Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | Drawing in charcoal is more like painting where as I like to encourage precise , analytical draughtsmanship which is best executed in pencil . ’ |
| 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 | If I fainted I 'd be rushed to hospital in an ambulance and they 'd summon Mum and Dad and as soon as I 'd got better they 'd start about Exams and Re-sits and Careers . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | And now suddenly just as soon as I come to form twos they 've taken that away . |
| 8 | I do n't have any help in the house , as I prefer to use that part of my budget for the twins ’ child minder , Audrey . |
| 9 | I turned without stopping and crawled back to the deep end , looking back as I breathed to make sure she was following . |
| 10 | She says of her new career that it is ‘ partly choice , but I wanted to leave school-teaching anyway as I had become disillusioned ’ . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | As soon as I had seen this reading of the phrase it at once seemed more plausible . |
| 14 | I held up my arms as I had seen German prisoners do in news-reels . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | My dissertation was on Yugoslavia , as I had learnt some Serbo-Croat at Nottingham . |
| 19 | And as soon as I had admitted this , it suddenly seemed despicable to me . |
| 20 | As soon as I had read this , I asked Mr Edgar if I could take a message from him to his sister . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It must be emphasized , however , that this particular elaboration of the nature-culture split is , of course , also itself a complex social construct and one which as I said serves patriarchal needs in various ways . |
| 23 | as I 've indicated that is the physical capacity as far as we 're concerned . |
| 24 | The aspect to it is , as I 've made clear in , in the , the report I hope , th they 'd want to treat each erm , one that comes out of government on it 's me merits . |
| 25 | It 's got as bright and fierce an eye as I 've seen this side the Avon . ’ |
| 26 | As I 've said many times before , pressure is only a condition of the mind . |
| 27 | And I do n't mean I 'm bending them , but there were some , as I 've said many times , a lot of silly people refereeing in speedway , and thank goodness now , ninety nine per cent of them are being sensible and we 're seeing some good refereeing . |
| 28 | I had to pay some money , I just forget now , very little but er as I 've said half a dozen times now , I always wanted to do what was right , you know , and I aim to do that . |
| 29 | I have accepted part of it , and I 've amended it to ensure that we can overcome the criticisms er that would have been involved if we 'd left it er as it was , er and above all , and I think this is the most important thing , we 've made sure that it will work , er and that it will meet our objectives of getting competition into the franchises , if we 'd just ended up with one great monolithic British Rail , after all each franchise remember will be coming gradually , they wo n't be doing them all at once , there will be one next year , several the year after , and so on , if British Rail had been able to go around and pick them off , and say , Well we can run this now in the future much better than we 've done it in the past , so we 'll bid , and we 'll bid a low bid , that really would n't have been getting fair and proper competition into the system , so what i what I 've done is ensured , as I 've done all the way through in this bill in accepting amendments , that we make sure we achieve our objectives , and that above all it 's workable , the , as it was it would n't as it was the Paignton amendment would n't have been workable , because there would have been total chaos and confusion |
| 30 | As long as I 've done two tapes minimum |