Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb base] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ricardo shows great patience with me as I reach for the dictionary or , using a book and his long fingers , he makes the rituals clear to me . |
| 2 | Wiggen , one of my wheel dog pair , a monster of a dog weighing nearly thirty-five kilograms , jumps all over me as I go for him . |
| 3 | But sometimes I get cut up by another vehicle as I go for a space — and it 's always a man . ’ |
| 4 | Now , in these quiet moments as I wait for the world about to awake , I find myself going over in my mind again passages from Miss Kenton 's letter . |
| 5 | I take advantage of the silence as I wait for the punch-line to review the facts and fictions of the short story of Dudley Moore 's life . |
| 6 | Okay well we 're waiting as far as I know for the money to come |
| 7 | The tackle and techniques I used were exactly the same as I use for pike in the UK . |
| 8 | But as I turn for home through the valley meadows , with rooks massing above the woods on either side , I begin to strike lucky . |
| 9 | Deliver him into my hands now and I swear , as I hope for salvation , that you will never have cause to regret it . |
| 10 | I 'm fond of Cora-Beth , very fond , but it is n't the same as I feel for Madeleine and somehow I 'll have to explain that to her . |
| 11 | One as I say for seventy crackers . |
| 12 | but that , as I say for England and France erm they closed it for some reason |
| 13 | Even as I snatch for weapons , whip-tendrils seize my wrists and my neck . |
| 14 | As I head for the exit , Bob shouts back : ‘ How do you look in school uniform ? ’ and we both laugh . |
| 15 | If I 'm going to a club I will wear much the same as I wear for work . |
| 16 | I do n't know how to put into words the very great depth of gratitude that I owe for his patience , for his advice , and for his friendship , but most of all the love and respect that I , as I have for him . |
| 17 | ‘ But I know I am not going to get as many goals as I do for England . |
| 18 | Working as I do for a technically based industry , I hope I may be forgiven for believing that almost anything can be achieved through technology , if we are dear enough about what is needed . |
| 19 | What am I wearing as I pine for the future , |
| 20 | Cos I have n't said that my MP can have a pay rise , and as I vote for my M P , and you vote for your M P , they have to ask us first as far as I 'm concerned . |
| 21 | As I search for it on the pavement , one of the girls says , ‘ Look at the yid licking the gutters for pennies . ’ |
| 22 | From the purchasers ' point of view , auctions can also be attractive — if slightly nerve-racking as you wait for bidding to start for the house of your dreams . |
| 23 | Also , if you consider yourself to be faster than the pathfinder board , it is worth starting early , since as you wait for him to reach you , you could be sailing that part faster than him . |
| 24 | as soon as you know for definite |
| 25 | ‘ I will do as you ask for now — jet lag is catching up with me — but I warn you not to try to disappear ; your every move will be known to me almost before you make it . ’ |
| 26 | As you prepare for the change in 1990 you should bear in mind that further regulations on the new Business Rate are still to be published . |
| 27 | Indeed , you will learn many things which will be of great benefit to you , not only in your later years in School , but also as you prepare for ‘ life in society ’ . |
| 28 | The main route , travelling in an anti-clockwise direction , covers approximately 40 miles , so allow an hour or so for driving and as long as you like for stops ! |
| 29 | Choose as many as you like for £3.95 . |
| 30 | and you can go on it anywhere as far as you like for forty pence . |