Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I had been off school since before my mum found out as I had been sick with gastric " flu . |
| 2 | And , as far as I had been able to judge , the feeling was pretty mutual . |
| 3 | When I was approached to become a member of the group interested in ‘ the teaching of practical skills in biology ’ , I was only too pleased to become involved as I had been concerned , for some time , about my own teaching skills and strategies used in the classroom situation . |
| 4 | Those are just some of the memories I will take with me from this year 's Ryder Cup to join those I have of my previous three captaincies and I wish the next Ryder Cup Captain as much joy and success as I 've been lucky enough to experience . |
| 5 | As I 've been stuck for years now |
| 6 | And it 's certainly been marvellous to come and listen to it , as I have been one of your loyal supporters over many years . |
| 7 | For as long as I have been conscious she has been out there in front of me , dodging arrows , triggering ambushes ; doubling back to brief me on the safest and fastest route forward . |
| 8 | As far as I have been able to discover , the first papers in French West Africa to be owned and controlled by Africans were Le Cri Nègre and Le Phare du Dahomey . |
| 9 | The view of these two organizations , as far as I have been able to discover , runs something like this . |
| 10 | Plenty was built by the Frasque , who did not call it that , or anything else , so far as I have been able to discover . |
| 11 | ‘ My mission is to take back to Ramsey such alms as I have been able to gain , at least by the goodwill of Worcester and Evesham . |
| 12 | He suggests that ‘ as far as I have been able to grasp the concept , to be ‘ staff ’ means to have authority without having responsibility . |
| 13 | As far as I have been able to find out , it has no specific connection with Bristol but is named after Nonsuch Palace , which was built in Surrey near Hampton Court . |
| 14 | No thanks love , not yet that 's with the conversations , spoken English , guidelines for recording conversations , guidelines for recording conversations As soon as you 've been involved in a conversation , press the record down to start recording oh yeah these are to show people what you 're doing for |
| 15 | Thank you very much Mr President and as you 've been friendly enough to invite me and given me such a friendly welcome , I , I thought I ought to risk speaking to you as candidly as I can about what is going on in our country and our communities at the moment and whether by the end of the thing I continue your friend is another matter . |
| 16 | BEATRIX : You ca n't , so long as you remain as pig-headed as you have been all your life . |
| 17 | Additionally , if you have received treatment or advice for a medical condition during the 2 years before taking up the Hospital Income Plan , your cover for the condition commences after you have been insured for 24 months or if you are admitted to hospital for that condition during this period then as soon after the 24 months as you have been free of in-patient treatment for 12 months . |
| 18 | She was nervous before stepping onto the set of Delinquents , just as she had been all those years ago when she did the rehearsals for The Henderson Kids . |
| 19 | She would be now , as she had been all that day , out praying for his soul . |
| 20 | She was becoming almost as sensitive to him as she had been all those years ago . |
| 21 | It was barely five a.m. and dawn was just breaking , but she was wide awake , as she had been all night long . |
| 22 | Lucy was weeping as she had been that afternoon . |
| 23 | She did n't want to understand him , but heated recognition rippled through her as she stared at his mouth , as unwillingly fascinated by its sensual curve as she had been six years ago , when all her breathlessly adored heroes had suddenly become prosaic and petty with the advent of the man from Hong Kong . |
| 24 | It was Marguerite as she had been many years ago , and Jenna saw what her father had seen , what she herself saw now — the attraction of kindness , of calm good humour . |
| 25 | Muriel held the broad shoulders and was surprised at the strangeness of the proximity , just as she had been surprised at the sight of Delia 's loosened hair some weeks before . |
| 26 | Perplexed , Ashley looked at him , then it registered that as she had been astonished to see him so he was equally stunned to see her . |
| 27 | Things had been ticking along nicely between them , just as long as she 'd been prepared to forget that she wanted more out of the relationship than a roll in the hay and a bright ‘ cheerio ’ at the airport . |
| 28 | Adele had looked up at him , not quickly but as quickly as she 'd been able . |
| 29 | They gave the bare details of Jenner 's life and career as far as she 'd been able to check it out — dates , addresses , all the useful stuff that Reynolds could work from — followed by a surprising amount of straight campus gossip . |
| 30 | So far as she 'd been concerned they had been just friends . |