Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was there for them as it had always been . |
| 2 | He has also pointed out that the future did not loom so large for them as it did for the Roman historians , who were anxious about the fate of their empire . |
| 3 | When in Colossians 1:9ff Paul prays for Christians he has never met , his first request is that the Spirit would give them understanding of the Lord 's will for their lives ; then , that they should live their lives in accordance with that will by pleasing the Lord in everything ; then , that they should increase in their knowledge of God ; and finally , that they should be strengthened with all might according to the measure of his glorious power which should result for them as it did for Christ , not in arrogance but in patience and longsuffering . |
| 4 | The Foreign Office Minister , Mr William Waldegrave , said : ‘ The message we must get across is that those in the security services , those working for the state , should recognise that a day of reckoning will come for them as it has come for the East Germans and others . ’ |
| 5 | Many of the small boats which usually travelled its waters were moored for the night and The Sandhopper passed a number of them as it made its way up river . |
| 6 | I 've only read Wuthering Heights of theirs as it happens , and I was n't too keen on parts of that . |
| 7 | Fig 78 It is dangerous to be positioned behind the board and rig , because the wave will throw them towards you as it passes . |
| 8 | Even Moran had to admit it though he dismissed it as well by saying that it would have done well enough for the likes of him as it had been . |
| 9 | 2 , and we shall merely summarize the most important physical aspect of it as it affects relaxation phenomena , namely the time-temperature superposition principle and its relation to free volume ( the so-called WLF relation ) . |
| 10 | This time I waited to make sure before I ventured out on the jetty , but it was Neil 's boat , and Neil himself standing ready to step out of it as it nosed in alongside the landing-place . |
| 11 | So I would prefer to let you be the judge of it as it stands today . |
| 12 | The moaning combine in the field , the tractor and trailer with grain trickling from the back of it as it rumbled off to the corn drier , the waving haze of barley still to be cut , these things all fell into shade as the sun clouded over . |
| 13 | It is not fair to expect your local delicatessen to do it for you as it takes a long time to slice the whole ham and Parma must be cut thinly . |
| 14 | Pet Plan has a policy called RIDER PLAN ( FREEFONE 0800 282250 ) which would be ideal for you as it aims at regular riders who do not own their own horse or pony . |
| 15 | I hope it works as well for you as it has me . |
| 16 | You could feel the floor trembling beneath you as it turned on the power and climbed . ’ |
| 17 | In my case it 's every morning , though I do in a sense like it as it heralds the beginning of another crap day at school . |
| 18 | So I respect the access restrictions for the sake of Ted and those like him , but I reserve the right in the pub to stick out my tongue and make rasping noises at those men with wallets instead of penises , who think that pulling the trigger and gleefully watching a beautiful stag 's legs buckling beneath it as it dies is somehow a sign of manliness . |
| 19 | What will the infinite wisdom of the universe do with itself as it rushes towards that point ? |
| 20 | Nina knows about the lymphoma ; I had to cancel a prearranged lunch at Langans with her as it coincided with my short stay in hospital , and rather than make up an excuse I thought it an opportune time to tell her . |
| 21 | Press reporting focused as much on the reports about other women who had had sex with him as it did on the events to which he pleaded guilty . |
| 22 | With a public sculpture , I 'll pop back and maybe fiddle around with it as it weathers . |
| 23 | " And how often did you get good roast beef like this down at Sir Gregory 's , Miss Jennifer ? " he asked , helping himself to a generous dollop of honey and making patterns with it as it streamed down onto the slab of red meat on his plate . |
| 24 | I ca n't remembered who said it a little earlier but they said that the er , conservatives er dealt with the environment as it came along , and it 's it 's been all too apparent that they kep dealt with it as it came along . |
| 25 | Deal with it as it comes on . |
| 26 | creating a polymer film at the air-tear interface which supports or drags a layer of water along with it as it spreads out over the ocular surface with each blink . |
| 27 | Begin by stitching the longer length on the left hand side , bringing it under Teddy 's chin and tucking the shorter length under it as it crosses his shoulder . |
| 28 | Coming upon me as it did , however , in the midst of such a busy period , I could not afford to let it preoccupy me unduly , and I thus decided I should resolve it at the earliest opportunity . |
| 29 | If anyone is currently fighting a case such as this , I would also be pleased to hear from them as it does seem to me that the Revenue is using its muscle to try to remove one of the benefits of independent taxation . |
| 30 | Abberley ( 1989 ) argues that the specific form of normality being advocated becomes disabling in itself as it inhibits expressions of difference . |