Example sentences of "[pron] as [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as I as I told you before , we was on the main concourse , heard the glass smashed , we come down a stairwell on , come round the back , saw the two , or saw two persons in the back garden , asked them what they were doing buy which time the the curtain went up in smoke , well up in flames . |
| 2 | Erm when I came on to the flats I came with an open mind and I was gon na you know take things as I as I met them . |
| 3 | If we fail to take this opportunity Mr Mayor , as I as I feel we are about to do I am a hundred percent convinced that in years to come people will look back at this year , or however long it happens to be and say they missed out on a golden opportunity to make social , to make more houses and to make social housing better in this city and across the country . |
| 4 | you know , how that change has taken place and I as I say we we were we were compared to some we were well off , we 'd got a tap in the house.So many people had n't even got a tap they were in the yard , and that tap was shared by a dozen families . |
| 5 | yeah , you know quite hopeful so what I as I say what I 'm really looking for is I 've got a preference for older properties but you know try not to pin myself down to too much at the moment , I 've got about a hundred and thirty to spend so ideally I 'd like a cottage old style but I do need three bedrooms |
| 6 | And er I I as I say I moved up into the next er school . |
| 7 | But I As I say I were young and I would n't have been paying particular attention . |
| 8 | Erm n I as I say I could n't see her the bed it was it was a duvet and . |
| 9 | But I as I say I go in there |
| 10 | No really no I as I say I we when I came down here |
| 11 | I do n't know how , I , I as I say I ca n't figure it out how they work it out though because I mean are they |
| 12 | Well as I as I read it the Co you have n't made any allowance for conversions , you 've made an assumption that part of the housing figure will be met by conversions . |
| 13 | Yes , I mean several points that you 've raised , and these are things that I 've picked up from the newspapers and I 'll make the point , I 'm no expert but I as I understand it , the allied erm forces have erm substantially greater number of aircraft in the area than the Iraqi airforce had , so that 's one point . |
| 14 | Because that means they 're gon na be iffy on the phone gon na be iffy in everything they do and I as you know I have you know I 'm gon na take a flier with you . |
| 15 | This is the sort of situation which leads to our distinguishing ‘ ourselves as we feel ourselves to be ’ and ‘ ourselves as we are to others ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ I guess they 'll get round to dragging it off to the junk yard , ’ said Billie , her arm linked through his as they made their way back towards the car . |
| 17 | She admitted it tempestuously as Luke deprived her of the erotic stimulation of his mouth , opening her eyes just in time to see the blaze of triumph in his as he heard her . |
| 18 | To my astonishment and chagrin Ellen left her hand in his as he opened his eyes and smiled at her . |
| 19 | Angrily he crushed her mouth harder against his as he plundered her lips with a ferocity that took her breath away . |
| 20 | For his part he noticed , not the dress but the slender-waisted , full-breasted figure it adorned ; the pretty face and the abundant dark hair which the bonnet framed ; the large amber eyes which met his as he helped her in . |
| 21 | God , said Dionysius , is not only above our notions of goodness but he is above ‘ God ’ himself as we understand him . |
| 22 | John turned out to be fairly wonderful himself as I left his shop on Friday afternoon clutching two nice new buoyancy aids which did score heavily over our present equipment because of their possession of quick-release harnesses . |
| 23 | With a groan , Harry tightened his arms around her and struggled to keep control of himself as he felt her response . |
| 24 | He smiled to himself as he realised he was practically running . |
| 25 | Dr. Saxby detached himself as he passed their table and put his hand on Briant 's shoulder . |
| 26 | Dexter smiled to himself as he imagined his boss 's grimace when she saw herself described in the Mirror as ‘ Scotland Yard 's female supersleuth ’ . |
| 27 | Dexter nodded to himself as he understood what was happening . |
| 28 | My daughter , he told himself as he brushed his teeth and stared down at number 47 's red Mitsubishi , is like me , fat and untalented . |
| 29 | He laughed quietly to himself as he followed his original footprints still visible in the hard sand . |
| 30 | He spent a good deal of time in his satires , presenting himself as a satirist — unplaced , unpensioned , no man 's heir or slave he proudly describes himself as he tells us that he 's willing to lash out at even the most eminent public figures . |