Example sentences of "[adv] as [pron] [vb past] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much as he wished that Aunt Tossie might keep her mind on the Form Book , where their interests in beating the Handicapper ran together , he had nevertheless acceded to her insistence on a party , a small house party , for Nicandra 's first real ball . |
| 2 | I explained that the meeting could elect anything it wished so long as it understood that the ‘ original organisers , … would make up their own minds what status , if any , to accord those elected . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ Naturally I am very disappointed , especially as I felt that the evidence and explanations produced would be accepted . |
| 4 | The thought made her frown , especially as she admitted that the feeling when she remembered was jealousy . |
| 5 | Even her mother 's " Pull yourself together " remarks began to drag her down as she recognised that that was something she could not do . |
| 6 | I knew Leslie 's fastidiousness in sexual matters too well to take the poem literally , but only as he intended that I should : that though he had met many other girls on his leaves in Alexandria and Cairo , he still cared only for me . |
| 7 | Her voice trailed away as she saw that Laura had come to an abrupt halt beside her . |
| 8 | And of course everyone knew all about it , just as they knew that the Mackays , poor souls , had done everything they could for the boy ever since they took him in for adoption . ’ |
| 9 | Those problems have not been solved — just as we said that they would not be — because the Government did not take the issue seriously enough and did not press as they should have pressed for the substantial reforms that were needed . |
| 10 | Just as it seemed that they may be some sort of communication , the wind grew stronger and all went awry , the sky momentarily clearing , the celestial blue briefly highlighting the monochrome grey . |
| 11 | Just as it appeared that political compromise would prevail , both Mr Yeltsin and Mr Kravchuk have allowed nationalists in their camp to take the initiative , partly to divert attention from domestic troubles . |
| 12 | Just as I realised that we would have to abort our manoeuvre in view of the ship 's overhanging davits there was a loud exclamation from the man on deck , " I say , Cynthia , the captain 's got a blasted parrot on his shoulder . " |
| 13 | Just as she said that , Julia had started her own question . |
| 14 | Fucking as I did that me whole fucking foot went . |
| 15 | As soon as they knew that Bella had been assigned to her , the other two trainees cornered Marie in the canteen and briefed her on what to expect . |
| 16 | That one of Selby 's you know it was fine until they put an extension in just er a key station as soon as they did that this one started acting up , so he said it 's only since we did that , he said it happened the day after we put that in , I said okay , disconnected it , still did it , disconnected it at the , end here , still did it , erased it from the program so it did n't even know it existed , still did it |
| 17 | As soon as she knew that her husband was out of sight , Annie called Martha . |
| 18 | As soon as she saw that he was awake she slipped a hand expertly under his head , and held a cup to his lips , and he drank thirstily , like a child , all the more willingly because it was plain that his docility pleased her . |
| 19 | and it 's the and , yeah , me and Joanne were n't very keen on any of the carpets either and as soon as she saw that she said oh that 's lovely |
| 20 | So as soon as she said that it was in use Monday Wednesday I sort of |
| 21 | For various reasons the king would have preferred to keep his hands free , but as soon as he realized that Anselm would not move from his position and might leave the country , he decided to recognize Urban II . |
| 22 | As soon as he pronounced that the picture was the original painting by Wtewael , two police officers appeared and arrested the bewildered dealer , who claims that on Bock 's desk there was a book of the ‘ Hundred most wanted paintings ’ missing from German museums since World War II , its page opened to a reproduction of the Wtewael . |
| 23 | As soon as you saw that you were about to be struck , you stood at attention and waited for the blows . |
| 24 | But as soon as I saw that little boy I knew it was n't Ben . |
| 25 | I knew that one as soon as I saw that it was from that is was a reject one . |
| 26 | I wondered why I had n't had the wit to take the starveling cat to Mother Joseph as soon as I knew that Nour might kill it . |
| 27 | ‘ I got a premonition of what the system is really like as soon as I discovered that the guide is divided into modules , ’ said Chapanis . |
| 28 | And , as soon as I realised that , as soon as I thought about his breakdown , I started to worry , I started to see just how unstable he still was . |
| 29 | AS SOON as I heard that voice the decades fell like playing cards . |
| 30 | ‘ I came as soon as I heard that Elinor was … ill . |