Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [vb past] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | As I failed to do this I spent the entire journey staring intently at the zip of my coat and at least I learned a lot about clothes fastenings that morning . |
| 3 | She had no time for idle gossip as she had to do all the work herself . |
| 4 | Just as she had to accept that , for her , it would never be enough . |
| 5 | Donna rubbed both hands across her face , her body quivering as she began to regain some warmth , some feeling in her extremities . |
| 6 | Everything in Fabia cried out as she started to panic that Ven might yet hit on the truth of her love for him . |
| 7 | ‘ We 're off to write prayers , ’ said Mrs Quigley , answering for her , as she tended to do these days . |
| 8 | Folly just stared , her mind spinning as she tried to fit these new facts into perspective . |
| 9 | She closed her eyes , leaning back against her remaining pillow as she tried to recall that aspect of her childhood . |
| 10 | As we struggled to make both ends meet , during years of crop failure and recession in western Canada , we knew that the unemployment figure in the U.S.A. had reached 15 million despite F.D.R. 's ‘ New Deal ’ for the American economy . |
| 11 | In old villages , the greater bargaining power tended to be with the lord and the larger landowners ; the peasantry lost status as they had to sacrifice more and more to find enough land to feed themselves . |
| 12 | On the one hand there was the need to allow individual divergences from the hierarchy and to leave teachers some freedom to make their own contribution to the curriculum — a goal often repeated by all Secretaries of State as they sought to limit that freedom . |
| 13 | Little by little the Grants began to do more things together as they came to trust each other , and to find enjoyment in each other 's company . |
| 14 | But as they got to know each other Annabelle discovered that Steven liked the arts as much as the sciences/hiking as well as driving/driving cars as well as repairing them . |
| 15 | I was at one stage tempted to forgo my chance to contribute to it because of the fascinating speeches of Members representing inner and outer London constituencies as they struggled to find some fairness , justice or logic in the banding system . |
| 16 | There 's little chance of the IFA blanking the game out , as they attempted to do several years ago when a United match interfered with the Glentoran v Steaua Bucharest tie . |
| 17 | There stood the King of Kings and the president , choking and weeping as they tried to praise each other , their wives by their sides . |
| 18 | As they turned to face each other , the music ended . |
| 19 | It used to be said that the Labour Party was a ‘ broad church ’ , as it managed to contain such a wide range of opinion . |
| 20 | Chatterjee wondered about this as it began to seem more than simply coincidence . |
| 21 | When Ngo Dinh Diem was proclaimed President of the ‘ Republic of Vietnam ’ in October 1955 compromise seemed impossible as he began to suppress all opposition , whether political or religious . |
| 22 | As he circled to watch this , he was attacked by two more Messerschmitts and his Hurricane was hit , the windscreen being smashed and the cockpit filling with smoke . |
| 23 | Though that did not mean that , in his bubble chamber , Akbar was not still writhing in the agony of pseudo-injury — terrible burns and blindness — as he struggled to master such huge referred pain . |
| 24 | But Mr Wynn said : ‘ He was driving fast , at least 50 miles per hour , when he completely lost control as he tried to overtake another vehicle . |
| 25 | Bunker was jostled , heckled , spat upon and sworn at as he tried to keep some semblance of order to explain the action he had already taken . |
| 26 | The story , involving a bricklayer 's misfortunes as he attempted to lower some bricks from the top of a building in a barrel , was not especially funny , but Hoffnung 's manner and delivery reduced his audience to hysterics . |
| 27 | But no , Dumbarton Oaks must also be a mansion or conference centre , and the vision faded , leaving an ember of a smile as he turned to find another drink . |
| 28 | One evening he said he 'd like me to fetch him the following morning , as he wanted to make some bread . |