Example sentences of "[conj] as [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er I remember going to the doctor 's with me Mother and where as we sat in the surgery which was packed , eventually the old doctor come out of the door old . |
| 2 | So I said well you know , I ca n't just wind it up over the next six months , I said er what I wan na do I said is erm I got ta carry it on for that transit for that Orion till I finished anyway so it 's got ta go another year so I said well what I 'm feeling about doing I said is er just sort of keeping a finger in the pie I said , he said , if I 'd said tomorrow , if I had finished the whole the tomorrow I 've got ta buy a car I can buy it finance so I 'm gon na get no tax relief on the H P I get no depreciation no nothing like that I said so at least if I still self employed I can if I have the sort of two or three vehicles or whatever three , four , five vehicles but I said at least I can have some erm and I can then sort of they would be more utilised , where as I said at the moment we got more vehicles than we really need to keep full capacity so he said yeah , yeah fair enough then . |
| 3 | Frederica wondered whether Caroline knew the Scarborough story , and , if so , whether it was known as a joke or as something apologised for . |
| 4 | Single and over forty , or as they say in the world of women executives , SINBAD ( Single Income , Neurotic , Bankable and Desperate ) . |
| 5 | Perhaps it is as you travel to work , or as you take the dog out for a walk , or as you walk on the Downs , or when you have that quiet morning cup of coffee . |
| 6 | Or as you look into your drawer in the morning , to find out what you need to put into your hand bag in the day , you say hello Minister , how are you ? |
| 7 | I felt it when I caught sight of Jean-Claude unobserved , or as I reflected on him when he was out of sight . |
| 8 | Or as it said on my school report for P E er tries hard but lacks stamina . |
| 9 | But it is important to bear in mind that as one advances in life one 's pleasures and activities particularly do become more limited , and any substantial impairment in the limited amount of activity and movement which a person can undertake , in my view , becomes all the more serious on that account . |
| 10 | They both knew that as we walked off the 16th . |
| 11 | Both writers make light of this crossing from Fort Augustus to the middle of Glenmoriston , even though it must have proven their most arduous stage so far — eleven miles of high , hard going , ‘ cut in traverses ’ as Johnson says , ‘ so that as we went upon a higher stage , we saw the baggage following us below in a contrary direction . ’ |
| 12 | Just possibly , the politicians might begin debating that as they campaign for November 's mayoral election . |
| 13 | Except that the mattress had smelt musty , and that as they lay in bed through those long cold mornings they could just see the spire of the Congregational church through the window . |
| 14 | I know that as they continue with their royal duties and with bringing up their children , the prince and princess will have the full support , understanding and affection of this House and of the country . |
| 15 | It is very important that as you come to the end of one bottle you contact your Homœopath to arrange for the next one to be made up . |
| 16 | The society told him in a letter : ‘ We would advise that as you retired from work in December of last year , you are no longer eligible for cover under this policy . |
| 17 | Right just one last thing that we need to think about is that as I said with the with the learning styles , there 's no right or wrong |
| 18 | Heavenly Father , thank you that as I come to you with my concerns about the conflicts in my life I come to a God who understands my humanity completely because you shared this experience fully in the life of your Son . |
| 19 | Yeah I tho , I 've been thinking that as I walk by it . |
| 20 | Reciprocity of movement recognises that as I move towards A , A moves towards me . |
| 21 | Would I one day show people this jacket and say that it had been a lovely afternoon in Central Park when he gave it to me and , in closing , would I say that as he disappeared into the trees , I never saw Oscar Wilde again ? |
| 22 | He 'd rehearsed that as he walked from the station , but it was still blurted . |
| 23 | The oddity which the fellow-curates remarked was that as he walked in the procession from the vestry up the aisle he could be heard whistling . |
| 24 | The first thing Cyprian Fothergill recalled about the events of that day was that as he headed towards his charming little cottage in the countryside behind Borehamwood he was suddenly overtaken by a huge black car which swerved violently in front of him , forcing him to scream to a stop in a lay-by . |
| 25 | Well , you 'll also have noticed I am sure that as she went on touches of uneasiness began to appear . |
| 26 | The girl has told police that as she walked along The Phelps , a man grabbed her and forced her on to a grass verge . |
| 27 | Katharine found that as she got into the rhythm , so the changes improved . |
| 28 | They stood , their arms round each other , staring at the view before them , then at last , turning from the window , David sat on the bed and pulled her between his legs so that as she stood with her hands on his shoulders he pressed his head against her stomach . |
| 29 | In Ego Dormio he explains to the Sister that as she grows in her love of Christ , she will find nothing matters to her but this love and the sin of man which disfigures it , and that all this is focused by thinking on the Passion of Christ : Although in The Form he makes it clear to Margaret that it is difficult to be too prescriptive about meditation , since God will put the kind of thoughts into her heart that are right for her , he does say in Emendatio Vitae that beginners in spiritual life may find the words of others helpful ( 8.120.31 – 2 ) and on occasions he himself wrote meditations on the Passion which embody his understanding of the catalysis they are designed to help . |
| 30 | Also , in this situation , the elevator control behaves more like it does on a fixed-wing model rather than as it does on a hovering helicopter . |