Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | P P G three , the revised P P G three when it came out clearly , in my opinion changes the emphasis from the draft P P G three from the draft P P G three , paragraphs thirty two and thirty three which I would emphasize should to be read together , clearly indicates that new settlements are as someone said this morning , sorry , earlier in the discussion today , an issue of last resort . |
| 2 | Just as someone has short sight , penicillin allergy or diabetes never recovers from these conditions but can nonetheless do or not do various things that diminish their effects or progress , similarly , sufferers from addictive disease even though they may no longer use the substance or behaviour of addiction . |
| 3 | As I take this bread and drink this wine , I am affirming to men , and to angels and to demons , that I believe Jesus Christ died for me , and I identify myself with him in his sacrifice for me . |
| 4 | Yes , I mean , I think as far as I remember last spring was a good one was n't it ? |
| 5 | Each individual aspect of dogdom has now become a complete science and discipline ; indeed , as I pen this foreword , a working party comprising the leading authorities on all aspects of dogs are compiling a nationally recognizable qualification allied to the ‘ City and Guilds ’ degree . |
| 6 | Oh so as I get another chance then ? |
| 7 | That 's right , it 's just that I worked , I think , yesterday I could n't get into erm , I just could n't get into and yesterday I must admit I felt really rough and erm , I thought at three o'clock I was going to have to ring Iris , cos I knew you were still out you see and at three o'clock I thought I was going to have to ring Iris er just to come in cos I ca n't like your head was my stomach was churning over , it was n't till , soon as I get some food in front of me oh I get , you see I did n't feel too cracking in the morning and I thought well there 's lots of stomach bugs going about and I thought well I 'm having one of them , and I did n't know what I fancied for lunch and I cooked the kiddies theirs , they had fish and what have you , and erm , I thought well what can I have , I thought I what , I thought I got a little tin of salmon there , so I thought right I 'll have a salmon sandwich and I had that and believe me I felt , by three o'clock I could see myself picking me up off the floor , I only got spots before my eyes as such , but , I just had , I had four , five cups of water , I did n't drink any tea , and I wish then , well I do n't know whether I could have felt any worse when I had the sandwich or not to be honest . |
| 8 | I 'll get better at this as I get more practice . |
| 9 | But as I get older patience , a commodity not particularly noticeable in the past , has gradually appeared in my personality , like a sandbank silted into place by too many frothing tides . |
| 10 | I not only feel it to be the most relevant magazine to the industry I work in — the consumer finance sector — but have also found the appointments section excellent , especially as I secured new employment through it after being made redundant . |
| 11 | ‘ And as I put one leg out of the door , he looked slightly taken aback , because he could see that my leg was bare . |
| 12 | I have learned to please , to gauge and sniff the air before I move off , to swing my head from side to side as I put one foot carefully in front of the other , ears and hair raised to twang on the slightest change in the atmosphere . |
| 13 | I would prefer to see a straight Rocky-Strachan swap ( as I expected last year ) but I guess the wee man is still playing to well for this . |
| 14 | As I unveil this plaque to the glory of God and in memory of all those who served in the Hundredth Bomb Group in the cause of freedom from this airfield . |
| 15 | Geraldine read us a short story and , as I had each contraction , I 'd kneel over a bean bag . |
| 16 | At first I thought it was piles , as I had terrible itching round my anus . |
| 17 | I then pointed out to him that I strongly deprecated a dissolution at this moment as I had implicit confidence in him and in the Conservative Party now in power , and I considered that as most countries in Europe , if not in the world , were in a chaotic and indeed dangerous state , it would be a pity if this country were to be plunged into the turmoil of a General Election on a question of domestic policy which will arouse all the old traditional bitterness of the hard fought battles between Protection and Free Trade : also that it was quite possible that his majority might be reduced , or that he might not get a majority at all . |
| 18 | And as I had this urge to correct manuscripts as I went along , and could n't read his handwriting , and did n't know the first thing about Roman Britain , you can imagine he felt obliged to educate me . |
| 19 | They are not , as I had some apprehension , gold striped , or jewelled , ( the pipes , I mean ) . |
| 20 | The rage and hatred I felt as I wrote this letter was terrifying , like a sudden , violent illness . |
| 21 | Gray also reported making three sales ‘ three times as many as I made last year ’ . |
| 22 | As the spend over the three years will be more than that — last year 's spend was £17 million and I expect this year 's to be £25 million , making a total of £42 million — I suppose that I could give my hon. Friend the assurance that he seeks , but even if our figures were so way out that I could be caught on that commitment , when I consider the matter next May — assuming that the burden still falls to me to do so — I would have to make the same calculation as I made this year . |
| 23 | People left smiling and as I passed one lady on her way down the hill she grinned at me and said ‘ Perfick ’ ! |
| 24 | Okay the so as I said earlier opening K channels will hyperpolarize the membrane . |
| 25 | A as I said this morning t to the management team it is available . |
| 26 | As I said this morning does n't oppose er in principle the idea of of of er an exceptions policy . |
| 27 | As I said last year , there were quite a few people out on the walkways , so it was very rarely you got anybody walking through . |
| 28 | erm , freehold parks , as I said last year we bought nine million pounds worth of freehold now |
| 29 | As I said last year at the Whitbread and Company conference on employee volunteering . |
| 30 | As I said last night , it 's diversion as opposed to MUF . |