Example sentences of "as [pron] [adv] [verb] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The officer there apologised in excellent English as I tersely explained that we 'd already paid . |
| 2 | I could walk as fast as I ever did but I tended to roll my shoulders and turn my three-toed foot in as I did so . |
| 3 | Then , as I often did when I was alone at sea , I began to recite Shakespeare . |
| 4 | I slightly lengthened my stride , feeling self-conscious as I always do if I find myself marching in step with martial music , when I deliberately break step and try to walk between the beats , as it were , in as unmilitary a way as possible . |
| 5 | I would simply love to try some of the splendid designs available and often feel very thwarted as a designer as I always feel that I must use my own designs — so make the most of not being me as it 's such fun to use someone else 's designs ! |
| 6 | We are , as you probably gathered if you 've been with us , talking about the , the Gulf conflict . |
| 7 | She made the bookings , and it did n't seem worthwhile changing them , especially as you already complain that you 're overworked — ’ |
| 8 | I 'd been a bit dithery for a few days , sort of clumsy and absentminded , as you often get when you 're feeling under the weather . |
| 9 | When he asked , what did she mean , ‘ taunting ’ , she resorted , as she always did when they argued , to silence . |
| 10 | She stood in the doorway with her hand on her hip as she always did when she was angry . |
| 11 | She stood in the doorway with her hand on her hip as she always did when she was angry . |
| 12 | Then Mum changed her tone , as she always did when she wanted to wheedle something out of somebody . |
| 13 | She began to pray to God herself , seeing God quite clearly , as she always did when she said prayers , a robed , long-haired , bearded figure , partly obscured by clouds . |
| 14 | It is fruitless asking patients if their injection sites are satisfactory , as they invariably say that they are ; they come to regard the abnormal as normal . |
| 15 | She broke off abruptly , as they always did when they felt themselves nearing the forbidden topic . |
| 16 | His two thumbs rotated about one another as they always did when he was agitated and looking for a way to strike . |
| 17 | The night before the wedding the girls hardly slept at all and they did not chatter to one another as they usually did until they found sleep . |
| 18 | Not as funny as it actually happening and you getting covered in vomit but I mean it 's still vaguely amusing . |
| 19 | The real power in Aquitaine , in the sense of the power to appoint men or collect and transfer money , lay , of course , with Henry — as it always did when he was on the Continent and chose to exercise it . |
| 20 | Intrigued , and a little afraid of the gyrating shadows that loomed like feathery figures on the walls beside them , the boy kept close to the bent figure , curiosity alive in him , and a strange excitement driving him on as it always did when he was with the old man . |
| 21 | It tinkled furiously , as it always did when he became agitated for any reason . |
| 22 | She threw up until the nausea passed , just as it always did if she drank alcohol , but now it was almost as if her body already knew alcohol was bad for the tiny life growing inside her . |
| 23 | Fascination with the older girls won just as it always did and she crossed the landing , an expanse of lino dotted with what her mother referred to as ‘ slip mats ’ , pushed open the door and went in . |
| 24 | In no time at all the rib was ‘ tucking ’ — not on the main bed , as it usually does if it is going to have a fit of tucking , but this time on the ribber bed . |
| 25 | Obviously not , as he clearly stated that he thought ‘ Strangeways , Here We Come ’ was the best work that The Smiths had ever done . |
| 26 | Strange because it is , as he later admitted and I 'm sure he was later very embarrassed by it , erm histrionic and emotional in the most extreme way . |
| 27 | Mister Johnny sat quiet and still as he always did when she talked , watching her mouth and moving his own as if he were trying to copy her . |
| 28 | He had reverted to being her youthful charge , as he always did when she was worried about him , and McAllister uttered a fervent inward Amen . |
| 29 | This causes him to doubt himself , that is his worthiness in loving Estella as he now thinks because he has been called common and coarse . |
| 30 | He had forgotten all about Gina , as he usually did when he chatted up pretty girls . |