Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I take them to a certain stage , but I tend to find finishing a painting much more difficult than starting it , so I 'll leave it to one side , maybe for a week or more , where I can see it , and as I pass it suddenly something will click . |
| 2 | If the world was not as I perceived it then it was possible that I was not damned . |
| 3 | But er it certainly did a lot for the bakers but as I said it certainly took away the happy family union that we had before . |
| 4 | That gave me the chance to tell what Braden had done , sounding disgusted as I told it so Mendez would have no doubt what I thought about Braden 's trick . |
| 5 | Nowadays I am obsessional about checking the gadget , particularly as I use it infrequently . |
| 6 | I cross the park , as I crossed it so many times in the past , and regain the modest Edwardian streets beyond Maze Hill . |
| 7 | as I speak it right ? |
| 8 | In principle , though I think it 's very difficult , as I understand it right now , you 've got to go through a rather unfriendly session of training the computer to respond to your voice , and if you say something in a slightly different way later on it may not recognize it as the word that you had previously trained it on . |
| 9 | That does of course pose one or two problems , as far as the locational aspects of the new settlement are concerned , as I understand it neither the County Council nor the relevant District Councils have mandated on the question of location , they 've not yet embarked on the detailed exercise which will be necessary to identify a preferred location . |
| 10 | Mr and Mrs are as I understand it entirely satisfied with that school . |
| 11 | With evaluation , as I conceive it here , they take on a more active monitoring role and , albeit under the ultimate direction of the teacher , become partners in the pedagogic enterprise . |
| 12 | Hall then wrote to Palmerston , on 20th March , only one week after asking for the designs , saying that he would not include Donaldson as I think it very doubtful whether the new Department will be proceeded with , as I hope the Downing Street improvement will be carried out' , and two days later The Saturday Review in an article on the competition also suggested that the War Department should be moved to the Downing Street area . |
| 13 | They looked at each other , then returning their gaze to the far distance there was a silence between them before Mick went on again , ‘ As I see it now , real education is what you get from life : not what life gives you , but what you give to it . |
| 14 | Anyway , as I see it now , if the authorities have got wind of her havin' a youngster , we 'll have some of them officials and the do-gooders comin' round , and it 'll be the workhouse in the end . ’ |
| 15 | I like to use Norwegian salmon rather than Scotch as I find it more juicy and delicate in flavour . |
| 16 | As regards the requirements referred to in part ( b ) of the national court 's question ( 2 ) as I reformulated it above , it may be noted in limine that the mere fact that fishing activity is carried out , on a self-employed basis , using a fishing vessel registered in a member state does not mean that there is establishment in that state . |
| 17 | No , I er do it as I need it actually . |
| 18 | In the first place , I 'm not , as you put it so vividly , ‘ after ’ Robert . |
| 19 | A screw that goes in as you turn it clockwise is ( arbitrarily ) called right-handed . |
| 20 | As long as you remove it properly and moisturise and tone your skin , it 's the very best way of preserving it . |
| 21 | And paint was n't as you know it today , there were perhaps three colours in paints , green , brown and cream . |
| 22 | And put a tick on each one as you get it so that 's one two three okay . |
| 23 | What can As You Like It possibly mean to someone who had never been in love , or Hamlet to someone who has never felt ‘ how weary , stale , flat and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's all kegs nowadays , so as long as you keep it fairly cool , it comes up smiling . ’ |
| 25 | You get away , as long as you do it neatly you 're usually alright . |
| 26 | Perhaps you could go for a walk each day ( with or without a dog ) ; you could go swimming or ride a bicycle — it does n't really matter what you do as long as you do it regularly . |
| 27 | " You can get a search warrant if you like , as long as you do it discreetly and nobody else knows about it . |
| 28 | It 's the basic principle of presentation : almost anything works well as long as you do it deliberately and explain it clearly and pleasantly , and make it interesting . |
| 29 | That 's fine as long as you do it deliberately and not by default . |
| 30 | In the second , what do you think happens to the material as you carry it downstairs ? ’ |