Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb past] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In March , I had a week of sustained psychological warfare with a heron : it would hunch on the garage roof as I left for work , and I could well imagine the thoughts of piscicide running through its reptilian brain . |
| 2 | Very much the same story as I conjectured for Nosema in the flour beetle and for the fluke in the snail . |
| 3 | By 9.00 a badger was warily sniffing the air in front of me , as I struggled for breath in the shadows . |
| 4 | As I fought for bar space to order the drinks , I looked over my shoulder and caught her making hand signals to a bunch of her friends camped on the stairs leading up to the Ladies ' toilets . |
| 5 | Later came the acute attacks of asthma — and the need for Caroline to pummel me ( it 's hilarious only in retrospect ! ) as I fought for breath . |
| 6 | The instructor must have heard my screams as I felt myself being dragged out as I gasped for air . |
| 7 | Marje adds : ‘ If you live a double life of lies and deception as I did for years and years , you need to speak about it eventually . |
| 8 | Control the nitrite levels in the same way as you did for ammonia and eventually you will reach a point where you will get a nil reading for both . |
| 9 | For each day there is a diet sheet , more interesting key facts , and a weight and symptom chart for your to complete as you did for Stage I. It is vital that you keep this chart up to date : you will undoubtedly need to refer back at some point during the next few weeks , so the records are nothing short of vital ! |
| 10 | As you scrambled for response , the philosopher took over . |
| 11 | Even as she prayed for deliverance , her body shook with the desire to be one with him . |
| 12 | The nails scored the palms of her hands as she fought for control . |
| 13 | She was seething , and was not certain , as she fought for control , that she would n't physically lash out at him yet . |
| 14 | Nicolo stared at her as she fought for self-control . |
| 15 | When she turned on her mother , her face was scarlet and her double chin wobbled as she sought for words . |
| 16 | Sally , her father 's wife , had advised her on more than one occasion , but Harriet had as little time for stylists as she had for clothes — and besides , she rather liked her hair just as it was . |
| 17 | The Trunchbull had as great a dislike for long hair on boys as she had for plaits and pigtails on girls and she was about to show it . |
| 18 | Gloria came every day , just as she had for Baby . |
| 19 | Smallfry was smiling sweetly as she reached for Frankie 's sleeve and eased him in the direction of the door . |
| 20 | Dauntless tired of her voice , tired of her bony fingers digging into the cracks of his leather carapace as she clutched for balance astride the horse behind him . |
| 21 | Culley imagined Susan 's gleeful smile as she waited for Yorke to work it out . |
| 22 | As she waited for Lally 's return from the bathroom , Nicandra sat on the thick rag hearthrug that Nannie had made . |
| 23 | Perhaps nothing , but as she waited for money which did n't seem to be coming , it was fairly certain the crash was going to mean something . |
| 24 | As she waited for sleep , Dot thought she saw the face of the coat-owner gazing out of the dark with a complexion as pale and refined as tissue-paper . |
| 25 | The sounds mingled in her mind with the harsh cries of the birds as she waited for Sybil to pick up the phone again . |
| 26 | The last step but one creaked protestingly and she grimaced apprehensively , her body almost turning to stone as she waited for Dane to suddenly appear and demand to know what she was doing . |
| 27 | She knew as she waited for Reception to ring her back that it could well be , if Cara had been in touch with her parents , that she stood to come off the phone feeling worse than ever . |
| 28 | ‘ The lasagne 's fine , ’ she murmured as she played for time and thought of the three months ' mortgage she had to find and how impossible she would find it to pay one months ' mortgage , let alone three , if she did n't have a job . |
| 29 | A sense of relief swept her , and later , as she prepared for bed , she told herself she was becoming too tense about this man . |
| 30 | But maybe she 'd jumped to conclusions , she thought uneasily as she prepared for bed ; maybe it had n't been anything like that at all . |