Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb past] [pron] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I knew as soon as I saw you that you were nothing but a piece of filth ! |
| 2 | I realized as soon as I said it that I did n't want to hear the reply . |
| 3 | Ah yes , but now that 's very interesting because that 's not the same as was the old regulation with the H N D recognition with Napier , and it used to be as I understood it that you had to actually be in membership and leave a period of time between doing the certificate and the diploma . |
| 4 | Afterwards he simply said : ‘ It was my biggest achievement yet and I was not at all disappointed as I did something that I thought was beyond me . |
| 5 | ‘ Thank you , ’ Theda said , aware as she took it that her fingers quivered . |
| 6 | ‘ Of course I 'll come back to the Dordogne to see you , ’ Jenna promised , knowing as she said it that she could never face Alain again . |
| 7 | We went on listening as she informed us that she had progressed from the easy-peasies such as Keats and Dickens to the Russian heavy brigade . |
| 8 | ‘ We had the mare to break early this year , ’ said rider Barbara Gallimore , ‘ and knew as soon as we saw her that she would win Olympia . |
| 9 | It did not reassure his European allies as much as it did him that their continued existence , as sitting targets in any exchange of fire , depended on his skills as a bluffer . |
| 10 | As he told me that he had killed perhaps ten , eleven or twelve people during the course of the war . |
| 11 | Lucifer 's face was so devil-like as he said it that he frightened even Izzie , a thing he had never done on stage . |
| 12 | Cornelius found the habit mildly annoying , but as he prided himself that he could get through any interview with Mr Yarrow without uttering a single word , he refrained from comment . |
| 13 | He silently toasted Dowd as he talked , knowing as he sipped it that there 'd be bloodshed before Christmas Day dawned . |