Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb past] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , as no-one 'ad bought any of me violets or treated me to a sandwich , and me near dyin' of starvation , with no job and no lodgings , well , I was so desperate I went up and grabbed the wallet , which Blackbeard was wavin' about at Dan Pearson . |
| 2 | ‘ As I finished selecting these 200-odd titles which reflect the continuing excellence of writing for children , a document was leaked which made it clear that the authorities which are controlling the education of the next generation had , at a stroke , obliterated the ‘ golden age ’ of children 's literature — at least as far as reading in schools is concerned . |
| 3 | ‘ But I was cautious about it too as I 'd seen both sides — the periods of unemployment as well as the glossy side of my father being in something so popular like Howards ' Way . ’ |
| 4 | Some tyre levers and allan keys were missing but by driving slowly back I ( or rather we , as I 'd offered some fellow tourists a lift back to town ; what with delays getting started , and then this to-do , I bet they wished they 'd never bothered , it would have been quicker to walk ! — and when we finally did set off again , I accidentally left one of them behind , running along the road behind us waving and shouting ! ) — we , as I say , found most of the missing items . |
| 5 | When I went to bed , I had a few ‘ sort of ’ pains , but I did n't think anything of them as I 'd had these kind of niggly pains a lot over the last week or so . |
| 6 | As I had made some pretty critical remarks about the Soviet Union , at a time the war-time alliance still commanded admiration , especially among the young , he pointed out that if printed , these views would be taken by the Kremlin to be officially inspired . |
| 7 | I decided to visit the Marines that evening and , after thanking Mick for his hospitality , made my way back to the orchard , thinking that as I had visited each Commando unit each day when we were in England , why not now that we were in France ? |
| 8 | As soon as I had seen this reading of the phrase it at once seemed more plausible . |
| 9 | As I had done several times on the journey , since I had n't entirely managed to put out of my mind the events of Uulaa and my suspicions . |
| 10 | As I had grown some six inches since he had last seen me , I did n't for a moment believe that his recognition was unprompted . |
| 11 | I also need a formal letter in original from as owner of the vehicle that I am the permitted registered keeper and user — in the same way as I had to have such a letter from . |
| 12 | My dissertation was on Yugoslavia , as I had learnt some Serbo-Croat at Nottingham . |
| 13 | And as soon as I had admitted this , it suddenly seemed despicable to me . |
| 14 | As soon as I had read this , I asked Mr Edgar if I could take a message from him to his sister . |
| 15 | Bad industrial relations had been the curse of the country for as long as I had taken any interest in politics ; although the reform of trade union law was essential , further steps were also needed . |
| 16 | As I failed to do this I spent the entire journey staring intently at the zip of my coat and at least I learned a lot about clothes fastenings that morning . |
| 17 | As I contemplated using this or that , it struck me that the common denominator between many of them was not a subject but a colour combination — blue and white — often highlighted by a punch of yellow . |
| 18 | And often , as I sat writing such poems that helped me cling to the last shreds of my many identities , I would suddenly sense that you were indeed approaching . |
| 19 | She had no time for idle gossip as she had to do all the work herself . |
| 20 | As soon as she had announced this fact , she pushed past him roughly , on her way to the kitchen . |
| 21 | The only activity Gerald had forbidden her was the embroidery of tapestry , which he had declared too menial an occupation for a young lady of her intelligence , preferring her to accompany him on his visits to neighbouring landlords as she had done that day . |
| 22 | The city spread out below her looked so calm , almost as calm as she had felt such a little time before . |
| 23 | The same glorious sensation as she had felt that instant when , poised on the highest diving-board , she had known that this time she really did dare , that moment of poise and thrill before the free-fall . |
| 24 | She was in flight from it — as she had imagined that woman in the rain in flight . |
| 25 | Just as she had imagined that concerned endearment after the fight on the riverbank . |
| 26 | She reported that she had already removed , cleaned and returned them as she had caught some wool under one of them . |
| 27 | Just as she had to accept that , for her , it would never be enough . |
| 28 | Candida Gray , Candida Gray , a name that she had known for as many years as she had known any such names ; she had not read as many of the novels as she ought to have done , but she had read one at least , and that one she actually remembered . |
| 29 | Then tears would slide down her face into her hair as she lay crying all alone , remembering how horrible it was to be Chesarynth . |
| 30 | But assumptions , as she 'd discovered that day , could be dangerous , and Isabelle had never actually stated where she was born . |