Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] as [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm I mean as I said before , I do n't have relatives out in the Gulf , but I feel immensely for these men that are out there , men and women , and also for the news reporters , I mean nobody 's actually said what an awful job it must be for these news reporters and sort of camera crews that are actually erm doing this sort of wonderful job of bringing us back here all this information . |
| 2 | I mean as I say now , how can you turn round to a to a bloke who 's , well does n't matter what his on , eh , what , what ever his , his rate of pay is , how can you turn round to him and say you ca n't have more than seven per cent , and his got , his got something like a about twenty five , thirty per cent . |
| 3 | I mean as I say very very good . |
| 4 | ‘ Crilly , ’ I say as we lie together , ‘ when the nurse gave me the anaesthetic , she jabbed me so deep that I could feel it throbbing in my veins like an explosion , and it hurt like anything . |
| 5 | Strange the tricks that life plays , I mused as I drove home , popping the tape of madrigals into the player . |
| 6 | I noticed as he moved forwards , that he swung his head slightly from side to side . |
| 7 | No problem , I stand I stand as I did before and I accept that that 's extra . |
| 8 | I would make myself some tea , I decided as I packed away my papers , then walk over to the post office to make my call to Crispin . |
| 9 | What am I saying as we sit here talking about this rather strange difficulty that we find ourselves in ? |
| 10 | I counted as they twittered past . |
| 11 | So I thought as we 've still got the biggest guarantee I would go to it . |
| 12 | How extraordinary , I thought as we talked together , that this man 's theological understanding of justification by faith — in which he believed passionately — had no echo whatsoever in his life . |
| 13 | Fair enough , I thought as I walked home . |
| 14 | I think as you said earlier the wind is playing a big part in the game and I I would I would imagine er the Forest the Forest management 'll be very happy to get to half time no score . |
| 15 | I think as I said before , it would lessen the erm the measure of flexibility . |
| 16 | I smiled as I replied proudly , ‘ Sir , you do n't know much about European war . |
| 17 | I did as she asked then settled down again . |
| 18 | ‘ For all I know he 'll have disappeared already , ’ I said as we went downstairs . |
| 19 | ‘ Fine , I 'll see you later , ’ I said as she retreated briskly into the caravan . |
| 20 | Then I slept as I have never slept before or since , a deep , drugged sleep like an anaesthetic . |
| 21 | How do we know that the experience that we presume that other people have in their religion is what we ourselves experience as we come apparently empty-handed to it ? |
| 22 | Long Bridge in those days was quite a rickety wooden structure , which shook as you walked across . |
| 23 | ‘ What 's up with his lordship ? ’ she asked as she walked across to drop a kiss on her mother 's proffered cheek . |
| 24 | She trembled as he stared straight at her , and not with the cold . |
| 25 | ‘ Thank you , ’ she shouted as she went downstairs . |
| 26 | The heels of wine bottles were cold green moons she stroked as she slid past . |
| 27 | She behaved as she had never thought it would be possible for her to behave . |
| 28 | She hardly had the energy to acknowledge the odd ‘ Well done , Kelly ’ she heard as she walked slowly towards the car park . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ she repeated as she stared blindly down into her glass . |
| 30 | ‘ Was that in Poland ? ’ she repeated as she cleared away the food . |