Example sentences of "as [pron] [be] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I appreciate you deny it because er you said in answer to my friend that erm as I am required by rules to put it , er I do put to you that yes , you did have a shotgun , perhaps erm borrowed from one of the officers , yes you did put it to Mr head and you did tell him to er er shut up and wait for C I D. |
| 2 | Dear Willis — As I am informed by those who ought to know that you have " taken the ground " somewhere near London River , I expect you can tell me the whereabouts of the dear old Fortuna , built 1892 , rigged when I last saw her in 1920 as a square foresail brigantine . |
| 3 | Odd-Knut said that you must never let go of the sledge , I say again and again to myself as I am pulled through snow heaps and ruts . |
| 4 | ‘ As long as I am allowed to , I will follow this , Elsa . |
| 5 | It was rapping in my back as I was pushed past Roger Beeding and Roger de Mornay and closer and closer to the eight steps that led up to the low wooden platform on which was the gigantic cross and the large black-and-white photograph of Rose Fox . |
| 6 | As I was called by you on Question 16 , only to be discourteously interrupted by the hon. Member for Bradford , South ( Mr. Cryer ) , will you refer to the Procedure Committee whether or not such an interruption should be permitted as a means of closing a question , or whether Members should be afforded the courtesy of asking their question , after such an interruption , when Question Time ends ? |
| 7 | I 'm not really worried about that , seeing as I was born in this country , but what I do n't understand is why they should doubt me . |
| 8 | Bread never went mouldy in Algeria , which meant that so long as I was prepared for a good chew , I could always buy enough to last to the next village . |
| 9 | Then came Samuel Robert ( Sam ) , Etty , Louis and Jack ( or as I was mis-named on my birth certificate Ezra . |
| 10 | And the last aspect of this sir is if you were to erm have a strategic site policy which as I was alluded to in my opening remarks , really is a chance for the planning system to catch up with what is actually happening in this county . |
| 11 | Just as I was fascinated with the reduction in inches from my own thighs when I first embarked on my special diet , I was equally interested to hear whether my trial team had benefited in the cellulite department and I included a question to this effect in my questionnaire . |
| 12 | I could not see the female but , as I was raised to their shoulders , I caught a glimpse of my happy home , that cave where Elsbeth and I had been so content . |
| 13 | Give me the goats any time , I thought , as I was shuffled towards her . |
| 14 | Yet , in the back of my mind , as I was driven to reception , clutching my overnight bag , was the memory that a hospital had once been home . |
| 15 | I ca n't think why : especially as I was forced on you . ’ |
| 16 | There was little time for dalliance when we came out from Sunday School as I was expected to be home for tea at half-past four . |
| 17 | As I was picked from about a hundred applicants I think I did quite well . |
| 18 | As I was wheeled past the linen cupboard with its shelf marked ‘ Shrouds ’ , the contents neatly folded , the bank nurse smiled . |
| 19 | So as soon as I was released from prison I done more crimes . |
| 20 | My face was as red as a tomato as I was shown to my seat . |
| 21 | I couldent 's believe my eyes as I was shown into the delicatessen section . |
| 22 | Their spicy , garlic and savoury herbs invaded my senses as I was shown around my new realm . |
| 23 | ‘ As soon as I was introduced to the concept of the Dewhurst Tennis Academy , ’ said Mr Dick , ‘ and its sole directive to produce champions , I knew that I had to assist in this exciting initiative for British tennis ’ |
| 24 | Sharp Samson are paying me more , not as much as I was offered by the others , but I 'm satisfied because more money does n't mean I 'll be faster or happier . |
| 25 | ( I had taken to climbing over the railings of the barracks each night , as the watchmen on the gate had been forbidden to let me in as I was known to be sleeping there . |
| 26 | I suppose he thought I was not giving of my best , and as I was known as a rather shy , reserved sort , he had decided that a quiet word at an informal moment would be the best approach . |
| 27 | I kept a wary eye open for any of my old friends , in particular the goldsmith Waller , even as I was distracted by the sight of the apprentices throwing their caps in the air as they shouted for custom , pompous city officials in their fur-lined robes and , of course , those beauties of the night , the high-class courtesans in their satin dresses and flowery head veils . |
| 28 | ‘ They 'd told me that as I was caught in civilian clothes I was going to be treated as a spy , and every time I heard those shots I thought ‘ My turn tomorrow ’ . ' |
| 29 | As I was ushered into Mark Shand 's spacious flat in South Kensington I saw lying on the living table a book called Living Dangerously . |
| 30 | ‘ Each year seems to bring a new craze , anything but study ’ , he continued , as I was told of the ‘ talking about reform ’ craze in 1985 , before the student unrest ; that of democracy in 1986 ; falling in love in 1987 ; and in 1988 the preoccupation with ‘ doing business ’ . |