Example sentences of "as we [vb past] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we noted at the beginning of the chapter , white , middle-class churches in Britain have a poor ‘ track record ’ on relating to artisan , West Indian and Asian cultures . |
| 2 | As we noted at the start , the policy concerns of the country in which academics work are an important factor in determining the kind of International Relations that they will study . |
| 3 | As we noted at the beginning of this chapter , because there is no consensus either among or between the different sectors of the village population over the answers to these questions , any overall conclusion about ‘ loss of community ’ is impossible . |
| 4 | As we landed at Cardiff , those in the seats closest to his party heard the Labour leader holding himself in check : ‘ Prime Ministerial . |
| 5 | As we glanced at each other , we shuddered with apprehension . |
| 6 | As we wrote at the time : |
| 7 | As we indicated at the beginning of the chapter , there is a growing interest in issues of motivation and morale within the public sector . |
| 8 | But as we looked at each other I had a strange sensation . |
| 9 | ‘ As we looked at the range of products available , we saw that FCRS offered us the most flexible route as the basic packaged solution that could be easily maintained . ’ |
| 10 | cos okay you wo n't believe he got several of those questions wrong as , you know , as we looked at the end of last night 's , you ca n't believe |
| 11 | Now as we saw at the last council meeting , where a very right and proper and honest and law abiding council and we do n't want to create a situation in which people are encouraged to break the law . |
| 12 | As we saw at Old Trafford , there were quite a number who learned less than nothing and Smith was at the forefront of this group . |
| 13 | There was something like an appeal in his eyes as we gazed at each other . |
| 14 | Buster bent over a table , on trestles ( airman 's six-foot , for the use of ) , and received his punishment from a great monster as we thought at the time , a flight sergeant RAF policeman with a cane . |
| 15 | He says having been there , the crash is n't over such a wide area as we thought at first . |
| 16 | But the theoretically distinctive feature of international society is its anarchical structure , as we remarked at the start . |
| 17 | Study , as we said at the outset , may be hard work but it should also be enjoyable . |
| 18 | As we said at the outset , these findings are not generalisable , but they are illuminative . |
| 19 | ‘ As we said at the time of this tour 's selection , David Gower 's Test career is not necessarily finished . |
| 20 | ‘ Eight or ten men came to the training ground as we finished at about 12am and they wanted statements from all of us . |
| 21 | " Round again , lads ! " the corporal yelled , and as we stared at him aghast he smiled affectionately . |
| 22 | There was a gasp , as we stared at the cream-coloured glutinous substance floating in a thin gruel . |
| 23 | As we sat at the loch eating a cold lunch , deciding who could first pin the blame on the other for messing up the day , we heard voices from the cliffs surrounding the lochan . |
| 24 | A multilingual Corporal explained to us as we sat at desks that the tests were aimed at determining our ‘ niveaux générales ’ or basic IQs . |
| 25 | Ten of his ‘ Wares crept over the ramparts in the night and before we knew what we were at they were holding swords to our throats as we sat at our wine . |
| 26 | As we slid at speed down the escarpment we took care to avoid nettles and barbed wire , then we 'd squeeze between the splintery struts of the Essoldo 's picket fence . |
| 27 | As we explained at the beginning erm spending on housing is completely and absolutely separate from all the rest of the Council 's spending , so that |
| 28 | As we separated at bedtime , he asked me , ‘ Just one thing , Jane . |
| 29 | We must stop , as we stopped at the end of the story of the binding of Isaac , that other story about God bringing a bearer of his promises to the brink of death , and ask more about what has been going on . |
| 30 | as we stopped at the kiosk on the brink |