Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] as [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But unfortunately this did not last for long as we came to a narrow , shallow strip of the river . |
| 2 | Peace did not reign for long as he provoked the ultimate chop for himself by one day taking his scissors to all of the models ' heads and cropping them . |
| 3 | Modigliani and Miller argue that this situation can not persist for long as it offers arbitrage profits to the individual investor . |
| 4 | th than first thing in the morning erm whereas I , I think probably I am probably better as soon as I get up than last thing at night . |
| 5 | The King was on a royal throne near the entrance , and the two Bishops of Durham and Ely stood at his feet A good omen had encouraged Hugh for just as he reached the chapel steps he heard the choir in full voice chanting the words " Hail renowned bishop of Christ " . |
| 6 | For just as he had begun to survey the picture from a wholly different angle , just as he thought he espied a gap in the clouds that hitherto had masked the shafts of sunlight the switchboard-operator dashed any hope of such a breakthrough with the simple statement that she 'd known Theodore Kemp very well indeed . |
| 7 | Almost the only thing he could think of coherently as he peered at the Dutch tiles and crazy paving was that according to his last statement of account he had 67 12s. 9d. in the bank . |
| 8 | First of all as I said , we 'd like to go through a vehicle check before we go out . |
| 9 | It 's now available for only seven shows out of twenty seven in the next programme and only on the first night of each show and only at a cost of two pounds and these are the audience of tomorrow as I wrote to you Mr you neglect these people at your peril why 've you changed the scheme ? |
| 10 | The quay was deserted ; soon the Black Pig was floating out on the falling tide , and for once as they hoisted the mainsail the crew were well pleased to be going back to sea . |
| 11 | I can excuse him for yesterday as he had to leave at the start of the second half to appear on Question of Sport : - ) . |
| 12 | But it was seeing her waving — standing there and seeming to wave for ever as she backed away from me . |
| 13 | Erm as I told you before , the original er conformation of the house was that that the cooked food was brought through that door through the screened door and into here as you see . |
| 14 | Lilian Bereland brought Wyvis Hall with her , not as a grace and favour dwelling to revert to her family on her or her husband 's death but hers to do with absolutely as she liked . |
| 15 | Dunvant6 Swansea14 SWANSEA reached the Schweppes Cup semi-finals for the third successive season and the 10th time in all as they battled home against their Second Division League neighbours . |
| 16 | I watched from below as she followed her stepmother Raine down the passage in Althorp House that connected the old nursery with the grand staircase . |
| 17 | So the first day finished with me lying sleepless , listening to that familiar music coming from below as it had years before , the jazz records my mother used to play . |
| 18 | In creating figures from the imagination , this grasp of the three-dimensional form is something you will need to call upon constantly as you draw : your practice with these simplified forms will help increase the stock of knowledge you bring to the task . |
| 19 | In creating figures from the imagination , this grasp of the three-dimensional form is something you will need to call upon constantly as you draw : your practice with these simplified forms will help increase the stock of knowledge you bring to the task . |
| 20 | I move that the minutes of meetings of committees and sub-committees in sofar as they require confirmation be confirmed by the council , Except with regard to any matters still under consideration . |
| 21 | Look out too for Chardonnays from elsewhere as they come on the market — for instance from Chile . |
| 22 | She sucked her breath in angrily as she watched . |
| 23 | The two girls died when the car ploughed into them from behind as they skipped along a pavement . |
| 24 | She was grabbed from behind as she walked along a footpath near Monks Way in Milton Keynes . |
| 25 | She was grabbed from behind as she walked along a footpath near Monks Way in Milton Keynes . |
| 26 | The 11 year old was grabbed from behind as she walked to school along this path in Milton Keynes . |
| 27 | ‘ We often have famous people in here as we have a good location , ’ says the store manager of the recently opened Kings Road branch . |
| 28 | Dr Hazel will take up his appointment on 6 August but may be see in and around the Department before then as he gets to grips with his job . |
| 29 | I pulled in there as it seemed a good place to get Armstrong off the road and it was only then I saw that it was in fact an unmade road curving away round the back of the hill . |
| 30 | just pure inset , and just headquarters , that 's all they 're interested in , not whether he knows his job or not , not whether he could give advice because he has no control over whatever comes into that shop , he does n't decide we 're not having these T-shirts in or , or we 're not having these suits in because really they 're a load of rubbish , headquarters decides it , all he does is put a nice little display out , usually , and it 's shown how to do it by headquarters and so on , these people come round and show them what to do and so on , do all that , in fact he 's as much expertise in there as I have or you have , anybody could literally with a bit of training in the company way of doing things |