Example sentences of "[adj] as [pers pn] have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We shall assume that the syntactic positions for adjectives in English are as below ; we give first the intensional pattern of which each is the surface exponent , as well as an example for each , and also an instance which is ungrammatical and where we shall later be able to suggest reasons for the ungrammaticality ; in each case we shall underline in the intensional pattern the property which is instantiated by the adjective , merely for clarification and not as an integral part of the notation : [ P E ] prenominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : adjective + noun as in hungry passengers ; but note that *asleep kittens is ungrammatical { [ E ] ( P ) } ordinary predicative position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + be + adjective as in the critics were upset ; but note that her husband was mere is ungrammatical [ E P ] postnominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + adjective as in the crimes alleged ; but note that the road wide is ungrammatical ( ( P E ) P ) predicate qualifying position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + noun phrase + adjective as in he brought his gun loaded ; but note that she uses her mixer lightweight is ungrammatical [ E ( P P ) ] postverbal position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + adjective as in the crowd remained angry ; but note that his brother resisted obstinate is ungrammatical ( ( P P ) E ) adverbal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : verb + noun phrase + adjective as in Ali rubbed the lamp clean ; but note that Mark resembles the officer sinister is ungrammatical ( P { E P } ) clausal position = surface syntactic sequence : verb + noun phrase ( + be ) + adjective as in he considers the prosecution case hopeless but note that Sue reported the prizes aplenty is ungrammatical { E P } P extraclausal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : adjective + clause as in furious , the king ordered many arrests but note that furious , the king had three wives is ungrammatical As we have said , these are the adjectival positions of English ( and possibly of any natural human language ) . |
| 2 | Embroidery scissors are excellent for this as they have pointed blades . |
| 3 | okay well I think we 'll er , we 'll probably have to stop this as we 've run out of time , let me , let me ask the people here one final question , are you in love right now ? , button one for yes and button two for no my goodness , sixty two people are rushing home , the other thirty eight |
| 4 | ‘ We ( in the USA ) could organise stockholder resolutions and protests about this as we have done with the Nestle company and others on the use of infant formula in developing nations where such distribution has a negative effect on the health of children , ’ writes Dr Chain . |
| 5 | In a purely agricultural context ( and MAFF has only very recently recognised others ) it is sensible to provide an incentive for increased agricultural production but this as we have seen is clearly not an objective of the LFA Directive . |
| 6 | They have n't got one and I 'll s er say this as I 've said everything on the wireless or anything , whatever I 've said I 'll say to their face , and I can slot the num perhaps they ca n't prove everything but you know it 's there . |
| 7 | But this as I have suggested poses massive theoretical problems , particularly in the attempt at a materialist position which would locate variations within changing social relations . |
| 8 | On the carpet by the tallboy were several red carnations , as fresh as they had come from the florist , and beside them , a shattered glass spill . |
| 9 | All through the '70s I 'd wanted to be in a rock band and I ended up doing it and it was nothing like as exciting as I 'd imagined it from reading and listening to records . |
| 10 | The transmat journey had been as brief , uneventful and nauseating as she had expected . |
| 11 | The city spread out below her looked so calm , almost as calm as she had felt such a little time before . |
| 12 | Looking back on it I could not figure out what went wrong as I had done exactly as instructed but nobody had ever really said much about fallen trees or currents and especially not in such a small part of the river . |
| 13 | He was younger than she had supposed from Jenny 's description — in his early thirties , and as good-looking as she had expected . |
| 14 | Just one glance had told Muldoon that they were very far from being as generous as he had encouraged Mark to believe . |
| 15 | I was not perhaps as gutless as I had assumed . |
| 16 | Sean was smug to be the source of information but somehow disconcerted that Benny did n't get embarrassed as he had thought she would . |
| 17 | and it 's going to be a record , simply a record of erm , English as it 's spoken in nineteen ninety one , I 've got a little blurb on it which I 'll show you . |
| 18 | Memories of her did n't seem as painful as he had imagined . |
| 19 | The game is very playable and the graphics are flicker free as we have come to expect from the top shareware authors . |
| 20 | 2 As they have pondered on the growth of state intervention ( which they largely regard as undesirable ) so they have come to bemoan the absence of legal limitations on parliamentary sovereignty and competence which could hold that intervention in check . |
| 21 | Was she as old as he 'd thought ? |
| 22 | Given the choice now , he wished the old holidays could be taken again , that things were not as different as they had become . |
| 23 | But while Wainfleet 's apology had been specious and he really did not see what all the fuss was about , he was not quite as carefree as he had let them think . |
| 24 | I sang , pondering whether my thanks were as spontaneous as I had thought or whether I was just too scared to complain . |
| 25 | point six million er from reserves er and the additional as we have said this to er our traffic calming proposals . |
| 26 | dying as it has done on other nights |
| 27 | It was held by the House of Lords that the defendants were not negligent as they had conformed to a practice approved by one responsible body of medical opinion . |
| 28 | In many ways I was greatly relieved as it had become obvious to me that he was n't well . |
| 29 | ‘ Wait , calm yourself , sabiha tieghi , my beautiful one , ’ he teased softly , unbuttoning his shirt with fingers which shook almost as much as hers had done . |
| 30 | The fields became parched and brown and the cattle required additional concentrate feed much as they had done the previous year . |