Example sentences of "as [pron] [is] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are commemorated by a plaque on the alms-houses at nearby Burraton Combe , given in 1726 by James Buller ‘ … whose glorious memory as well as illustrious favours ought not to be forgotten but kept , as t is hoped they will be , in everlasting remembrance . ’ |
| 2 | The only equipment required is a detector and a set of headphones , as nothing is buried . |
| 3 | ‘ We was in t'workhouse together and 'e 'll do as 'e 's told , which is more than a lot of 'usbands does . ’ |
| 4 | It 's a shame that someone as obviously capable of expressing himself as you is given to such bursts of undisguised racism and ignorance . |
| 5 | ‘ You do n't do as well as she 's done in the majors without being a very good player , ’ said Jim Webb , the LPGA 's deputy commissioner . |
| 6 | She 'll do as she 's bid , and be grateful you 're young and whole . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ She wo n't do as she 's told ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ She 'll do as she 's told , or lose the lot ! ’ |
| 9 | She 'll be wanting to set off just as soon as she 's finished her breakfast . ’ |
| 10 | But Miss Philimore seems to think she 's all right so long as she 's watched , and it would save me having to look for someone else . ’ |
| 11 | Self-pity evaporates as she 's drawn to playground attendant Billy , unhealthily in thrall to macho pack leader Len . |
| 12 | Myself and English , as she is taught in schools , came to a conflict and gradually to a more and more friendly agreement through the necessity of writing long letters daily to one who was neither a schoolboy nor an elder , the subject of the letters being matters concerning nobody else in the world . |
| 13 | ‘ Thank you , but my maid will do so ; she is drinking tea in the servants ’ quarters , and will come as soon as she is sent for . ’ |
| 14 | Japlish As She Is Wrote |
| 15 | ARTscribble ( as she is wrote ) |
| 16 | In many of the analogous medieval fabliaux of a miller and two clerks , the one clerk 's designs upon the daughter are motivated by simple lust , because she is beautiful , and involve her deception too , as she is given , in the dark , what she is told is a gold ring but which is simply an iron ring off an andiron in the fireplace . |
| 17 | life as it is lived , English as she is spoken . |
| 18 | Imagine how you would fare if you were learning English as she is spoke in Oxford and met a Geordie . |
| 19 | The devout and thankfully expressive countenance of the wife and mother is too admirably depicted to be overlooked or mistaken by anyone as she is occupied with those two most delightful of maternal duties , suckling her infant and teaching her child to pray to God . |
| 20 | Model Carla 's dash as she is linked to Mick … |
| 21 | I myself prefer Mrs. Proudie out of the three , but Madeline I also find interesting and thought-provoking while Mrs. Crawley seems the most boring as she is admired by everybody and does nothing wrong , which is very dull but does provide contrast . |
| 22 | There are no defined relationships to other records as everything is handled at document level . |
| 23 | It is extremely simple to make as everything is mixed together all at once , with no special beating or whisking involved . |
| 24 | Perhaps 20 items is a bit much to take in at one sitting , but choose your favourites and you will not be disappointed , as everything is captured in wonderful sound and expertly performed . |
| 25 | The problem can only be solved with patience , and with the realisation that , much as one is posed with the right pressure on the cable release , one may not actually get a shot because of the steady stream of people making their way ( quite properly ) to a performance in the hall itself . |
| 26 | Me : ( Thinking that it should all be written down as one is taught ) , ‘ Did you use the pattern given ? ’ |
| 27 | People can not be photographed well at a quarter of a second … = The problem can only be solved with patience , and with the realisation that , much as one is poised with the right pressure on the cable release , one may not actually get a shot because of the steady stream of people making their way ( quite properly ) to a performance in the hall itself . |
| 28 | 14 ) when replying to the question what was God doing before he made heaven and earth , ‘ I answer not , ’ he wrote , ‘ as one is said to have done merrily ( eluding the pressure of the question ) , ‘ He was preparing hell ( saith he ) for pryers into mysteries ’ . ’ |
| 29 | As one is encouraged to endorse broad humanitarian concerns , one is also expected to respond not so much to specific songs or artists so much as to generic types of music . |
| 30 | The glue sticks are pushed into the rear of the body chamber and as one is used another is fed into the gun , allowing a continuous supply of heated glue . |