Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] [adj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I made clear to the House when I answered the main question , the know-how fund has been heavily used in the Baltic republics , on which about £900,000 has been spent . |
| 2 | As I made clear to the House on 2 July , the numbers of people seeking asylum pose major problems both in Britain and throughout the world . |
| 3 | I will grow old gracefully , as we are advised ; and as I made ready for the night I tried to see myself as the little girls must have seen me . |
| 4 | As I lay flat on the grass close to a tree the blood from the Officer 's wound had stained the grass a dull red colour . |
| 5 | Living in San'a , I was initially engrossed in the visual aspects of the architecture , but as I became involved with the Yemeni families , I started to record as accurately as possible all aspects of the traditional San'a culture that was rapidly being swallowed up by Western influence . |
| 6 | Almost as soon as I became aware of the existence of crofting , I became aware of some of the pressure that were making change inevitable . |
| 7 | ‘ I do not find it easy to reconcile this ruling of Viscount Dilhorne , which was as I understand central to the answer which the House gave to the certified question , with the reasoning of the House in Reg. v. Morris [ 1984 ] A.C. 320 . |
| 8 | I do not find it easy to reconcile this ruling of Viscount Dilhorne , which was as I understand central to the answer which the House gave to the certified question , with the reasoning of the House in Reg. v. Morris [ 1984 ] A.C. 320 . |
| 9 | As I drew level with the back of the farm , I could see Jenkins remonstrating with Cawthorne and Waters . |
| 10 | Its vibration harmonizes all my thoughts and feelings , as I gaze fixed into the depths of this greatest of flowers . |
| 11 | As you get used to the F-Plan method you will probably want to plan your own high-fibre meals and can do so easily with the caloric and fibre charts in the middle of the book . |
| 12 | SO AS YOU GET READY FOR THE BIG DAY TRY WEARING RUSSELL . |
| 13 | As soon as you get stuck into the Met Office 's weather offerings , the meter is running and you need to watch the bills . |
| 14 | Your modest PC could well be overstretched , and even if it is n't , there 's a danger that the resource question will become more pressing as you become involved in the network . |
| 15 | Because when the boredom begins to set in as you lie motionless under the sun , you can do your exercises then ! |
| 16 | ‘ You 're right , ’ he observed , as she flopped breathless on the deck , ‘ you really are incredibly unfit . ’ |
| 17 | Breeze talked away for all she was worth as she cut bread-and-butter in the draughty old kitchen , but she knew that her sister was n't really listening . |
| 18 | That Pretty Polly was something out of the ordinary was confirmed as she sailed unbeaten through a nine-race campaign as a two-year-old and continued to carry all before her in 1904 , notching up facile victories in the One Thousand Guineas ( at 4–1 on ) , the Oaks ( 100–8 on ) , the Coronation Stakes ( 5–1 on ) , the Nassau Stakes ( 33–1 on ) , the St Leger ( 5–2 on ) and — just two days after the final Classic — the Park Hill Stakes ( 25–1 on ) . |
| 19 | ‘ If you so much as lay a single finger on me again , Adam Burns , you 'll hit the deck so fast you wo n't know what 's happened to you ! ’ she swore softly , her tawny eyes gleaming as she gazed unseeing across the room . |
| 20 | She noticed the girl 's apparent excitement , her shining eyes and lightness of step as she made ready for the adventure ; and again she wondered , surprised that her charge should give the appearance of a damsel in love , one shortly to be reunited with her bridegroom . |
| 21 | As soon as she felt secure in a relationship , she began to feel restless and uneasy . |
| 22 | As the thunder growled menacingly overhead and lightning forked the sky in a glorious display of pyrotechnics , Hilary burrowed her head back under the covers , but dragged it reluctantly out again as she became aware of the rather ominous sound of dripping water . |
| 23 | The child let out a howl of fright , pushing at her hand , and she blinked hard , biting at her lip , starting suddenly as she became aware of the figure suddenly standing beside her . |
| 24 | She rolled off the bed and excused herself , and as she wandered naked towards the bathroom she waved like a besotted lover . |
| 25 | As she drew abreast of the drive , she saw that a car was parked next to the front door . |
| 26 | What her reception would be she feared to imagine , and as she drew near to the Mohaka River bridge she became filled with apprehension because , now that she came to think of it , she realised she was poking her nose into something that did not even remotely concern her . |
| 27 | As she stood barefoot on the cold boards , she comforted herself with the thought that soon it would be spring , daffodils would raise proud trumpets to nod in the soft breezes and in the fields beyond the town lambs would be born . |
| 28 | Miss Bayliss claimed male officers could see her as she stood naked in the room , through a small window in the door . |
| 29 | Muttering under her breath , she flung back the covers and swung her long legs out of bed , the flimsy material of her nightdress caressing her thighs as she padded barefoot to the kitchen to fetch a couple of aspirin . |
| 30 | As she sat alone in the smoky little room eating her dinner , in walked a handsome man , with curly black hair and brown eyes , wearing a black hat and corduroy suit . |