Example sentences of "as [subord] you have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As once you have dealt with history , you have to put in place something that keeps it up to date , without too much labour and without erm , a major hole there where things fall into the middle cover and come out . |
| 2 | Erm just the same as if you had had a good nights sleep . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , that 's the Eiffel Tower , ’ and he says it in the same tone of voice as if you had shown him a portrait of Grandpa , and he had said : ‘ So that 's your grandfather I 've heard so much about . |
| 4 | Today we can talk about sex without modesty or fear , but bring up the subject of death and you will be treated with the same social horror as if you had brought up the subject of masturbation at a Victorian ladies ' tea party . |
| 5 | Now sir , can you tell me this , ’ and she looked him straight in the eyes , ‘ will it be just the same for him as if you had baptized him ? ’ |
| 6 | If you continually can not get through to your debtor , the message is as clear as if you had spoken to him . |
| 7 | And it does n't sound quite as clear as if you have to think about who you 're talking to . |
| 8 | Er you v vindicated that you were in fact talking on quite a sophisticated level with the quarry owners in the sense that you were able to break up your argument into various categories as as you 've said . |
| 9 | It were like liquid mud , poor old us as when you 'd finished at nighttime you had all that to clean up . |
| 10 | Nowhere does a glass of Tetley 's ale taste so good ( though for us it had to be lemonade ) as when you have completed that two-hour trek over the brow of Ilkley Moor-or " ovver t'top " as they say up there . |
| 11 | But if your complaint is that a less tangible term of your employment has been broken , as when you have suffered harassment from your superiors or your status has been eroded , it may be difficult to establish a viable claim for compensation if you do not quit . |
| 12 | then use your length of cloth as though you had purchased it from a bolt of fabric in a shop . |
| 13 | " Entertaining " is too unspecific a notion , as though you had slipped backwards in the argument after reaching more sophisticated peaks of describing the details of satire . |
| 14 | If you refuse , you will be treated as though you had failed the test , and you will face a lifetime ban . |
| 15 | " You will read this book just as though you had bought it at a bookstall and you were reading it in the ordinary way as a whole . " |
| 16 | Well indigestion , it was terrible pains down my chest just as though you 'd swallowed glass and every now and again it would sort of stab at you . |
| 17 | Erm yeah I th I mean I , I 've got more or less all the points that have been raised but I , I just felt that it went it er it was almost as though you 'd made your mind up before you went in that you were gon na tell him what compressed funds was |
| 18 | It 's as though you 'd found — Jane Austen 's love letters ? |
| 19 | And it looked as though you 'd bought something rather than been to the pawnshop . |
| 20 | I do n't like housework particularly — it 's just a bore , it 's so monotonous , and with a child you 've done it once and five minutes later it just does n't look as though you 've done it at all . |
| 21 | She was sitting in a gap in the outer wall , and as I approached her , she said , ‘ You look as though you 've seen a ghost . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Carrie , dear , ’ said Miss Thorne , ‘ you look as though you 've got wind . ’ |
| 23 | It looks as though you 've got little brown insects crawling about all over you . |
| 24 | Right so if you put the number in front , it 's as though you 've got brackets around the whole lot . |
| 25 | " Well it looks as though you 've got one now . " |
| 26 | looks as though you 've got a pony tail , that day . |
| 27 | but these were are all crumped and I do n't want clumsy ones cos you feel as though you 've got Doctor Marten 's or something on you know |
| 28 | he was tired , he 's got this cold coming on but he said you can be in here so long but after a while you feel as though you 've got to come out , you need to get out ! |
| 29 | Obviously you 've look as though you 've got more of a future , hopefully . |
| 30 | " You look as though you 've had a kick in the belly . " |