Example sentences of "as [pron] [modal v] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you attend that meeting I shall be forced to treat you as I shall treat the others . |
| 2 | I grip the baseball bat with a hand at either end as I would grip the handlebars of a bike . |
| 3 | I can not explain the meaning of " joy " by pointing to someone with glowing eyes and a smile on his face , and saying " This is an example of joy " , as I might explain the meaning of " tree " by pointing to a tree and saying " This is a tree " , or " This is an example of the kind of thing that we call a tree " . |
| 4 | ‘ I was a favourite with the old ladies , as I used to save the brown eggs for them , ’ he said . |
| 5 | She seemed to be getting quite violent as I could feel the van sway from her leaning against it . |
| 6 | My Houy master was very interested in me , and as soon as I could speak the language , he asked me to explain where I had come from . |
| 7 | I quickly found one who agreed to supply me with a dozen apples for threepence as long as I could guarantee the same order every day for the next month . |
| 8 | Sitting alone in that darkened little room , I could sense the shadow of death lying over the hospital as tangibly as I could see the shadows of night in the corners of the room and outside the window . |
| 9 | At present , courses are run in bricklaying , painting and decorating , welding , and sheet metal fabrication , and as far as I could see the standard of work was generally very high indeed . |
| 10 | What I would say Chairman is that I will defend the right of the tenant farmers to make their own minds up , just as much as I will defend the rights of council house tenants to say what goes on in their houses . |
| 11 | I do n't know , but so long as I can cure the disease I do n't much care ! |
| 12 | Erm what I 'm doing basically is er putting on as many exhibitions as I can using the centre 's name and making sure that I 've got a good amount of my work in there , although I do n't push anybody else out . |
| 13 | 6 As far as I can see the saxophone was invented later than the clarinet . |
| 14 | " It 's a funny thing , but as far as I can see the shipping company is the only reputable part of the whole business . |
| 15 | We do n't have any suspects , but it has to be said that as far as I can see the people with the best motive were the five permanent residents of the club . ’ |
| 16 | Well , as far as I can see the only good bit about last night was the interview on R5 with Rocky ! ! |
| 17 | Yes , well just a postscript just to show to my earlier comments , I , I think this undertaking about street lighting will be met with some clarity over wide areas of Suffolk which have never seen a street light , er as far as I can recall the last figures I saw on this suggested that if we were to er carry out all the work that er parish is required it would take forty years to er meet the er thing , so perhaps it would be advisable for , for when this promise is acting on the |
| 18 | Paul , quiet , modest and unassuming says : ‘ I do n't mind where I play as long as I can help the team . |
| 19 | He beamed at them again and Caspar was beginning to relax , because it seemed as if they might escape after all and Fenella was remembering about magic being very nearly everyday here , when Pumlumon said , ‘ Of course , that 's so long as I can remember the words . ’ |
| 20 | I 'm going to have some headed notepaper as soon as I can get the laser printer printing out things that I tell it to rather than printing out Courier Ten . |
| 21 | It is quicker too , as I can knit the 60 rows in one go and do not have to stop at row 30 . |
| 22 | There 's a bleak line in the book when , his parents divorcing , his father leaving for Europe , Rock quotes himself , aged 11 , saying ‘ I 'll be OK , Dad , I wo n't need Mom so long as I can have the limo . ’ |
| 23 | Three grand goes a fair way among the widows and apprentices , particularly as nobody can remember the last time there was an apprentice in the village . |
| 24 | As you would expect the high level of vitality in children means they respond quickly and they generally wo n't need as many doses of the remedy . |
| 25 | Just as you would expect the fabulous Theme Park combined America 's colourful past , present and future in one glorious location , and those same world famous attractions you can see in California and Florida — MAIN STREET USA , FRONTIERLAND , ADVENTURELAND , FANTASYLAND , DISCOVERYLAND — will all be lovingly re-created right here in Europe . |
| 26 | U unfortunately it 's not a perfect system because in relation to mineral applications , whilst as you would expect the largest fees are associated with the largest areas of er application for new mineral working and whilst it has to be admitted that those sorts of applications do take a lot of time in order to process them . |
| 27 | If while a patient is using repeated doses of a fifty millesimal potency , new symptoms appear , you would change the remedy to cover the new symptoms as you would using the centesimal scale . |
| 28 | And by the way , Laurence advises you to hurry back , as you may have the chance of a part . |
| 29 | As you may know the Cardinal has already taken steps to set in train a thorough investigation into the moral implications of the Law Lords ' decision . |
| 30 | As you may know the agreement has been the subject of some discussion , but I hope that now we have a form of words which recognises the interests of both parties to the agreement . |