Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But sometimes I get cut up by another vehicle as I go for a space — and it 's always a man . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | For partnerships you need to know the same information as you need for an individual but for all partners . |
| 5 | She had tossed and turned — as she had for a fortnight — thinking of Amy , full of foreboding . |
| 6 | ‘ Maybe , ’ he said , sitting on her side of the bed as she reached for a woman 's magazine , ‘ maybe I 'm gay ! ’ |
| 7 | Once or twice , Jack had casually goosed her as she reached for a file . |
| 8 | Her hand shook slightly as she reached for a swab , and the child began to whimper as she gently began trying to clear the affected area in order to get a better look . |
| 9 | As she hunted for a worn pair of leather gloves in the pocket of her pelisse , she did not appear to notice that she had been pulled closely in to the gentleman for a few brief seconds . |
| 10 | A pregnant woman lost her baby after she fainted as she waited for a bus and fell into the path of a lorry driven by her uncle . |
| 11 | He was finally restrained by police after he grabbed Mrs Rodham as she waited for a bus . |
| 12 | Dawn astonished doctors by becoming pregnant as she waited for a hysterectomy after being told she would never have a child . |
| 13 | The woman was attacked in the early hours of Wednesday at an isolated station at Mexborough , South Yorks , as she waited for a late train home . |
| 14 | Mitch knelt beside her as she lay for a moment on the ground . |
| 15 | As she looked for a hiding place she could hear the voices increasing in volume . |
| 16 | He read out her time of departure , time of arrival and flight number , advising her to write it all down as if she was a half-wit , and she was glad he was n't there to see her face as she scrabbled for a pen and paper . |
| 17 | As she hesitated for a split-second when her escape was barred by the dancers , Roman caught up with her , grabbed her arm , hauled her to a standstill . |
| 18 | She barely noticed it at all as she stood for a few seconds in front of the mirror and pulled the comb through her hair . |
| 19 | She might have guessed that as soon as she tried for a little peace and quiet the whole place would be inundated with callers . |
| 20 | The Darling Buds of May star was clearly suited to Blue Peter presenter John Leslie as she arrived for a show on London 's Capital Radio . |
| 21 | He warned Margaret Thatcher , as she prepares for a Commonwealth heads of government conference next week where the issue of sanctions on South Africa is expected to be central , against insisting that ‘ the regime ’ was moving in the right direction . |
| 22 | Unwisely Spain intrigued for an anti-British coalition as she intrigued for an anti-American coalition in 1898 ; as Wellington observed , Spain acted ‘ as if Europe were at her feet ’ . |
| 23 | As we write for an instrument we must be playing it in our imagination , with the right bowings and fingerings , feeling the sensations of different registers , expressing ourselves through the different tones and timbres , the possibilities of legato , staccato , vibrato , etc . |
| 24 | We use the same word for a quality of material things as we use for a bodily sensation . |
| 25 | Things got off to a bad start anyway when my Reliant Robin was crushed by Pahdra Singh 's Bentley as we jostled for a parking place . |
| 26 | As we prepare for a new week 's challenges , may we too be contented , for the same reason as Paul , because our relationship with God is one of close fellowship ‘ in ’ Him . |
| 27 | That morning seemed endless as we waited for an ambulance to transport the most urgent cases to the hospital . |
| 28 | The Liberal Democrat candidate for Caerphilly yells after us as we sprint for a non-political platform . |
| 29 | We were in Hartlepool in the March of 1890 when Mr Frobisher , our then actor-manager , told us all as we assembled for a Monday morning rehearsal that he had secured the services of a great singer . |
| 30 | We get the same royalties for a CD as we do for a cassette |