Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The teacher can take on a role and introduce the information in role — as a messenger , as a member of the group , as an outsider , as someone giving orders . |
| 2 | Boro boss Lennie Lawrence said : ‘ As I feared weeks ago , Blackburn have established a clear lead and are threatening to run away with the championship . |
| 3 | By the operation of sod 's law I would n't mind betting that this nice old man will turn out to be a lovely companion and will treat me as I like men to treat me . |
| 4 | As much as I like dogs , I would n't do that . |
| 5 | You were mine — I knew that as soon as I set eyes on you . |
| 6 | But as soon as I set eyes on you all rational thought deserted me . |
| 7 | I cursed , crept towards the front hall , then stopped dead as I heard voices . |
| 8 | As I detest midges more than most things in life , leaving them to enjoy their open season for humans is no hardship either . |
| 9 | They are but not as I saw things at the time — I did n't think I would marry . |
| 10 | But the temptation to intervene grew nevertheless , particularly as I saw things turning against the innocent maidservant . |
| 11 | As I saw things — still see things — the thief had to be one of you here , one of the touring party , including your courier ’ ( heads swivelling again ) ‘ or one of the staff at The Randolph . |
| 12 | Thought , I reflect as I pull slices of it out and push them back , is as fundamental a constituent of the world as baked beans or demerara sugar . |
| 13 | As soon as I had complaints , I asked for detailed statistical material to be provided . |
| 14 | As I made inroads into both , I sussed the other punters and though the place was fairly quiet there were a couple of city gents in suits talking earnestly and drinking fast . |
| 15 | The date was first fixed as the 13th July , in International Eisteddfod week , as I thought members might like to take a look at the eisteddfod after a ride on the train . |
| 16 | As far as I know computers have not yet been brought to bear on the Synoptic Problem which has been tossed around for a century . |
| 17 | As I hope others will see fit to so do with my own records … |
| 18 | I told them , as I tell alumni wherever I meet them , that the best thing you can do for the University is to remember its strengths , and in your normal professional and daily lives to be prepared to speak up on the University 's behalf when you think it is appropriate . |
| 19 | As I tell children in primary schools , I was six when I had my first piece published . |
| 20 | As I understand things , and I work from what I know to what I do n't know anyone ordained an elder following these guidelines is recognised as an elder within the United Reform Church and within the Presbyterian Church of Wales . |
| 21 | As I understand matters , if planning consent was issued for Phase 1 , Service Inns , it ought to have been subject to at least one , if not two , Section 50 Agreements , as well as subject to the site investigation you referred to . |
| 22 | Filmer , I was interested to see as I distributed glasses , was smiling pleasantly in all directions , when the last thing he probably wanted was the enormous smash-hit the train enterprise was proving . |
| 23 | My casual posture , feet crossed and resting 3 ft ( 914.5 mm ) high up the door frame of the train carriage , my wry chuckling as I conceive notions for this wee book , certainly have had an effect on the middle aged Polish man and his Welsh wife who sit opposite each other at the window . |
| 24 | So we were faced with this very competitive market situation and as I say prices and we are really being squeezed on the price front and it was very difficult to get any form of increase in the er in the fees that we were being charged , that we were charging . |
| 25 | erm , my name 's from Edinburgh a couple of jobs one which is the sort of presentations I do tends to be one to one the hardest one for me as I say meetings with quite a lot of people there |
| 26 | Well it depended er the reason I left that blank as I wondered companies take that meaning different things . |
| 27 | As I grow chrysanths we have to do erm I 'm not getting the right word . |
| 28 | He retaliates by wishing : ( " That you should have as many cunts as I have pricks on me " ) |
| 29 | Although I thought the Callanetics course was very good for small groups , it was unsuitable for my ladies as I have members of all shapes and sizes , whose ages range from 14–83 . |
| 30 | As sure as I have tusks , this is ontology on the hoof . |