Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 P P G three , the revised P P G three when it came out clearly , in my opinion changes the emphasis from the draft P P G three from the draft P P G three , paragraphs thirty two and thirty three which I would emphasize should to be read together , clearly indicates that new settlements are as someone said this morning , sorry , earlier in the discussion today , an issue of last resort .
2 I not only feel it to be the most relevant magazine to the industry I work in — the consumer finance sector — but have also found the appointments section excellent , especially as I secured new employment through it after being made redundant .
3 I would prefer to see a straight Rocky-Strachan swap ( as I expected last year ) but I guess the wee man is still playing to well for this .
4 Geraldine read us a short story and , as I had each contraction , I 'd kneel over a bean bag .
5 At first I thought it was piles , as I had terrible itching round my anus .
6 I then pointed out to him that I strongly deprecated a dissolution at this moment as I had implicit confidence in him and in the Conservative Party now in power , and I considered that as most countries in Europe , if not in the world , were in a chaotic and indeed dangerous state , it would be a pity if this country were to be plunged into the turmoil of a General Election on a question of domestic policy which will arouse all the old traditional bitterness of the hard fought battles between Protection and Free Trade : also that it was quite possible that his majority might be reduced , or that he might not get a majority at all .
7 And as I had this urge to correct manuscripts as I went along , and could n't read his handwriting , and did n't know the first thing about Roman Britain , you can imagine he felt obliged to educate me .
8 They are not , as I had some apprehension , gold striped , or jewelled , ( the pipes , I mean ) .
9 The rage and hatred I felt as I wrote this letter was terrifying , like a sudden , violent illness .
10 Gray also reported making three sales ‘ three times as many as I made last year ’ .
11 As the spend over the three years will be more than that — last year 's spend was £17 million and I expect this year 's to be £25 million , making a total of £42 million — I suppose that I could give my hon. Friend the assurance that he seeks , but even if our figures were so way out that I could be caught on that commitment , when I consider the matter next May — assuming that the burden still falls to me to do so — I would have to make the same calculation as I made this year .
12 People left smiling and as I passed one lady on her way down the hill she grinned at me and said ‘ Perfick ’ !
13 Okay the so as I said earlier opening K channels will hyperpolarize the membrane .
14 A as I said this morning t to the management team it is available .
15 As I said this morning does n't oppose er in principle the idea of of of er an exceptions policy .
16 As I said last year , there were quite a few people out on the walkways , so it was very rarely you got anybody walking through .
17 erm , freehold parks , as I said last year we bought nine million pounds worth of freehold now
18 As I said last year at the Whitbread and Company conference on employee volunteering .
19 As I said last night , it 's diversion as opposed to MUF .
20 As I said last week , he c he er made it appear to the British that he s sought to control the channel ports and with a large navy was then capable of interfering with our trade and in in indeed mounting an invasion , and that brought Britain into a war which could not be ended until the Germans sued for surrender and vice versa .
21 The introduction of new services will always be part of our strategy and as I said last time the water saving service has moved well in the year .
22 As I went one way she must have gone the other .
23 As I went one way , and he another , I heard him say cheerfully to the gentlemen , ‘ Mason 's already left .
24 I asked if she remembered Old Red , and described meeting him in the subway , but not his current reputation , for that would have been less than tactful , as I hoped one day to marry them off , and unfair , since he had been so pleasant to me .
25 As soon as I adopted this expedient , my interviews were quite transformed . ’
26 Such an attitude required fresh springs of energy , and the effect — I was delighted to sense it as I woke each day — was to make me more bouncy and mettlesome than I had been for weeks .
27 As I discovered this arrangement , I began to feel almost sorry for any potential thief .
28 Items can be sent to my home address by the second week in September , this will give me time to price and size them , a major job as I discovered last time and I will send you the figure of money raised by the end of October .
29 I guaranteed a starting price so long as I got last refusal — he was auctioning the piece .
30 As I became chief executive there was a change of policy .
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