Example sentences of "as [pers pn] be [verb] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I shall not give way as I am responding specifically to the hon. Gentleman 's speech . |
| 2 | ‘ But I am very disappointed as I was looking forward to going to the West Indies and seeing what promised to be a great series . ’ |
| 3 | Shifty-Eyes could n't do much about it as I was hanging on to his foot . |
| 4 | In addition , I have not had the opportunity to read ’ Erskine May ’ during the debate , as I was listening attentively to contributors . |
| 5 | As I was going up to my cell it all hit me — am I ever going to get my daughter back ? |
| 6 | And it was Alice , right , and as I was going out to the door , she said to Alice , Alice must have said to her , are we going tonight ? |
| 7 | Just as I was put through to you I had the idea of reaching out to take one of these pencils and to tear off one of the canvass-returns as a notepad . |
| 8 | As I was walking up to his house two young bearded men in jeans and sweaters got out of a car and ran towards me . |
| 9 | As I was walking over to the piano I was thinking , ‘ Should I really be doing this ? ’ |
| 10 | But as I was coming up to London to work in more formal circumstances I selected my new skirt , which is somewhat smoother and less worn , together with my new pullover — oh , no , how odd , this is my old pullover — but — ah , now I remember , yes , worn over a cotton shirt — which again is something smooth . |
| 11 | From the age of about six months , your baby will enjoy splashing and kicking in the bath , as long as you are holding on to her . |
| 12 | used to be er , you know as you 're going down to infirmary down from you turn right on the road do n't you ? |
| 13 | Round she went , mouth slightly parted , eyes seeing who knew what in that circle of lights running into a liquid line as the machine quickened ; in the faces , all one blur below her as she was swung out to them and back away from them again ; in the dark caverns of leaves away above in the trees which seemed so distant , so other , lit in strange patches by the wandering spotlights , strange shadows feeling their way over branches as the lighted islands in the gathering dark turned and twirled , swayed , shuddered , slowed and came to rest . |
| 14 | Jenna looked back over her shoulder a little anxiously as she was led firmly to the door . |
| 15 | One morning as she was rushing back to the changing rooms one of the models slipped and twisted her ankle . |
| 16 | As she was drugged up to the eyeballs on arrival , she had n't yet gone into shock but they were expecting it and , if she survived , then miracles could be performed . |
| 17 | As we were stepping on to the adjoining barge , the man on the bench called out to us . |
| 18 | The telephone would ring at one o'clock , just as we were sitting down to lunch . |
| 19 | He took me out last Sunday and I said as we were driving over to Lavenham , I said an early would be much appreciated , I said I cooked the Sunday Lunch for my lodgers , but I have n't , in fact , had any myself he said you 've got to have a high tea , he said you must have a proper meal and he ordered up salad and a a ham salad and have this and have that and have the other , where as some of them like this chap Gerald who was erm sent me by one of the other agencies the first time we went out he took me to a meal and he obviously felt that quite enough , after that he used to come out to see me after he 'd had his meal meanness , hanging onto money ! |
| 20 | Just as we were coming up to the laundry , Kaptan broke free of the Corporal and ran down the side of the building . |
| 21 | But on that morning my happiness was clouded by something he said to me as we were walking home to lunch : ‘ Your parents know about you , Jim — you know that , do n't you ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ To witch a mother 's face as they 're read back to her , even though she 's read them for herself … the parent I was sitting with was shaking her head and crying . |
| 23 | I have to conclude that Leeds did nt play as bad as they were made out to . |
| 24 | ENGLAND men failed to turn their silver into gold in the European Championships in Stuttgart last night as they were brought down to earth 4–1 by Sweden in the final of the men 's team event . |
| 25 | However , the Doctor was happy as they were brought directly to the industrial centre of the world . |
| 26 | The Reiterhof is a large hotel with plenty of facilities , and is well suited for walkers as it is located close to the mountain cable car . |
| 27 | Admittedly , one has to stoop down to smell a low shrub , but that is not such a problem for most of us as it is to struggle through to the middle of a bed . |
| 28 | Life is not as glamorous as it is cracked up to be on Tour . |
| 29 | K. islandica could have been affected by competition and loss of habitat , as it is confined today to very open , mildly basic wet gravel flushes and , more rarely , fine-grained screes on Skye and Mull . |
| 30 | ‘ All this modelling is n't half as glamorous as it 's made out to be . |