Example sentences of "as we [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this occasion we thought it so important that we invited the bishop to lay hands on the team as they were sent out and began to meet on Sunday mornings , initially in a large sitting room as we searched for suitable premises . |
| 2 | We had tried to get a couple of er , here in Portsmouth but he had to attend , so we thought as we prepared for this conference this morning er , on the miners , that it would be appropriate to get a miner 's lamp to put and have them simply inscribed with the erm , the memory of the occasion , which turned out to be |
| 3 | Much as we longed for another child , and overjoyed as we were that we were to have another daughter , we both said that it was the hardest thing we had ever done , to see a lovely young mother say goodbye to her daughter . |
| 4 | ‘ We 're also recognising the strength of local teams as we drive for increased market share in the individual countries of the new Europe . |
| 5 | £60m paid off as we save for rainy day |
| 6 | As we do for any competitor , ’ says Barry Wheeler , assistant marketing director of Otis . |