Example sentences of "as [pers pn] comes " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she comes to , outside the duty-free wristwatches , it suddenly occurs to her that she 's only ever had one holiday with Chris before , and that was three days in northern France . |
| 2 | ‘ As soon as she comes round , get her to swallow those salt tablets . |
| 3 | She gives a brief , cut-off little cry like a chirp as she comes , and sinks her teeth into my shoulder . |
| 4 | ‘ As soon as she comes back , I 'll tell her she 's sacked ! ’ |
| 5 | Switch on and move the appropriate levers on the banks of controllers , and the children come running out of the house , little pink-cheeked creatures half an inch high , who turn to wave at Felicity as she comes out on the terrace to see them off to school . |
| 6 | We must find a ground-floor flat and have it ready for her to move into as soon as she comes out of hospital . |
| 7 | ‘ She 'll probably ask for her clothes as soon as she comes round , ’ I said , just for the sake of something to say . |
| 8 | As soon as she comes back I promise I 'll ask her |
| 9 | As long as she comes first to make sure |
| 10 | Greet the interviewee as she/he comes in to the room . |
| 11 | The meeting with Kremlin officials could mark another significant step by the Soviet leadership as it comes publicly to terms with the unpleasant truths of a hitherto denied past . |
| 12 | Well , I take every wave as it comes , Brian . |
| 13 | This latest derivative is a cheaper and tamer Turbo , true , but as it comes under the two vital company car tax breaks points ( 2000cc and £19,250 ) , its role is clear . |
| 14 | Neither Becker nor Stefan Edberg is likely to enter Milan next year as it comes directly after a Davis Cup week . |
| 15 | Sometimes , though , it 's easier to take it as it comes — you 'll never be short of a willing gull to use up your leavings in Hastings . |
| 16 | ‘ You have to accept politics is an uncertain business and take it as it comes , ’ she said , adding firmly , ‘ I 'm quite sure he 's going to win . ’ |
| 17 | They were thinking , like Berbizier , of building for the 1995 World Cup , but now they realise that confidence comes from getting your senior players right and winning each game as it comes along . |
| 18 | I imagine you have to secure one of these as soon as it comes on the market . ’ |
| 19 | Skilled negotiators resist the temptation to counter propose and instead explore the pros and cons of each proposal as it comes up . |
| 20 | Understandably , therefore , people take success as it comes and rarely consider the ingredients of the success nor how to replicate it . |
| 21 | I take it as it comes I take it |
| 22 | After five minutes or so you will begin to see that your back is becoming flatter as it comes more in contact with the floor . |
| 23 | Ron and I take each year as it comes and we always plan for me to run a personal best every season . |
| 24 | Then , as it comes free of the hole , swiftly slide your other hand up its back to its head and quickly break its neck . |
| 25 | The staff , dressed in the French labourer 's ubiquitous blue overalls , work in non-stop shifts to process the harvest as it comes in . |
| 26 | Still adhering to the old fashioned measurement by piece ( a cask which in Champagne contains 205 litres ) , the 2,666 litres of must , as it comes through the pressing operation , is separated into three portions in order of quality : the cuvée , which amounts to the first ten pieces ( 2,050 litres ) ; the premiere taille , which includes the next two pieces ( 410 litres ) ; and the deuxième taille , or the last piece ( 205 litres ) . |
| 27 | It helps if you can bring yourself to take a very positive line of thinking about each problem as it comes along , being as practical and objective as possible , for sometimes the limitations of home life with an old and possibly infirm parent may seem to close round you like a prison . |
| 28 | Of course , if carbon tubes are used instead of glass fibre , and the sail is extended into angular camber by fitting a pair of vertical stand-offs from the rear cross-spar to the sail trailing edge , then performance will be enhanced.This is a good design which accepts experiment but still offers all the novice seeks , as it comes . |
| 29 | Henceforth I shall take life as it comes , looking not to the future … |
| 30 | If we want to tell the gospel story as drama , as opposed to elucidating the truths of revelation in dogmatic theological form , then we have to take the story as it comes , neat . |