Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I know enough about myself to know that as long as I get eight hours sleep I 'm alright ’ . |
| 2 | Donna 's leader on the DTS is the same as I had 5 years ago ! |
| 3 | Erm the training course er as I said two days er I 'll count it as a full training course . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | As soon as I finish five pages , the apartment starts to buzz and chatter . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ He wants me to have really short hair , just as I did 10 years ago . ’ |
| 8 | Went to look up her reading , they said had to pay I 've used three times as much gas as I did three times as much gas as I needed last time |
| 9 | No I 've nothing , any palpitations , nothing , I feel as fit as I did twenty years ago . |
| 10 | For instance , as long as you average 8,750 calories a week you will shed weight just as quickly by having as many as 1,870 a day on Saturdays and Sundays , and only 1,000 each weekday , as you would by counting precisely 1,250 calories a day for all seven days of the week . |
| 11 | I am instructed to enquire whether you would agree to recommence trading there , as you did six years ago , using the premises as a studio and dark-room , and as a shop for the sale of photographic goods — and occupying the upper floor for domestic purposes . |
| 12 | ‘ Honestly , ’ Gwen complained as she brought two cups of tea over to the table and sat down , ‘ Matt 's the only one who seems able to cope with him . |
| 13 | Davies did n't drop a shot as she carded six birdies and an eagle in her round , after starting the day six strokes behind the French golfer . |
| 14 | Towelling herself , she looked out of the window , and paused as she noticed two figures climbing up a path that wound up the side of the mountain . |
| 15 | The filly provided a fitting final parading of the chocolate and gold colours of the White Lodge Stud as she waltzed seven lengths clear of eight tired rivals . |
| 16 | CITY of Derry 's Roisin Barr was the star performer in the early finals of the Ulster Age Group Championships today as she collected two titles with ease having won the 16–19 year old 100m Butterfly crown last night . |
| 17 | But , as she took two steps backwards , he followed her into the apartment 's hallway , softly lit by the lamp she had left on . |
| 18 | But her thoughts were brought to an abrupt end , as she descried two figures on their way up the path , and knew she must vacate the viewpoint for Rosie and her Francisco . |
| 19 | Because that glitzy little bit of apparent nonsense is not a novel at all ; but a condensed version of the Real Life Story of Miss Pat Booth , who at 45 still looks as good as she did 20 years ago , and has found fame , fortune and happiness , all wrapped up in a very glossy package indeed . |
| 20 | We Brits now drink twice as much wine as we did ten years ago the equivalent of half a bottle of wine a week for every man and woman in the country . |
| 21 | He says neither of us is really a trained gardener … we 're very lucky as we have two experts trained at Kew and Wisbech who live locally and tell us what to do . |
| 22 | ‘ It would be ideal if we could find more than one corgi as we have two performances a day . ’ |
| 23 | Simon had once told her how if a Formula One driver blinked during a race it was the same as him driving thirty yards with his eyes shut , and Vitor 's stare was unrelenting . |
| 24 | Two campaigners , an Englishman and a Frenchman , brushed away tears as they recalled 453 airmen who never returned from World War 2 sorties . |
| 25 | Playing the Little Sweep , his clothes were to be ripped off one by one by the Big Sweep and Assistant Sweep -played by the headmaster and French master — as they sang three verses , and then he was to be thrown up the chimney . |
| 26 | Although the reduction in coca growing in this part of Bolivia has been significant , drug dealers in the Andes have the same easy access to coca today as they had five years ago . |
| 27 | Women currently outlive men by about six years , so that as they retire five years earlier they can expect on average to spend twice as long as men in retirement . |
| 28 | The female member of Scott Bramwell 's Delmas team suffered severe altitude sickness as they reached 12,000 feet and she had to retire . |
| 29 | But children grow up and as they reach twenty years of age , the rights and concerns which have provided them with an education , and their families with a range of supports , begin to fall away . |
| 30 | BRIDGEND helped to raise more than £2,000 for charity on their recent trip to Ireland — and thoroughly enjoyed themselves as they scored 13 tries in a 64–15 win over a Wexford President 's XV . |