Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , yes , you could , you certainly could , and as I said for long periods , parental an and offspring self interest will overlap . |
| 2 | Well the proposals in the Good Report as I said for final salary schemes is that a third of the trustees should be elected from he actually says from the active members er we know and comments that in great length a about the difficulties that it would be to er actually er elect er er members who are pensioners or from the deferreds Er I find that er somewhat simplistic view point in that er er the pensioners at least get communications from the administrators of the scheme every month , they get a monthly cheque , so it sh should n't be beyond the wit of man to be able to er be able to contact the pensioners and organise pensioner meetings but pensioner trustees to be elected . |
| 3 | As I went for vigorous afternoon walks along the footpath by the half-frozen river or across the frosty fields and up the sheep-tracks on to the hills and the bare moors beyond . |
| 4 | For once in my life there was no need to believe as I did or act as I chose for any reasons other than that I was personally convinced it was right . |
| 5 | One as I say for seventy crackers . |
| 6 | When I stayed with my husband and children at the Holcombe Hotel in Oxfordshire on the Great Escapes scheme this summer I was told I would get free accommodation as long as I stayed for two nights and paid for dinner and breakfast at a cost of £33.20 each per day . |
| 7 | and you can go on it anywhere as far as you like for forty pence . |
| 8 | But I think that you have got to regulate these things and choose couples , like you may , as you do for adoptive children and not , just like throw in anybody these things have got to be controlled . |
| 9 | Just as you care for dry skin on the face , the scalp needs a soothing touch … gentle cleansing and moisturising . |
| 10 | She does this in almost literal fashion as she watches for repeated mannerisms typical of that animal . |
| 11 | Kandinskaya licked her lips as if stalling for time ; Jezrael could see her imminence paling as she strove for greater calm . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ We 're also recognising the strength of local teams as we drive for increased market share in the individual countries of the new Europe . |
| 16 | £60m paid off as we save for rainy day |
| 17 | As we do for any competitor , ’ says Barry Wheeler , assistant marketing director of Otis . |
| 18 | The sun blazed down on the ancient circle of stones , bees buzzed diligently as they searched for late pollen , and birds sang cheerfully in the nearby trees . |
| 19 | Both men lapsed into silence as they searched for familiar faces amongst the last of the crowd trickling into the stadium . |
| 20 | The significance of this comparative quiet will not be lost on party leaders as they prepare for provincial elections in the next 18 months . |
| 21 | And as they prepare for first division football he 's relishing another challenge , just as he 's looking forward to renewing acquaintances with certain Meath players today . |
| 22 | Jessica swung , clinging hard to Rory , as they made for another barn . |
| 23 | " Were it not for what they receive out of the tax … they would not knit or spin for so small wages , as they receive for that work , because they would starve by it . " |
| 24 | Hoarse cries busied the air , and Riven heard the gulls screaming as they fought for odd fish on the quay and whirled round the masts of the ships , speckling the docks with guano . |
| 25 | Not all were as exotic as those with a succession of Miss Worlds , some of whom had to be nursed along ( with a few retakes ) as they struggled for appropriate poise and vocabulary . |
| 26 | The Ruiari Og outfit swamped Loughguile in he semi-final — a win that bolstered confidence in their camp as they bid for back-to-back honours . |
| 27 | The effect of this responsiveness is that they are well able to foster innovation , as they look for inventive solutions to emerging problems , but they are in no position to protect those innovations from fluctuating demand . |
| 28 | For others , such as Miró and Calder , the boundary between painting and sculpture is continually displaced as they search for new ways of combining the two , with the emphasis on space , in the case of Giacometti , or real movement of forms . |
| 29 | The heaters that can kill — warning to elderly as they search for cheap fuel |
| 30 | The Head and Governors have a special burden of responsibility as they do for all matters concerned with the running of the school . |