Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] [adv] as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But police said children had ignored them and even as rescue workers left the scene they had to warn two more boys who were about to go out on to the ice . |
| 2 | I should have warned you that regularly as clockwork , whenever he stays in this club , he checks if the haddock is finnan , if the skin around the black pudding is made of hog 's intestines and so on . |
| 3 | " They 'll rape you as soon as look at you , " she had said . |
| 4 | Tell you what , Loretta , we 'll go and see him as soon as lunch is over . |
| 5 | Another servant entered , a young page who announced in a high , shrill voice that the duke had received Sir John 's message and would be with him as soon as dignity and circumstances would allow . |
| 6 | All she had to do was tack together her shattered composure , offer a few polite words — and get rid of him as soon as possibe . |
| 7 | Already with many marathon spells behind him as well as experience of tight limited-overs situations , he stood up well to the fierce challenge to his temperament in the closing stages , slumping only as Akram drove the winning hit through the covers . |
| 8 | Hikers are generally timid enough to leave their footwear and rucksacks in the porch ; today 's sporting fraternity always brings its mud with it as well as milling packs of steaming black labradors . |
| 9 | There 's one exercise in the book that sums it up , and the instructor is quick to demonstrate it as soon as theory has been tackled . |
| 10 | She is determined to be a good mother to me as well as Papa 's wife . |
| 11 | We 'll go and stay in Roundstone , there 's a wonderful pub there , you 'd fall in love with me as soon as step inside . ’ |
| 12 | Architect Chris Butt and engineer Tony Ward were approached and a meeting set up in 1988 included them as well as city council and county council officers . |
| 13 | There will always be people who own more than us as well as plenty who own less than us . |