Example sentences of "be [verb] as [pron] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not very many sub-conversions have yet been done as I understand it and my source of information about the levels of conversion is solely from Mrs , called on behalf of the defendants and her real source of information is simply one family whom she has talked to on the telephone about it , who find the levels conversion of their Nissan Serena perfectly satisfactory for their twenty year old daughter . |
| 2 | Unless there is a particular problem I would propose to delay altering the stops until moving the shelter can be organised as I think it would be confusing , not to say unpopular , to do otherwise . |
| 3 | It is erm alleged , it is to be alleged as I understand it by the er defendant relying on Mr opinion that the business would have failed in any event er because of the plaintiff 's general lack of experience in this trade and what is described as a lack of financial expertise or caution er to which the availability of extra money as envisaged in the original proposal , would have made absolutely no difference . |
| 4 | Children often match the colours of their equipment , but sometimes the smallest spade is the same colour as the largest bucket and further conversation can be encouraged as they discover it is not always easier to fill a small bucket with a large spade , than to fill a large bucket with a small spade . |
| 5 | If the plans were to be implemented as they stand it would mean a significant deterioration in Maternity services . |
| 6 | This was truly paradise ; it had to be savoured as we knew it short lived . |
| 7 | His eyes were watering as he started it , and he looked away from me again , towards the deserted white tables around us . |
| 8 | This is all realistic and is happening as I think it would if small boys were alone on an island . |
| 9 | The author 's study is preserved as he left it , along with his collections of books , armour and historical records . |
| 10 | Bonus all er all your thirty percent is are are paid as you declare it during the assignment week after |
| 11 | The 1855 treaty was finally ratified in 1859 , with Old Joseph commenting : ‘ The line was made as I wanted it , not for me but my children that will follow me . |
| 12 | She was grinning as she said it , but he did n't take that in and yelled at her about Women 's Lib claptrap . |
| 13 | His temper was rising as he unpacked it . |