Example sentences of "as they [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Archbishop he was indecisive ; there were contemporaries who could have provided stouter leadership , as they let him know . |
| 2 | And erm but the trouble was as soon as they saw us come , they were right behind us going like this with their horns , you know ! |
| 3 | These hints were followed up by many gentlemen : and I think I never saw Mr Loudon more pleased than when a highly respectable gardener once told him that he was living in a new and most comfortable cottage , which his master had built for him ; a noble marquess , who said that he should never have thought of it , but for the observations in Mr Loudon 's Gardener 's Magazine , as they made him consider whether the cottage was comfortable or not , and that , as soon as he did so , he perceived its deficiencies . |
| 4 | Avoid the fire and also the two question marks , as they make you dance and thus a perfect target for the dog . |
| 5 | He looked suspicious at first , and so did the Japanese waiters as they helped him pull his tuba case through the very narrow doorway . |
| 6 | For voting as they do they have reasons sufficient in their eyes and not to be called in question . |
| 7 | When they have moved forwards as far as they feel they want to go they then leave one of the bottles , place both their hands on the other and have to get back without touching the the floor with any part of their body . |