Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A disappointing result for United who totally dominated the first half and really after seeing that first forty five minutes , it was so difficult to see how they could not win three points , and this encounter against the Charlton side drew on the same number of points as them in the second division table . |
| 2 | Was anyone else as terrified as me at the prospect of the Scum getting the team of the year award last night ? |
| 3 | Once you 've lost as much money as me on the horses — then you come and give me a sermon on gambling , all right ? ’ |
| 4 | The common duty of care does not impose on an occupier any obligation to a visitor in respect of risks willingly accepted as his by the visitor … |
| 5 | Just the same as you with the other game . |
| 6 | In a properly balanced meal , only one dish should be really hot although chilli/cayenne may be present in others — much as we in the West indiscriminately use black pepper . |
| 7 | But if it was as clever and efficient as we in the West say it is , then one might expect it to have achieved much more . |
| 8 | People are already beginning to think of pre- and post-AIDS periods just as we in the seventies grew accustomed to thinking of pre- and post-gay liberation periods . |
| 9 | They would be on the same corridor as him in the Embassy 's accommodation annexe , and later they would talk through the case history together . |
| 10 | ‘ I longed to be as good as him in the schoolroom , ’ she says . |
| 11 | School friends who spent their summer holidays at the shieling have assured me that the cows were as alert as they to the seasons and the signs of preparation . |
| 12 | It currently has a service within the Fire Service wh which costs a certain amount and we ca n't presume and I would , I suspect that Councillor is is actually trying to do is to get in by the back door for cut that we will then be forced to make the March March March Committee well I hope that members of this at this this this Committee would reject that er suggestion as it at the last meeting . |
| 13 | The air was full of sounds — the jangle of reins or goat bells , noises — could they travel so far ? — of parties making for , perhaps already on , the lake ready to take advantage of the promised full moon , dog barkings , cow lowings , sheep , horses : the town and its fjords of fields was as restless as he with the hidden cries of the night . |
| 14 | They exchanged meaningful glances from time to time — and it was apparent that his brother was as troubled as he by the disturbing events . |
| 15 | Even worse , the European empires at least left behind them working administrative structures and moderately healthy economies , which meant that most of the ex-colonial countries have managed to maintain stable states and thriving economies — although , of course , not thriving as fast as ours in the west — but the Soviet empire is leaving no administration at all , only economic catastrophe . |
| 16 | these , these , your tiles are the same as ours in the bathroom have got slight raise on the edge |
| 17 | Impossible to connect such beauty as hers with the enjoyment of food . |
| 18 | Now did you say you 've got the same trouble as us with the conden , condensa |