Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun] as i " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in a brand new fitted dress into which I 'd climbed only two hours earlier , and in which I 'd never attempted the sitting position let alone … well to cut a long and visually absurd story short , I was about as likely to have a pee in that dress as I was to share a bagel with Adnan Kashoggi . |
| 2 | I do not want to get bogged down in that subject as I want to press on and try to answer questions asked . |
| 3 | passed through , because they did n't stop at Needham and er but I always thought , you see , there were , I do n't know several clerks in that office as I remember but I ca n't remember who they were anyway I did n't have , we did n't have much to do with them . |
| 4 | The council agreed that it is a matter for concern that the rates have increased by so much and I have been asked to write to Wyre Borough Council about this and to ask if they would consider paying the whole of the rates for public halls in rural areas as I understand some District Councils do . |
| 5 | What we want to do in this session as I said it will only take about twenty minutes , there are three key things we want to do . |
| 6 | More I think ; for it is a lonely thing , and suffers in this DOMINION as I have . |
| 7 | I have as much sympathy for players in this situation as I do pools winners : - ) ) |
| 8 | I admit to feeling a little dubious regarding the adequacy of these small filtration units and this was well-founded in some respects as I discovered that although the two models are described as 35 and 55 gallon capacity no mention is made in the advertising that this refers to US gallons not Imperial . |
| 9 | I was never the friend of this power — it has only ADORERS AND UNDOERs — but it trusted me as its representative and I have done it as much harm in these dealings as I have you . |
| 10 | If you can find good quality second-hand things in good condition as I did , it works out to be a real saving . ’ |
| 11 | I enjoyed the function and my friends kept me in good cheer as I was obviously anxious about my husband being in the Gulf and did have a few too many drinks . |
| 12 | I saw a lot of both her and John in those days as I saw my parents most weekends and they often went round on Sundays as well . |
| 13 | Secondly of course there are opportunities and limitations to your , the resources that you have and I 've mentioned resources before , they can be economic , military , your education system erm you know at the moment the government 's expanding higher education , going up , well we 've , we 've touched already I think thirty percent now in higher education one of the reasons for that is not just to , for self-fulfilment for those who are erm involved in higher education as I 'm sure you 're all self-fulfilling yourself here today , it 's because of what is perceived to be a national need for a highly educated workforce . |
| 14 | I 've never walked the whole 72-mile coast path in one go as I tend to head to Dorset at weekends and just explore different areas on day walks . |
| 15 | and just relaxing and erm in any case as I say er guide dogs were few and far between at that time |
| 16 | However , conditions for the time of the year seemed favourable and I was in hopeful mood as I rowed carefully out on the meadow side to a drop-off at about 70 yards I knew to be there . |
| 17 | As it is , the anger felt among managers is projected in other directions as I shall try to show . |
| 18 | He watched in anxious silence as I ran a hand over the repairs he had begun on Masquerade . |
| 19 | Dr Paisley told campaigners : ‘ I have campaigned very hard indeed for the retention of acute services in local hospitals as I believe that is the best means of serving the needs of local communities . ’ |
| 20 | The officer there apologised in excellent English as I tersely explained that we 'd already paid . |