Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kendall stormed : ‘ The players are letting themselves down as well as everyone connected with this club . |
| 2 | One feels that two hours spent in one or other of the jammed little rooms — there are four as far as I remember at this instance , two down , one up , and one in the cellar — will be rewarding , refreshing , and never questioned by the owners . |
| 3 | As I looked at this mounting pile of equipment I thought that there was no way this was going to fit into the spare bedroom . |
| 4 | As I wrote on this page recently , opera is barely a living art form any longer . |
| 5 | Somebody said , well the Harbourmaster 's not coming , I said , right go back to work and that 's the time I , that 's the time when we had the first baby and erm , that 's the first one we lost and anyhow they put me off for a fortnight and erm I went down to , I say go up the Board of Guardians , that was like the D H S S but a little bit lower and I just start to buy this house soon as I said to this bloke , he live in the council house over here this bloke , what was interviewing me |
| 6 | As I sit at this word processor , the chips of which may have been assembled by a young woman in the Philippines for a pittance a day and for such long hours that her eyes will be damaged in a tax haven created specially for foreign companies , I am acutely aware of the link between the health of the people of the Philippines and my life here in Britain . |
| 7 | What I am feeling as I listen to this is a strange movement in the undergrowth immediately in front of me ; a smile spreading inside my beard … |
| 8 | Well but I mean that 's an example and as I say at this end where you 've no arousal you 're either asleep or dead , there 's no sort of performance performance of any sort and we talk about having those butterflies in the stomach do n't we ? |
| 9 | ‘ I 've never eaten as well as I have on this trip . ’ |
| 10 | I think it is best to suck it off with one of those tiny battery-powered vacuum cleaners you can get for about a tenner these days , as I did in this case . |
| 11 | I discovered soon after my illness the same energies walking beneath the cliffs of Lyme Regis , in the shadow of Mary Annan and the ichthyosauruses as I do in this hamlet . |
| 12 | Drawing pictures , as I do in this text , can also be helpful . |
| 13 | Am I distressing you as I talk like this ? ’ . |
| 14 | As I think on this my anger at his death is less , though my grief can not be . |
| 15 | Erm first of all , as I grapple with this problem over the weekend , it did seem to me very difficult to make any sensible assessment of integration on a at a strategic level because so clearly it is a site specific matter . |
| 16 | Shiver as you walk through this animated museum depicting scenes from Stoker 's spine-chiller . |
| 17 | One little ‘ running yourself in ’ problem may occur as you switch to this healthier pattern of eating . |
| 18 | That 's the brain , that 's a stroke , the brain is a very sensitive part of the body , and as you know in this very topic of debate , if the brain do n't get enough blood , er , for three minutes , you 've got permanent brain damage and the only occupation that 's suitable is that of a politician . |
| 19 | However , our prayers will be with the Fellowship as you embark on this exciting period of change in the church . |
| 20 | AS YOU yawn through this week 's promo-treadmill that is Wogan and wonder why Parkinson went to Australia , imagine , if you will , an interview programme with one guest , a shot of the interviewer 's back only , no stairs and the sort of questions that make grown men break down and cry . |
| 21 | Ah , but what about this remarkable new diet formula from America which tells you that you can eat vast quantities of melon and chicken , or spinach and prunes , or pineapple , or whatever , as long as you keep to this one food , or this combination of two foods , for the whole day ? |
| 22 | Course they were worried because they they 'd bit off more than they could chew , same as you say about this like you see . |
| 23 | As you play through this , do n't forget to re-tune your low E string up a semi-tone to F and to let the notes sustain into each other wherever possible . |
| 24 | As you play through this passage you should be careful with the position shift occurring on the third 16th note ( beat three ) of bar one . |
| 25 | This is a good example of Bryan 's percussive strumming technique ; as you play through this be sure to carefully follow all the pick-stroke indications and to mute the chords as indicated . |
| 26 | As you play through this you should notice how the D note is held on top of the first three chords , and also the subtle rhythmic variations which occur on the F chords in bars 3 and 4 … |
| 27 | As you play through this section , take care to avoid any undue handling noise . |
| 28 | As you work on this colour , the whole design area of the screen will change colour at the same time . |
| 29 | This does not mean that you should be morbid and spend each day thinking about your own death but , as you journey through this life , you will come to form your own ideas about what is to follow . |
| 30 | In her portrait of Medea — or Medee as she becomes in this staging of the original French version — this is what she uses consistently . |