Example sentences of "as we [verb] for a " in BNC.

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1 As we write for an instrument we must be playing it in our imagination , with the right bowings and fingerings , feeling the sensations of different registers , expressing ourselves through the different tones and timbres , the possibilities of legato , staccato , vibrato , etc .
2 We use the same word for a quality of material things as we use for a bodily sensation .
3 Things got off to a bad start anyway when my Reliant Robin was crushed by Pahdra Singh 's Bentley as we jostled for a parking place .
4 As we prepare for a new week 's challenges , may we too be contented , for the same reason as Paul , because our relationship with God is one of close fellowship ‘ in ’ Him .
5 That morning seemed endless as we waited for an ambulance to transport the most urgent cases to the hospital .
6 The Liberal Democrat candidate for Caerphilly yells after us as we sprint for a non-political platform .
7 We were in Hartlepool in the March of 1890 when Mr Frobisher , our then actor-manager , told us all as we assembled for a Monday morning rehearsal that he had secured the services of a great singer .
8 We get the same royalties for a CD as we do for a cassette
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