Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb base] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Never had an occasion to use , well the only time I 've used a newspaper as far as I know this afternoon when I emptied the bag . |
| 5 | So that is one thing as I develop this theme you 'll you 'll see . |
| 6 | As I write this article ( in July ) I am in the throes of finishing my new ribber video , ‘ English and Fisherman 's Rib ’ . |
| 7 | As I write this article , film of starving children in Somalia is the most recent image of childhood to be presented to my eyes . |
| 8 | In the spring of 1987 , as I write this piece , a very different political climate prevails . |
| 9 | If we can establish that literacy practice involved a socially variable set of conventions ( as I hope this book will make a contribution to doing ) , then claims for its consequences will not so easily be disguised as universal truths . |
| 10 | In so far as I understand this view , and it is not yet a matter of close textual criticism of a published account , I find it difficult to connect the commonsense properties of consciousness ( vague as they may be ) , with the notions of repair and debugging ( fundamental as those are to any account of intelligent mechanisms ) . |
| 11 | Surely it can not be possible , she was thinking , to love anyone as intensely as I love this man . |
| 12 | As I revise this chapter , celebrations of the anniversary of the so-called Glorious Revolution of 1688 once again bring home the fact that while other nations trace the origins of their freedom and identity to popular uprisings , the British happily attach the word ‘ revolution ’ to a mere coup d'état . |
| 13 | erm Jane gave me the figures and as I say this division is about forty seven percent . |
| 14 | Every evening , as I see this crack , I think the same thought . |
| 15 | ‘ Every evening , as I see this crack , I think the same thought . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Every evening , as I see this crack , I think the same thought : ‘ Every evening , as I see this crack , I think the same thought . ’ ‘ |
| 17 | ‘ Every evening , as I see this crack , I think the same thought : ‘ Every evening , as I see this crack , I think the same thought . ’ ‘ |
| 18 | oh faces do as soon as you mention this place |
| 19 | Johnson is 50 , Melville is 41 and sometimes as you hear this playground talk about sex you hear echoes of a world ignorant of Aids . |
| 20 | If you leave as soon as you receive this letter , you should be back home before midnight . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've known just what sort of a woman you are ever since the first time I was unfortunate enough to meet you — though I confess I did n't realise even you could stoop quite as low as you have this time . ’ |
| 22 | Where is the natural pause as you say this sentence ? |
| 23 | If you place your other hand on your hip as you practise this exercise you 'll actually feel the muscles in your bottom working . |
| 24 | As you read this story your ideas about the four characters develop and change . |
| 25 | This point should become clearer as you read this book . |
| 26 | As you read this article , bacteria are playing many roles in your life and in the environment . |
| 27 | As you read this article , Christine is due to be in Romania again . |
| 28 | The significance of this should become more clear to you as you read this chapter and you become familiar with the ‘ Homoeopathic ’ view of the world and its ills . |
| 29 | As long as we stay this dose to the hole we have to keep the rocket thrust going . ’ |
| 30 | As soon as we receive this envelope with their first order , we 'll send you your FREE York film . |