Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [be] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She was standing outside , on the deck overlooking the lake , as I was on the phone . |
| 2 | I knew I would never finish a book so long as I was on the North Shore , either . |
| 3 | there 's a horse erm in some of the fields just coming out of Morpeth towards Newcastle and I saw , pardon me as I was on the bus like yesterday coming into Morpeth and this horse just shot out of nowhere and it was really enjoying itself ! |
| 4 | No as as I say Doctor , I do n't Same as I was on the valium , you know |
| 5 | But just as I was on the point of giving up , the honking bus swerved past me . |
| 6 | It 's going to be much colder at altitude than on the ground , but one help is the fact that you move with the wind , so you do n't get so much of a wind chill factor as you are on the ground , and we 'll be putting on extra layers when we actually take off , so we hope we 'll be warm enough . |
| 7 | You 're exactly as you were on the day we met . ’ |
| 8 | As soon as she was on the road she began to run . |
| 9 | As long as she was on the train she was safe . |
| 10 | As we 're on the subject of complaints , I might as well say that we 've had one from Naomi Marks . |
| 11 | And then finally , there 's also a temptation if , as we are on the B B C part of a large corporation , and , and you are as well , your various councils , there is a temptation to get into procedural jargon . |
| 12 | Just as we are on the way out of the desert , it would be plain daft to turn back because someone thinks they have seen a hazy mirage on the horizon . ’ |
| 13 | Sitting as we are on the end of the millennium , there is bound to be a lot of reflective soul searching . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , just as we were on the verge of starting an affair , he heard that I had other irons in the fire . ’ |
| 15 | Well , I will resume , if er in is a Parish Council , we will deal with the the orders of planning as they are on the agenda , which is a car park and the Reindeer . |
| 16 | Obviously I do n't do that with every song because a lot of people like to hear certain things as they are on the record . |
| 17 | These homemade videos are often as rough-looking inside as they are on the outside . |
| 18 | You can send as many entries as you like — as long as they are on the Echo 's official coupon . |
| 19 | With engines close to the centre of the aircraft body there is very little asymmetric force being exerted when only one engine is producing thrust but with engines widely spaced in the wings , as they are on the Canberra , there is a great deal of thrust on one side and nothing on the other to counterbalance it . |
| 20 | It is not merely that Parliament fails to keep old law under continuous revision ; it loses interest in its new creations as soon as they are on the statute book . |
| 21 | And then just as they 're on The Chair , they suddenly accelerate violently , to pop over it . |
| 22 | The concert required considerable stamina from both players , as they were on the platform virtually throughout the concert , with Craig alternating between the organ and harpsichord continuo parts and Paul playing orchestral parts when he was not playing solo . |
| 23 | Michael sniggered behind Moran as soon as they were on the road together but it drew such a quelling look from Maggie that he went quiet . |
| 24 | In the same Record Offices there may exist — but in much smaller numbers — even more interesting maps which show the lay-out of the village and its open fields , with every strip separately shown , and all the other features of the fields , as they were on the eve of the enclosure . |
| 25 | It was exhilarating because they were just as good in the flesh as they were on the wireless . |
| 26 | ‘ You know so much about farming , ’ Theodora said as they were on the point of parting . |
| 27 | Am I all right , as they were on the point of asking ? |
| 28 | The often surprising results of the January Old Master drawing sales in New York revealed that it is just as easy to overspend on a drawing as it is on a painting , and conversely , that despite high prices for a few grand names , drawings still remain a little understood and modestly priced field . |
| 29 | Based as it is on the north western edge of Snowdonia the centre is an ideal base for all kinds of climbing . |
| 30 | I do n't know how you normally do this for overseas payments : possibly take the rate of exchange as it is on the day of cheque request ? |