Example sentences of "as [pron] [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I rarely watched TV or read newspapers , my knowledge was scanty . |
| 2 | As he hit the water , his legs flailed in the mid-air running motion like a character in a Tom and Jerry cartoon and he quickly struck out for a convenient ladder as I hastily brought Venturous to a standstill some feet off the pier . |
| 3 | Shortly after leaving Folkestone we were preparing to enter Ramsgate harbour on a cold , blustery day which prompted me to go below for my duffel coat as I normally conned Venturous alongside from the open bridge . |
| 4 | ‘ In so far as I ever had snake hips , they have gone since I came here . ’ |
| 5 | It was Dad ( as I now knew Malc 's father ) who opened the door at 6.45 p.m. on the first day of 1967 . |
| 6 | I did n't it has to be said win the pools last year as I always put Leeds for a win and Scum for a loss . |
| 7 | We have got good medical facilities , but as you just heard Samantha just saying , they 're destroying that as well , the only people who wanted water meters , is when houses were on ratable value and they were paying two hundred thousand pound for a house at large rates and the water rates was the same house . |
| 8 | No come off the throw in as you rightly said John . |
| 9 | As she slowly regained strength , Julia began to be able to think of things beyond her own physical state , and whenever David came to see her she urged him to tell her what had been happening at the trial . |
| 10 | Ronni felt her empty insides curl with annoyance as she instantly recognised Guido 's voice . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , dear — you poor old hag ! ’ her friend murmured sardonically , grinning as she deftly caught hold of the cushion Laura had sent flying across the room towards her . |
| 12 | Terry exclaimed as she hastily opened cupboards and showed Ellie where everything was . |
| 13 | The 34-year-old American was obviously not troubled by the predictions , however , as she confidently dispatched Novotna 6-2 , 6-3 in little more than an hour . |
| 14 | But , just as she never saw Candy 's baby , Sally was denied that , too . |
| 15 | Jamila was n't even contemptuous , as she abstractedly poured pints of bitter into herself . |
| 16 | Ronni looked back at him and was aware of a flicker inside her as she suddenly caught sight of those wonderful eyelashes . |
| 17 | They saw her sometimes , watching them from the hillside as they carried peats or hay , wood or baskets of fish that they 'd not sell her ; and each one could feel the chill as she silently vowed vengeance on them all . |
| 18 | Trotter had raised her voice as she always did speaking to the old man . |
| 19 | May 's comment on oxidized wares seems to us today to be quite astonishing : ‘ common flower pot red , or tile-red wares were as offensive for domestic purpose to the Romans , as to ourselves and should generally speaking , be regarded as ‘ wasters ’ — overbaked and distorted specimens which accumulate in heaps besides kilns as one sometimes made use of in their own locality ’ . |
| 20 | Neither did I. I never imagined that a father could treat a dying child as cruelly and wickedly as we later discovered Heathcliff had done . |
| 21 | I can recall one memorable evening when we met in the Pathfinder Club just as soon as it had opened in the evening ; I was attached to the Air Ministry at the time and it was very soon after the war as we still wore uniform . |
| 22 | Previous studies have uncertain relevance to the outpatient setting as they either investigated subgroups of patients for example the elderly , or have reported on the findings in hospital inpatients . |
| 23 | RANGERS boss Walter Smith praised his young side as they easily overcame Hibs to set up an important week with forthcoming matches against Club Bruges and Celtic . |
| 24 | The Court of Appeal reached their decision with regret because as they clearly saw Mr. Tully is seeking to exploit the privilege against self-incrimination in order to frustrate the plaintiffs ' claims . |
| 25 | KIRSTY HAY 's Perth team continued their winning form as they completely outplayed Mika Yoda 's Japanese team at the world junior championships in Grindelwald , Switzerland , yesterday . |
| 26 | Within view was the River Lee , curving around Morrison 's Island and the busy South Mall in its circle of the city , conveniently providing the flowing water beside which , each Jewish New Year , Rabbi Moishe and the devout turned out their pockets as they murmurously recited Tashlich , the prayer symbolic of casting one 's sins into the river . |
| 27 | One of the rebel leaders , former Maj. Hugo Abete , who along with several of the other mutineers had also been pardoned by Menem for involvement in previous rebellions , claimed that as they still recognised Menem as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces their action could not be described as a " coup " . |
| 28 | The main methods subjects from which students were drawn crossed the spectrum , except that no Physical Education teachers were mentioned ( this reflects one return from a College , which wrote back politely refusing to answer the questionnaire on the grounds that as they only trained PE teachers the language issue did not arise ) . |
| 29 | They decided to go north to Thorpe Old Manor and spend Christmas as if they had as few cares as they now had pence . |
| 30 | From all over the Badland tribes of Orcs and Goblins rushed to join the huge army as it gradually moved north . |