Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As much as I hate comparative reviews — I can never really justify deifying one package at the expense of several other perfectly good packages — WSWIN has facilities that I find to be very attractive and useful . |
| 2 | But I know enough about myself to know that as long as I get eight hours sleep I 'm alright ’ . |
| 3 | it follows from this that ‘ it is characteristic of all unproductive labourers that they are at my command … only to the same extent as I exploit productive labourers … however , my power to employ productive labourers by no means grows in the same proportion as I employ unproductive labourers , but on the contrary diminishes in the same proportion . ’ |
| 4 | By mid — 1943 it was made very clear to the Main Force Groups that their " selection " was unacceptable as I sent more crews back than we kept . |
| 5 | Well as I indicated these forms are as unpalatable as they are |
| 6 | As I heard more stories about the measuring rod , not just from Alec but from other boys as well , I began to realise that it would be as big a problem for me as it always was for Alec . |
| 7 | As I put some oranges through the juicer , her image , bright and laughing , was in my mind . |
| 8 | Donna 's leader on the DTS is the same as I had 5 years ago ! |
| 9 | I hear what my hon. Friend says , as I hear all representations on this matter . |
| 10 | I especially regret those redundancies , as I regret all redundancies . |
| 11 | As I made these suggestions to her , I was continually reminding her that she was feeling very relaxed and comfortable and that she was in complete control of the situation and need do nothing ( even in her imagination ) that she did not choose to . |
| 12 | As I thought these things , I looked up at the window . |
| 13 | Erm the training course er as I said two days er I 'll count it as a full training course . |
| 14 | My guns were inspected and a statement was taken from all the crew and I was released , as I said many times later , " without prejudice " , but darkly adding " subject to re-arrest " . |
| 15 | Since nineteen eighty three the government has reduced financial support by over two billion pound and reduced staff by seventy thousand , resulting in less maintenance and falling safety standards and with , as I said higher fares , but fewer services . |
| 16 | As I said some moments ago , we have strengthened the law requiring trustees to disclose key information to members , to pensioners and to trade unions . |
| 17 | On my first acquaintance with the mad little road , in about 1950 , I had no feelings of affection for it nor any eye for the beauty all around , my gaze being fixed on the tarmac ahead as I dragged weary legs along it . |
| 18 | My cynicism about the event burgeoned as I walked past stalls displaying rustic-effect patio furniture , cushion covers embroidered with pheasants , and the kind of waxed country overwear that is increasingly seen sported by commuters on the tube these days . |
| 19 | They have varying effects on humans and as I discovered disastrous effects on fish . |
| 20 | Both places had latches and as long as I got ten yards ' start on him , I could slam the door shut and slip my half clothes-peg under the latch — I always carried a half clothes-peg for the purpose — and no matter how much he blasphemed and kicked at the door he could n't get in . |
| 21 | As I write these words , Carl is living in a Home for the aged . |
| 22 | A pre-warned Kenneth had plied John and his girl-friend Rosie with champagne to deaden the effect of the coming lunch , as I chased huge lumps round a pan of watery pulp that started life as potato . |
| 23 | Before we do this we have to apply a mapping function M. The mapping function is important because as I say these wires are connected to these pixels here . |
| 24 | Three pound fifteen shillings yeah and that 's how , that 's how the work went at that time but as I say these boatmen erm they used t they used to sit down on lock gates day in and day out and did n't have a ship to come in but I 've kno kno known them to row down the river at high tide or it 's before high tide and there 'd be another erm , there 'd be other boatmen there , one was called , he went down , he used to go down and get 'em going , there used to be a race between these two families or the and the first one got the boat , the first one roped it in you see , or wh what we call roping in , moor mooring the ship up , that was |
| 25 | As soon as I finish five pages , the apartment starts to buzz and chatter . |
| 26 | And of course I I wanted some land as I presume all Welshmen are land hungry . |
| 27 | As I type these words they are going straight into RAM , and the word processing program controlling things is also in RAM , although it could theoretically be burned into ROM and then never subsequently altered . |
| 28 | it follows from this that ‘ it is characteristic of all unproductive labourers that they are at my command … only to the same extent as I exploit productive labourers … however , my power to employ productive labourers by no means grows in the same proportion as I employ unproductive labourers , but on the contrary diminishes in the same proportion . ’ |
| 29 | As a matter of fact , you may not recognise me , as I appear some decades younger than you . |
| 30 | This was not just a ‘ one-off ’ mistake as I have two examples , both half fare , and in case the type is too small to see , they are the two bottom examples of the single tickets illustrated . |