Example sentences of "[vb pp] [art] [noun sg] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd decided to pay cash rather than use the PKB Amex card as that would have given the game away as to why we were there . |
| 2 | Even so , I do not think they have mended the battery correctly as it said it was about to close down and stop when the battery meter said the battery was five-eights full … |
| 3 | You said that in the nature of things you 've always needed the money almost as of yesterday . |
| 4 | However , by retaining his flexibility of action the Secretary of State has drafted the Bill so as to allow him to weaken the necessary protections . |
| 5 | So and I would extend the same argument to abortion and I would say erm wh what happens in abortion admittedly erm an artificial abortion mean means that presumably a spontaneous abortion has has n't happened , but a modern woman is using extra means that she has er at her disposal , probably to deal with extra problems which evolution originally could not foresee and ultimately her self-interest might be just as well served by having er induced the abortion ultimately as it would by erm by not having but I mean this is just my personal view , and I do n't |
| 6 | you 've got a toilet outside as well . |
| 7 | And so , you 've got a bedroom here as well . |
| 8 | Rubberneck now made no attempt to hide ; they wanted him , he had raised the window high as it would go . |
| 9 | Neighbours always raised a child so as to exonerate parents from the need to reject their own offspring . |
| 10 | He 'd answered with some folderol about seeking the ideal woman , but he 'd known the truth even as he was spinning her this tosh , and it was a bitter thing . |
| 11 | I think first of all , I 'd like to be very brief , but just to say the purpose of this short report with the appendices has not got any special status with food control , just set the record straight as to what we are capable of doing currently and what we ca n't do . |
| 12 | The fifteen year old victim told police she was assaulted a year ago as she walked along the High Street in Oxford . |
| 13 | Cath Thompson , from the Traveller 's Rest , Cockerton , said the meeting had taken a step forward as Inntrepreneur had agreed to negotiate rents . |
| 14 | Abruptly he 'd ended the transmission just as she was saying , ‘ But you look so ill ! |
| 15 | Paul Newman , 36 , was killed a week ago as he got out of his car in Charity Lane , Eggington , Beds . |