Example sentences of "[noun pl] as [pron] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should do really got a clot in one of his legs as it means and went down the other one and got ta take it out , through smoking |
| 2 | Tears came to my eyes as I thought that this was my and Miss Louise 's fault . |
| 3 | The man stumbled forward onto the bridge , then got up and trudged on again , wiping his dirtied hands against his thighs as he went and glancing up briefly , fearfully , as the big house loomed over him . |
| 4 | More ordinarily , they form the stuff of everyday relationships as we blame or criticize others for doing or saying the things we feel inside ourselves . |
| 5 | In daylight they are only to be seen from ships at sea , when the two smaller petrels appear all dark birds with white rumps as they flutter and dance across the waves . |
| 6 | There was a warm breeze from the sea which lifted the woman 's dark hair from her shoulders as she smiled and raised her chin and gazed adoringly at her companion . |
| 7 | About to tell him hotly that she would not accept any legacy , Jenna was interrupted sharply , the words dying on her lips as he stood and began to pace about restlessly , hands in his pockets . |
| 8 | I admit to feeling a little dubious regarding the adequacy of these small filtration units and this was well-founded in some respects as I discovered that although the two models are described as 35 and 55 gallon capacity no mention is made in the advertising that this refers to US gallons not Imperial . |
| 9 | The playback can he displayed either over the viewfinder so you can check your recordings as you go or by being connected to an external television screen or monitor . |
| 10 | And that 's why he said you can go and pick as many plums as you like cos we just have n't |
| 11 | I was within half a mile of Darrowby with the lights of the little town beginning to wink between the bare roadside branches when a car approached , went past , then I heard a squeal of brakes as it stopped and began to double back . |
| 12 | Rain lifted each and saw how the dark blobs of their shadows stretched to magnified shapes as she held and turned them . |
| 13 | Puritan and Calvinistic tradition would not approve of actually enjoying such a ceremony and no doubt someone would have pointed out that Ruth first caught Boaz 's eye by uncovering his feet as he slept and lying alongside them . |
| 14 | Admire the ( British ) assassins as they plan and execute the audacious operation . |
| 15 | She liked to look at the visitors as they arrived and try to match them with the patients . |
| 16 | We were puttering up river late in the afternoon and the sun was beginning to go down over these huge trees and a flight of big birds , herons or something , were taking off like pink seaplanes as someone said and the second assistant suddenly stood up and yelled out This is paradise , this is fucking paradise . |
| 17 | Please continue to remember me in your prayers as I adjust and settle in . |
| 18 | Once the disorder has developed , the impact of environmental circumstances on its course and outcome is relatively easily established : the difficult issue of reconstructing family relationships and other environmental circumstances as they existed before the appearance of symptoms is unnecessary . |
| 19 | Robin Gurdon , who met them at army headquarters , was to guide the party through the southernmost part of the British lines as they hoped that by skirting the edge of the depression , they would avoid any main concentrations of German troops . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've done my homework , ’ he remarked , and her heart sank into her smart sandals as she realised that he was aware her neighbours were away . |
| 21 | Faith had disposed of the money and belongings as she chose and everyone had that right , at the very least . |
| 22 | And outside this family home he might have heard the call of the greylag geese as they rose and circled in flight above the River Vistula within whose rolling sight he had been born in 1920 . |
| 23 | But what does the apple mean to the pickers as they stretch and bend , stretch and bend , dawn to dusk , for less than $19 a week ? |
| 24 | No , well it is one of the sights as you know but erm I 'm sure you heard about it when you were there did n't you ? |
| 25 | erm the minor awards or discretionary awards as they became and that 's erm , I was given this job and er that 's how it 's built up really over the years . |
| 26 | If my comments appear to be churlish , perhaps you would like to attend next year having won as many awards as you did and suffer the embarrassment of being approached by clients and peers to be asked sympathetically whether you had won anything . |
| 27 | His blue eyes were bright and clear and the frequent pump of adrenaline through his veins as he tracked and shot for fourteen successive days had left his senses sharpened , on a high edge of alertness . |
| 28 | The hon. Gentleman would know if he had addressed as many farmers ' organisations as I have that the first question farmers ask is how we can deal with the uncertainty of the MacSharry proposals , which now confront us . |
| 29 | Colour washed into her cheeks as she recalled that his face was n't the only part of him she knew . |
| 30 | Therefore — rightly claiming that his force was as yet incomplete and most of his field guns not brought up — he made only a token attack on the Russian left , while positioning his troops as they detrained and making his own tactical preparations . |