Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [vb past] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | By mid — 1943 it was made very clear to the Main Force Groups that their " selection " was unacceptable as I sent more crews back than we kept . |
2 | Well as I indicated these forms are as unpalatable as they are |
3 | As I heard more stories about the measuring rod , not just from Alec but from other boys as well , I began to realise that it would be as big a problem for me as it always was for Alec . |
4 | Geraldine read us a short story and , as I had each contraction , I 'd kneel over a bean bag . |
5 | No , I was , I was , came over all , I did n't feel right when I got up in the morning , I 'll try and park outside Westgate , I did n't feel right when I got up in the morning , Kelly get round , yes I can go and oh find Robert erm , yeah I did n't feel right in the morning , but as soon as the day went on as soon as I had this salmon salad , sandwich , and Rob said to me well you sure it was n't that , cos he said sometimes that salmon could make people feel a bit , nothing wrong with that , it 's just a tin of salmon , you know . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | They are not , as I had some apprehension , gold striped , or jewelled , ( the pipes , I mean ) . |
8 | The rage and hatred I felt as I wrote this letter was terrifying , like a sudden , violent illness . |
9 | As I made these suggestions to her , I was continually reminding her that she was feeling very relaxed and comfortable and that she was in complete control of the situation and need do nothing ( even in her imagination ) that she did not choose to . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | As I thought these things , I looked up at the window . |
12 | My guns were inspected and a statement was taken from all the crew and I was released , as I said many times later , " without prejudice " , but darkly adding " subject to re-arrest " . |
13 | As I said some moments ago , we have strengthened the law requiring trustees to disclose key information to members , to pensioners and to trade unions . |
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 soon as I adopted this expedient , my interviews were quite transformed . ’ |
17 | 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 . |
18 | As I discovered this arrangement , I began to feel almost sorry for any potential thief . |
19 | ‘ It was all the same and Emily watched me as I poured each cup . |
20 | I am well aware of my hon. Friend 's constituency interest as I visited that company and know how good it is . |
21 | As the Daily Express noted : ‘ Much as I disliked this film and its cheap exploitation of suffering and illness , I must concede that it has been made with the dead-on professionalism that is characteristic of the other ‘ Carry Ons . ’ ’ |
22 | I do not at this precise moment , therefore , feel quite as wretched as I did this morning after using the public telephone or as bewildered and terrorized as I did this afternoon while sitting half-frozen on the trembling suspension bridge across the sleazy Thames . |
23 | I do not at this precise moment , therefore , feel quite as wretched as I did this morning after using the public telephone or as bewildered and terrorized as I did this afternoon while sitting half-frozen on the trembling suspension bridge across the sleazy Thames . |
24 | It is with such men as it is with the English landscape seen at its best as I did this morning : when one encounters them , one simply knows one is in the presence of greatness . |
25 | Erm and erm I do n't think that on the to go on about affordable housing as I did this morning , I do n't think that in fact the affordable housing targets which the different authorities have and although I 've only quoted four authorities I think , I think the other ones will be very much the same . |
26 | Shall I pick you up at the same time as I did this morning ? ’ |
27 | Every day as I bought these papers more photographs involving the big two appeared and not one of any local side . |
28 | As I mentioned those tutors are possibly unrivalled in the world of trade union education . |
29 | A further advantage of using ( as I mentioned several times before ) is that we get rid of the vectorial nature of the problem . |
30 | Er it yes it it 's true to tell , gone on record on several occasions saying in terms of environmental capacity there 's the potential within Selby district to accommodate eleven and a half thousand dwellings , however I did later qualify those comments with reference to the emerging local plan , which is the main vehicle we 've we 've got for identifying potential development sites and the the qualification was that was that land is not necessarily available in in the right places , to enable us to make a a reasonable distribution for development in accordance with P P G advice , so that the question of a new settlement remains an extremely attractive option for Selby District , and as I mentioned this morning , in terms of whi we would be approximately eight hundred and fifty dwelli whi we would be approximately eight hundred and fifty dwellings short , in any case , erm |