Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is also quite charming , with an attractive dry sense of humour , as I soon discovered over a beautifully prepared meal at his spacious London home . |
| 2 | Although , as I soon found out , the Russians themselves were models of inefficiency and poor organization , they nevertheless believed that anything that went wrong was a deliberate act of sabotage rather than the normal sort of mistake which occurs in every large organization . |
| 3 | I do n't mind , I do n't mind so long as I just get out a bit on , into town and |
| 4 | I was near exhaustion as I slowly toiled up the incline beyond . |
| 5 | As I shakily set down my glass , with a new attack of the clammy sweats seeping into my shirt , things grew more terrifying . |
| 6 | I left my sack for a third time clipped to Sal and relished the cool caress of wind around my back as I finally found out how to enjoy myself on the steep granite of the ridge . |
| 7 | The snow is much worse as I finally move out , and the only consolation for the time it has taken is being alone , and arriving late so that the others have already begun on the tent and wood collecting . |
| 8 | Jamie caught me as I almost fell over . |
| 9 | As I then pointed out , finding the character of the Abbot is what the child in the Durham Cathedral play is not required to do . |
| 10 | I I forget people , I forget but then , you see , as I never go out . |
| 11 | I 'd certainly like to have played one-day cricket , as I always got on with it . |
| 12 | As I gingerly stepped on to one last narrow slab , I met someone I knew walking the other way . |
| 13 | ‘ As you just pointed out so succinctly , I am early , so would you mind if I come in and wait ? ’ |
| 14 | It was the birthplace as you soon find out of Marshal Foch , supreme commander on the western front in the later stages of the First World War , who has here an equestrian statue , a main street named after him and a small museum in the house where he was born in 1851 . |
| 15 | You blame him for saddling Barclays de Zoete Wedd with high overhead costs in putting our brokerage firm and our banking operations together in one building , a building which houses a number of our competitors , as you also point out . |
| 16 | Your leading hand slaps down on the punch as you simultaneously punch over the top and into the opponent 's face . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm not a big one for trying to work out all the results — there 's no point as you only end up kidding yourself . |
| 18 | When performed well , as well as looking good , it produces a sense of well-being as you smoothly come out of the turn at speed . |
| 19 | Of course you can deviate occasionally , as long as you always come back to the diet as a routine . |
| 20 | A The disease you refer to is called Lyme Disease and , as you rightly point out , it can affect people and other animals . |
| 21 | How is it done , by whom , who thinks about it , is it planned , is there support , and for that reason we are arranging a meeting , Frank , together with the Health Authority with all those agencies who do place people , sometimes quite sick people as you rightly point out . |
| 22 | Constance felt let down but , more , she was overcome with indignant self-pity as she slowly cycled back along the drive that linked the Hall to the main road . |
| 23 | However , she is quite dolorous , and sighting her , or hearing her crying as she slowly shuffles by , are both very bad omens . |
| 24 | As the second show was coming to an end , Lucy sat herself in the makeup chair and made a sullen face and checked her watch frequently , with the idea that Josie should catch her doing it as she finally came in through the door . |
| 25 | Her hair was a tangled mess as she finally stumbled on to the path the guerrillas had used . |
| 26 | Easy for him to say that , Merrill thought , as she thankfully sat down at her desk after he 'd left . |
| 27 | Cherry Reksten was dragged to the ground by the 23 stone giant as she frantically scrambled up a tree in a bid to escape . |
| 28 | He caught her appalled expression as she hastily looked up . |
| 29 | In fact , Kitty was the only one of the three who had enough time off during the day to help out on the barrow , but as she never got up until the sun rose and slipped away long before it had set , she still was n't what Granpa would have called an asset . |
| 30 | Not Pompeian red , as she sometimes points out : it is less blue , slightly more flame , more orange coloured . |