Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb mod] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These problems have been tackled in different ways and with different degrees of success , as I shall later try to explain . |
| 2 | If research is a varied activity , so are the methods we use to undertake such studies , as I shall now explain . |
| 3 | After eating , the farmer , or my master , as I shall now call him , went back to his work in the fields . |
| 4 | In this respect the UK system , though it also has substantial defects , is superior , as I shall now try to establish . |
| 5 | Both conservatives and feminists however , as I shall then consider , may take refuge in the suggestion that whereas Christ is a male figure , Mary ( or the Holy Spirit ) is an equivalent ‘ female ’ representation . |
| 6 | We ( or they , as I would probably have said at the time ) now lived in a detached , fairly large house in a village in Berkshire ; my father taught at a primary school in a nearby village , and my mother had a job at the Harwell Atomic Research Establishment . |
| 7 | In the context of the Paganini , I would argue that minor imprecisions do little to interfere ( much as I would dearly do without them ) with the focal point of the work — it 's raison d'être , ie fabulous solo fiddle playing . |
| 8 | I would like to take this opportunity to wish Andre luck for Wimbledon this year , as I would really love to see him winning this great event . |
| 9 | I was not successful in getting the system going as I would really have liked . |
| 10 | I refer to my students by name and would never refer to any of them as ‘ a Down 's Syndrome ’ , just as I would never refer to any of my friends who wear contact lenses as ‘ a myopic ’ . |
| 11 | This one has been sounded to a depth of a mere 1,000 feet , but peer into it is as far as I would ever want to go ; such crevices are no doubt thrilling to explore when they widen out into great chambers , but the thought of the narrow places I for one find exceedingly off-putting . |
| 12 | I believe there are enough pictures to represent this School adequately in three collections , as I would naturally expect the best of post-World War I British pictures to be present in the new Modern Art Museum . |
| 13 | Much as I might personally long for a world where sun and moon danced together and all the trees clapped their hands , it remained intangible . |
| 14 | As well as I 'll ever know he replied gruffly . |
| 15 | As this was something of a lovers ' lane , he had a good chance of catching a couple knobbing on the back seat And Steve , as I 'd already found out for myself , always did like a bit of voyeurism . |
| 16 | But I got to write songs with Dave Anderson and Rab Handleigh for the first time and the reggae ‘ Interference song ’ which Terry Neason sang was a thrill for me as I 'd always wanted to write something for her absolutely amazing voice . |
| 17 | He was as good an advertisement for vegetables as I 'd ever come across . |
| 18 | I turned as far as I could without rocking or creaking , but I could n't see him . |
| 19 | I left the broch and walked uphill as far as I could without disturbing the bird colony , then made my way towards the southern end of the island , where the land sloped gradually down to the sea in long , flat terraces of rock . |
| 20 | ‘ Personally , I would n't trust you as far as I could proverbially throw you ! |
| 21 | Usually I spend money on fish rather than on equipment , as I could never afford all the trimmings for 20-plus tanks ! |
| 22 | ‘ I already know you as well as I could ever want to . |
| 23 | As far as I could ever determine , he really did do that — he actually sat down and wrote a song for them because he liked them and did n't want them to go away . |
| 24 | However , as I could now see , a vast area behind the shops had been cleared of housing and turned into an enormous shopping centre . |
| 25 | I wanted to use different coloured pens to mark out various patterns on the same sheet as I could only afford to buy one sheet at the time . |
| 26 | And , although progress in conventional careers may not be regarded as achievable , clearly certain things are , as I will now show . |
| 27 | ‘ As well as I will ever settle here . ’ |
| 28 | Dragging the pad towards him he found a clean page and wrote : Dear Harsnet , I know you never answer my letters or return my calls , and I know that you handed over your notes to me on the understanding that I could do what I liked with them and not bother you , but I have to say that while there is much in them that I admire , as I will always admire much in you , no matter what , there is also much in them that seems to me to be puerile and , to put it mildly , bigoted . |
| 29 | Then , crouching down , I peered out through the pouring rain and saw such a sight as I will never forget . |
| 30 | well so long as I can easily change . |