Example sentences of "[adj] as [pers pn] be [v-ing] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ Hit-and-run as he was chasing me . |
| 2 | Unlike Michelle in Eastenders , my situation was quite different as I was going out with the father of my son . |
| 3 | Aye it is a good one , yeah , it 's very similar as I was telling my friend the other day to what we had before |
| 4 | Vast as I 'm feeling : like in a dream when you 're walking naked down the High Street . |
| 5 | He did not turn to the centre-spread of college colours until he was outside again , guessing that he would need the privacy of a crowded pavement in which to confront a discovery that was as chilling as it was unsurprising . |
| 6 | Well well I can say it now really four have taken the R S A one exam , and and did very well though very nervous but er er and but they sat there and they did it which was superb I mean we were as nervous as they were sitting in here . |
| 7 | But these that do it they must be bloody experienced at it they could do it so quick as they was doing it . |
| 8 | A warm draught blew across the platform , one which could only be a Mediterranean breeze or synthetically produced , the latter being more likely as we were standing under a dull winter 's day in London . |
| 9 | But we you know , one was one would be boiling the the white metal , we 'd we 'd fixed on the and er one would be boiling and pouring the stuff and the other cutting y you know breaking up the the mould sort of thing and piling the stuff out and as fast as we were piling them up , some beggar was creeping in and stealing them . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's not ethical as they are acting for the landlord , ’ he says . |
| 11 | You would drive her as potty as she 's driving you . |
| 12 | So make sure it 's safe , take your casualty from the cause , you may have to resuscitate , now if a person swallows something by mouth , there 's two types of poisons , one can go by mouth and one is er corrosive and the other is non-corrosive , but at the same time you have a liquid or tablets , now if it 's a corrosive liquid that you have swallowed or somebody has swallowed , it 's burning as it 's going down , and may I say in first aid you never ever on any circumstances make anybody sick er especially poisons , can you imagine if it 's burnt going down it 's probably perforated the food pipe and somebody comes along and overdoses on the water , because you can give sips of water for corrosive , well it 's because you 're trying to keep the airway open , if it 's burning , corrosive is burning you 'll get swelling , so this is why you give sips of water , but if you give too much your casualty will be sick and if it 's burnt going down and perforated the tubes and they 're bringing it up again it 's gon na burn coming up and go into those perforations that and cause further damage . |
| 13 | Forcing herself to sound as confident as she was trying to feel , she told Guido , ‘ I 've simply been busy , that 's all . ’ |
| 14 | Carson said , and he wished that he could be as confident as he was trying to sound . |
| 15 | I have met wonderful doctors who really cared for their old patients , but sometimes the doctors were dismissive and rude , believing that there was little point in wasting valuable resources on the elderly as they were going to die soon anyway . |
| 16 | This sort of circular debate , frequently widening out to involve others within and without the company , goes on until all are satisfied that the result is as good as they are going to get . |
| 17 | It is a pleasure for the coach to have two players as good as they are challenging for positions . |
| 18 | Generally , though , management 's view of the process had become ‘ it 's as good as it 's going to get . ’ |
| 19 | A If you put it in with another colour , all you get are ‘ streaks ’ which wo n't be much good as you are trying to change the colour . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's as good as you 're going to get , ’ he said silkily . |
| 21 | Peter Yeo , who had personally persuaded Barton of the presentational disadvantage of using words like ‘ darkies ’ , ‘ niggers ’ or ‘ wogs ’ , decided that ‘ immigrants ’ even though used in the manner of one invoking a curse , was as good as he was going to get with this particular client . |
| 22 | He would just look at her with those piercing eyes and make her feel as vulnerable as she was beginning to realise she was . |
| 23 | This was true , in a way , and his saying it made me sympathetic and tearful , but on the other hand I knew that if I had told him , his attitude would not have been as indulgent as he was pretending now . |
| 24 | And people do n't care what it is Geoff as long as they 're getting something , do they ? |
| 25 | As long as they 're filtering it that 's fair enough . |
| 26 | Yes , right , as long as they 're working , it 's half the battle . |
| 27 | In addition , tax breaks are promised for enterprises owned by artists ' unions and associations as long as they are operating for their prescribed purpose . |
| 28 | As long as they are doing their jobs I see no problems . ’ |
| 29 | I 've seen all kinds of horses win around Epsom as long as they are travelling well , ’ Cauthen said . |
| 30 | as long as they were coming to me |