Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As long as nothing happens nothing will happen — okay ? |
| 2 | Mind you it 'll probably be fine and anyway as someone said it 'll be good to widen the group a bit more and launch some journalistic careers into the bargain ( -> ) . |
| 3 | Rather as I feared they would , babies have started showing up in Tod 's dreams . |
| 4 | If , however , we do apply anthropological and linguistic perspectives to this recent work on the consequences of literacy , as I claim we must despite its claim to protection from them , then that work in fact turns out to be as biased as that of the earlier phases . |
| 5 | So as soon as I get I 'll I 'll let you know . |
| 6 | If it 's within reason as I assume it will be . |
| 7 | If it 's within reason as I assume it will be . |
| 8 | This followed my 1981 legislation which had introduced the first road-safety measures for fifteen years and was used ( as I knew it would be ) to introduce compulsory seat-belts . |
| 9 | This scared him , as I knew it would . |
| 10 | ‘ Sweet , ’ he murmured , ‘ as sweet as I knew it would be . ’ |
| 11 | She merely snorted , as I knew she would , and stared moodily at the blank of the comm . |
| 12 | ‘ Why lucky ? ’ she asked , as I knew she would . |
| 13 | ( This evening — as I knew I would and could — I coaxed and bullied him , and he wrote out a cheque for a hundred pounds , which he 's promised to send off tomorrow . |
| 14 | I was so disgusted with myself that I wanted to make myself suffer even more when I did — as I knew I would — break my word . |
| 15 | The next day , although I sprayed the pests , as I knew I must , I stood at arm 's length from the compost heap and wore jeans and high-rise trainers . |
| 16 | So , it was , it was , I , a as soon as I knew I 'd be teaching this I thought the only way |
| 17 | Sir Eustace Maxwell has turned traitor , as I knew he would , and has joined Balliol 's host there , with his own people from Caerlaverock and Dumfries and also the Comyn and Balliol levies from Galloway . |
| 18 | He rolled it between two fingers and tapped it on a thumbnail and generally fondled it as I knew he would for a good five minutes before lighting it . |
| 19 | Devastated … he 's completely smashed me to bits , she thought , just as I knew he would . |
| 20 | But she has fine qualities also — as I trust you will discover for yourself . |
| 21 | British Aluminium own the land , and as soon as I realised I would have to trespass with a car , my imagination started its fevered travail . |
| 22 | Okay I think we 'll as I thought we could actually start the discussion |
| 23 | ‘ You 're good at that , ’ said Robert , but he did n't sound , as I thought he might have done , condemnatory . |
| 24 | Getting on well with Matt — obviously there 's going to be some competition once we start work but he 's not half as paranoid as I thought he 'd be , a bit back-slapping , still I guess that 's Yanks for you . |
| 25 | If Robert knew it too , as I thought he must , he seemed not to care . |
| 26 | I was suddenly really upset as I thought I may never feel the baby moving inside me any more . |
| 27 | I find I am not as pleased by this as I thought I might be . |
| 28 | I 'm tired this morning , but not as tired as I thought I would be considering two nights out . |
| 29 | And , I got the great accolade the following season when he said , well you 're not as bad as I thought you would be ! |
| 30 | ‘ If you had come to England as I thought you would have done , ’ she interrupted frostily . |