Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | And as much as I hate Roy at times … ’ she began to cry again ‘ … |
2 | I had heard about the Dog Man before on my week-long journey from Kirk Yetholm towards Edale — travellers going north had told me as I journeyed south at first that the Dog Man was only three days ahead of me , then two days ahead of me , and then the final group of walkers had told me that it would n't be long before I caught him up . |
3 | Well I think you see on that , as I 'd sort of said to you before |
4 | Being a total landlubber I was filled with trepidation as I set foot on the deck of the Norway Line 's good ship Jupiter . |
5 | As soon as I set foot in there , I knew that I had to be involved somehow . |
6 | You were mine — I knew that as soon as I set eyes on you . |
7 | But as soon as I set eyes on you all rational thought deserted me . |
8 | I have no knowledge of its contents , but was instructed to send it to you as soon as I heard news of Mr Steen 's death . |
9 | They are but not as I saw things at the time — I did n't think I would marry . |
10 | However , a month later as I put pen to paper to record the events it all seems very clear ( but no less stupid ! ) . |
11 | I righted myself and pain shot up my right leg as I put weight on it . |
12 | Thought , I reflect as I pull slices of it out and push them back , is as fundamental a constituent of the world as baked beans or demerara sugar . |
13 | It became very wet as I carried water to the beasts because there were some very rough days and then it flared out and froze . |
14 | I would appreciate your prayers for me during these coming months as I seek direction from the Lord about my future . |
15 | As I met Charlotte on the path , |
16 | I wondered , as I followed Jean-Claude along the gravel paths between the arrondissements of the dead . |
17 | As I made inroads into both , I sussed the other punters and though the place was fairly quiet there were a couple of city gents in suits talking earnestly and drinking fast . |
18 | I was out of the flat before she could turn her head and as I passed Springsteen on the stairs , I said : ‘ You 're on your own , kid . ’ |
19 | I have to say though that with the terms on which we 've gone into the European Monetary System , a six per cent fluctuation either way , which as I said means from two seventy seven deutschmarks up to three thirteen ; there 's quite a lot of risk there for an exporter if he prices himself in deutschmarks and he gets it wrong . |
20 | As I tell children in primary schools , I was six when I had my first piece published . |
21 | As I escorted Marinka to the Oasis Arena in the torrential rain , the scene of mimose reminded me of my halcyon days at . |
22 | My casual posture , feet crossed and resting 3 ft ( 914.5 mm ) high up the door frame of the train carriage , my wry chuckling as I conceive notions for this wee book , certainly have had an effect on the middle aged Polish man and his Welsh wife who sit opposite each other at the window . |
23 | But in so far as I achieve awareness from your viewpoint I feel the pull towards your goals , and even when I resist , I do so very much as I push away inclinations of my own which are dangerous to my long-term ambitions ; a choice between your goals and mine belongs among my choices of ends . |
24 | erm , my name 's from Edinburgh a couple of jobs one which is the sort of presentations I do tends to be one to one the hardest one for me as I say meetings with quite a lot of people there |
25 | I know that there have been improvements , but as I represent part of the country where the climate is meteorologically colder , I know that there is a great deal of scope of increases in the support that we provide for heating allowances for our elderly population . |
26 | As I represent 25% of the total population of women presidents to date , if my predecessors did not share my feelings a 25% opinion still deserves to be heard , and I believe that some of my successors may well be of the same mind as I am . |
27 | Nevertheless , as I dab calamine on my spare tyres , I ca n't deny that this is n't my finest hour . |
28 | He retaliates by wishing : ( " That you should have as many cunts as I have pricks on me " ) |
29 | Although I thought the Callanetics course was very good for small groups , it was unsuitable for my ladies as I have members of all shapes and sizes , whose ages range from 14–83 . |
30 | I have my eye on the subject ; the hon. Lady 's point is well taken and , in so far as I have control over these matters , I shall make certain that local authorities concentrate as much of their resources on local sport and recreation provision as they should . |