about soft systems thinking : |
28 | In fact , as I have developed this chapter , I realise that within the definition I am using they are exactly the same thing . |
29 | If you have ever stood on a sheep farmer 's hillside , as I have done many times in the Western Highlands of Scotland , and listened to the sheep calling to ( communicating with ) each other , you will immediately notice how their intonations are all different , as indeed are their faces . |
30 | ‘ You are an artist , as I have said many times . |