Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [adv] [verb] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I just knew that everybody on the truck had a clear conscience , they could n't possibly be interested in us , could they ? |
| 2 | The officer there apologised in excellent English as I tersely explained that we 'd already paid . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | When I listened though , as I often did when my curiosity over-ran my actions , he was different from the rest . |
| 5 | Then , as I often did when I was alone at sea , I began to recite Shakespeare . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ! |
| 8 | We are , as you probably gathered if you 've been with us , talking about the , the Gulf conflict . |
| 9 | She made the bookings , and it did n't seem worthwhile changing them , especially as you already complain that you 're overworked — ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | She swallowed hard , dragging her eyes away as she belatedly realised where her wayward thoughts were taking her . |
| 12 | Nutty thought she was on to a good idea and went home happily , taking over from her mother in the shop as she usually did while her mother started to get the tea . |
| 13 | When he asked , what did she mean , ‘ taunting ’ , she resorted , as she always did when they argued , to silence . |
| 14 | She stood in the doorway with her hand on her hip as she always did when she was angry . |
| 15 | She stood in the doorway with her hand on her hip as she always did when she was angry . |
| 16 | Then Mum changed her tone , as she always did when she wanted to wheedle something out of somebody . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | She broke off abruptly , as they always did when they felt themselves nearing the forbidden topic . |
| 20 | They were sitting as they always did when her father was home , in the large airy dining room which looked out on the stone patio where in the summer clematis bloomed white and purple . |
| 21 | His two thumbs rotated about one another as they always did when he was agitated and looking for a way to strike . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Not as funny as it actually happening and you getting covered in vomit but I mean it 's still vaguely amusing . |
| 24 | I speak from the heart here , as it so happens that my sister is to be married this month and my mother is trying her hardest to organise the wedding that we ( never mind my sister and fiancé , these things are family affairs ) , want . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | It tinkled furiously , as it always did when he became agitated for any reason . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | This was an undercover operation which had to be conducted with great speed as it quickly emerged that there was every chance that the Princess might well have left the royal circle by the proposed September publication date of the book . |