Example sentences of "as [pers pn] be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul Burrough was the happiest , as his was the only fish caught in his section , resulting in him scooping the same cash as the winner . |
| 2 | ‘ For as long as I am the champion I will not recognise or defend or fight for their dishonoured belt . ’ |
| 3 | Moderator I present the report , and must ask the clerk to move the deliverance as I am the corresponding member . |
| 4 | I declare an interest in this matter , as I am the parliamentary adviser to the National Licensed Victuallers Association . |
| 5 | Charles wanted his protégé in and as I was the resident ( and unpopular ) Baroque sculpture specialist , I happened to be in the way . |
| 6 | As I was the only child , the animals were my playmates . |
| 7 | The organiser had hysterics , telling me I could n't cancel as I was the biggest name on the bill . |
| 8 | I moved to clear it as I was the last defender in front of goal . |
| 9 | At night I tossed and turned to dreams of such emotional intensity that I went to work as tired as I was the day before . |
| 10 | No one had heard of access to ink print information in those days and as I was the only blind student there I did n't feel I had any support to ask for it to be made available . |
| 11 | From that time , he made it his ambition to become ‘ another Jack Johnson ’ , as he told me : ‘ It was a kind of inspiration to me as I was the only black kid in the area . |
| 12 | AS I was the only candidate , the post has been lost . |
| 13 | I can only suspect that the speed of my progress through the Division Lobby , as I was the second Member out that night , may have caused confusion . |
| 14 | And of course , as I 'm the Editor and set up the rules for these features , I can cheat a little bit over costs … |
| 15 | As you are the leading peer of the realm , surely you know the truth ! ’ |
| 16 | Erm a as you 're the project coordinator and I 'll , I 'll get it into the system ? |
| 17 | So all they 're asking really as you 're the landlords , do you have any objection to them building a new er mower store ? |
| 18 | In fact , it was n't until after we were married I knew he wanted to go out with me ’ ) , as she is the Yanks ( ‘ American tourists talk so loudly so they can be heard above their clothes ’ ) . |
| 19 | No wonder that the answer to the puzzle was AN EXCLUSIVE SCOOP and that is just what her entry has been for Ann Scudder of Dartford , Kent as she is the one to scoop up this fabulous prize . |
| 20 | There was no looking back ; I wanted to remember Fiona as she was the last time we met , standing in the doorway of the croft , her black hair blowing in the breeze as she waved me goodbye . |
| 21 | The mother was very distressed at the living arrangements as she was the housemaid for the whole extended family and had very little time to spend with her son . |
| 22 | To Lan 's astonishment her father signalled for her to approach the altar next ; as she was the youngest she had expected to go last , but her father was clearly singling Kim out for special treatment by allowing her to precede him . |
| 23 | We felt a little like prisoners and missed our privacy and independence ; my mother was the most aware of this feeling as she was the one who was most at home . |
| 24 | But , as she was the first to recognize , the products bore her name . |
| 25 | That 's because Ken forgot to photo photocopy the lyrics and they 're at his house , with some other stuff and they discussed what happened on T V last night , but Ethel starts to get really annoyed , seeing as she was the one turning up late , and like , she was on about , we 're paying a lot of money for this studio , let's use it . |
| 26 | Gwendoline had enjoyed it too , especially as she was the cause of it , though nobody knew that of course . |
| 27 | He would have them sell some peculiar stock , saying : " They 've given us this to get rid of , as we 're the top team . |
| 28 | And as we 're the one small Independent group which has no huge er group wrapped round us , then we 're clearly the most vulnerable . |
| 29 | At the moment only 2 of us are available to train in this hospital as we are the only ones ‘ certified ’ . |
| 30 | I mean if we are positively going to have junior church , we could say , Well could n't As we are the earlier , why ca n't they |