Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb base] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can hassle for business contacts in these areas at conferences as soon as I get to a conference . |
| 2 | But sometimes I get cut up by another vehicle as I go for a space — and it 's always a man . ’ |
| 3 | It is a truth which I can never now forget as I go about a world in which human beings apparently have themselves under control . |
| 4 | As I put on a plaster in here an hour ago , I wondered if I 'd left it on that shelf above the sink . |
| 5 | As I kneel in a kind of mourning , someone calls . |
| 6 | On my way to my London flat , as I walk through a passageway leading from the Strand to Charing Cross underground station , I pass two young men sitting on a sheet on the floor and begging . |
| 7 | Oh it is now yes , you 've got , I mean you 've got the service now have n't you and erm , but I like at St Margaret 's hospital I 'd been , I had been , I went in there to have my last boy , but they 're very , very good there they were , I 've not been in , I 've been in , I 've had treatment here for my hip and that up at Harlow but they would n't do the operation because of my blood clotting you see , so therefore I 've got to grin and bear it , I 've had eight years of it , I could n't walk for six months , but now I struggle and get around as I say with a couple of sticks I get round |
| 8 | What it is le let's just sort of get things , as I say in a new build situation if you were having a new house built |
| 9 | As I lie in a ditch during the short rest and watch Jake the Algerian move along the road just ahead of me exclaiming ‘ A la attack ’ , a voice from somewhere along the road shouts , ‘ Oh , piss off ’ . |
| 10 | Working as I do for a technically based industry , I hope I may be forgiven for believing that almost anything can be achieved through technology , if we are dear enough about what is needed . |
| 11 | And as I recall as a child there were well over a hundred ponies down Pit at that time , because during the nineteen twenty one strike they brought them all up to the surface and put them in the fields and I used to go with my father to sort of look after them . |
| 12 | And their of first office as I recall as a little boy , was on the q quay as we used to say in Porthmadog . |
| 13 | As I work as a mechanic on diesel engines I had the opportunity of testing the output of the ‘ W ’ terminal , and it was , as the text books said , 7 to 8 volts . |
| 14 | As I work on a painting , whether it 's a bird of prey , a rare mammal or even rare habitat , I wonder how many more are left in the wild . |
| 15 | As I work in a distribution depot I can not use the vouchers at my ‘ place of work ’ . |
| 16 | The scent of jasmine greets you as you walk through a creepered archway into the wide lawn . |
| 17 | You are presented with a blank crossword and a list of clues , and as you click on a square the relevant clue is highlighted . |
| 18 | Keep an eye on the local press and as soon as you hear of a church closing , make an approach to the vicar as soon as possible . |
| 19 | As long as you go at a slow , steady pace , the job can be done and you none the wiser . |
| 20 | Sit back as you go on a five billion year journey through the evolution of life — all in twelve minutes ! |
| 21 | Another accident we had with an a wardrobe two of my lads had which was a funny one in retrospect but I some when you carry a wardrobe , funnily enough , the easiest way often if you 've got a tight corner , you know as you go round a corner in a staircase you 'll come from a landing and often turn right or turn left to go down , if you put it at an angle like that then you wo n't get it round the corner without catching the bannister . |
| 22 | An air-powered sponge filter or small , internal power filter will be adequate , o long as you stick to a proper maintenance regime and are not tempted to overstock . |
| 23 | You know , that 's in the days when I was seventeen year old , I could go'n stick a fork into a truss weighing into eleven stone and pitch thet up high as you like with a fork , as high as I could reach . |
| 24 | like most of these these have , erm what I want to know is er why , when I was disposed of as you like as a useless article , why I am suddenly called upon by this government to be one hundred per cent , not fifty per cent responsible , but one hundred per cent responsible , not only for my children which I 'm quite happy to do , but one hundred per cent responsible to keep my wife off of benefit and one hundred per cent responsible if she should ever want one , t for her partner . |
| 25 | You can say as much as you like in a letter and it will not cost you any more than the price of a stamp . |
| 26 | In the middle of Bangalore , as you thread through a jungle of exotic trees and overgrown ornamental gardens , cross long neglected croquet lawns , tennis courts and disused summer houses , you are confronted with Windsor Castle , or at least a very passable facsimile locked up and in pawn to the Government to pay Royal debts . |
| 27 | It 's an amusing game however , as you struggle for a seat out of the wind at the cairn to eat your peanut butter sandwiches , trying to guess which way everyone will go when they smack their lips , wipe their hands on their breeches and get up to leave . |
| 28 | Or for a romantic touch , you can see many more of them beautifully illuminated from the rivers as you cruise on a boat over dinner . |
| 29 | Surely you know that , living as you do with a child-woman ? |
| 30 | Orientate this drawing as you do with a map when flying . |