Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 9.30am the campsite was buzzing with anticipation as everyone made sure that their equipment was working . |
| 2 | P P G three , the revised P P G three when it came out clearly , in my opinion changes the emphasis from the draft P P G three from the draft P P G three , paragraphs thirty two and thirty three which I would emphasize should to be read together , clearly indicates that new settlements are as someone said this morning , sorry , earlier in the discussion today , an issue of last resort . |
| 3 | She sat facing me : calm , sympathetic , but at a distance I had no way of negotiating , as I listened dismayed to what she revealed of those islands , that lost continent . |
| 4 | I sighed heavily as I looked first at one and then at the other while we made our slow way down the main street , past Woolworth and the traffic lights . |
| 5 | Because er as far as I 'd concerned I 'd never heard of air raids before hand you know , know I had n't and I was , as I say , I was only nine and a half I know but er , I did use to speak to a lot more people than most , er lads of that age did like , you know . |
| 6 | I not only feel it to be the most relevant magazine to the industry I work in — the consumer finance sector — but have also found the appointments section excellent , especially as I secured new employment through it after being made redundant . |
| 7 | As I knew this , there was no excuse for the way I behaved . |
| 8 | Instead of being supported by the teaching staff , I was criticised for my actions , and consequently decided it would be best to keep quiet about such incidents during my training , as I knew any real change could only be made from within the profession . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Well as I indicated these forms are as unpalatable as they are |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | As soon as I heard this , I went there and found his room . |
| 13 | As soon as I saw this , I dialled 999 and took her out to the studio in the stables where I live . |
| 14 | I would prefer to see a straight Rocky-Strachan swap ( as I expected last year ) but I guess the wee man is still playing to well for this . |
| 15 | As I struggled free he thrust an envelope into my mouth and then drove off . |
| 16 | Geraldine read us a short story and , as I had each contraction , I 'd kneel over a bean bag . |
| 17 | At first I thought it was piles , as I had terrible itching round my anus . |
| 18 | I then pointed out to him that I strongly deprecated a dissolution at this moment as I had implicit confidence in him and in the Conservative Party now in power , and I considered that as most countries in Europe , if not in the world , were in a chaotic and indeed dangerous state , it would be a pity if this country were to be plunged into the turmoil of a General Election on a question of domestic policy which will arouse all the old traditional bitterness of the hard fought battles between Protection and Free Trade : also that it was quite possible that his majority might be reduced , or that he might not get a majority at all . |
| 19 | Donna 's leader on the DTS is the same as I had 5 years ago ! |
| 20 | The Spartan asceticism in the attic as I had first experienced it was giving way to small comforts . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | They are not , as I had some apprehension , gold striped , or jewelled , ( the pipes , I mean ) . |
| 24 | ( ‘ Felt upset as I wrote this one down . ’ ) |
| 25 | The rage and hatred I felt as I wrote this letter was terrifying , like a sudden , violent illness . |
| 26 | but as I wrote this and you know put in the acc th the conflict , it came up to two thousand five hundred words and I taped it and timed it and I 've been butchering it and cutting out all the really nice little sentences and the nice sentences and I 've got it down to two one sixty and now with that announcement on the end , as I 've got it taped , it 's fourteen minutes fifty-nine seconds for a fifteen minute slot , so it 's about as precise as you 're gon na get it . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Gray also reported making three sales ‘ three times as many as I made last year ’ . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | As I made clear to my officers at that briefing , I expected — and received — the very highest standards of policing , sensitivity and courtesy . |