Example sentences of "[noun] as [pron] [verb] from my " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of his picture of refuse — at once alluring and repellant — Penn writes : ‘ Evening as I walked from my studio to the train station I saw at my feet a treasure of the city 's refuse , intriguing distorted forms of colour , stains and typography . |
| 2 | Of his pictures of refuse — at once alluring and repellent — Penn writes : ‘ Evening as I walked from my studio to the train station I saw at my feet a treasure of the city 's refuse , intriguing distorted forms of colour , stains and typography . |
| 3 | Your first problem as I recall from my masterly analysis , is that you have nowhere to live except a hotel that 's rapidly running out of vases . |
| 4 | I tried to get a better grip but to my horror my fingers began to run down the door like melting plasticine as I watched from my perilous vantage point . |
| 5 | I hope that he and his fellow enthusiasts of today will derive as much pleasure from looking back in 50 or 60 years ' time as I do from my battered old album . |