Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb mod] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That as his will he may do danger with . ’ |
| 2 | and I remember one particular February , it will always stand out in my mind because er , it 's a fairly long walk done to the factory from , from here and every day after the midday meal , when I set out to walk down there as quick as I could it had been cloudy since , it was raining , every day without fail I used to get to work soaked , first |
| 3 | As soon as I could I went to see Aunt Louise in her new home . |
| 4 | ‘ But this first guitar was just a $20 acoustic , and as soon as I could I bought an Ibanez SG , then that was stolen and I went to a Les Paul . |
| 5 | As soon as I could I got Méli on his own . |
| 6 | One afternoon I summoned up my courage and as casually as I could I invited him for a drink after work that evening . |
| 7 | My only regret on that particular occasion now is that I did n't organise properly getting it videotaped , because it would have been a nice thing to keep , but as far as I could I kept to the traditions of mayoral ceremonial on those sorts of occasions . |
| 8 | My only regret on that particular occasion now is that I did n't organise properly getting it videotaped , because it would have been a nice thing to keep , but as far as I could I kept to the traditions of mayoral ceremonial on those sorts of occasions . |
| 9 | As soon as I can I will tell you when this might be so that we can fix up a time . |
| 10 | Er two bedrooms , it was a number sixty six Street in those days , there were new houses built on where it is now , I have n't been into Palfry for years but er there were five houses in the row , there was a family named at one end , there was us my nan of course we were next to , next to us was Mrs , a Mr and Mrs , and then er that was one side of the entry the other side of the entry was a family named , they had quite a large family , there was er two or three of those married Mrs and then er then Mrs they were all relatives , cos there was no such thing as overcrowding in those days you got as many in as you could you see , there was , another was Mr and Mrs she was a daughter of Mrs there was Mrs and Mrs she was another daughter of Mrs , and then er there were , there was a , a young man he was a son of Mrs , the were I think show people originally cos they were a bit anyhow there were five houses down the yard we had n't got running water in the sink , we had a , a big stone pump pipe in at the bottom of the entry we all had to go and draw out our own drinking water from this one standpipe . |
| 11 | But if you can , if you can understand the difference between simple time and the compound time and er try not to muddle the fact that six eight does not mean that there are six quaver beats in a bar , but it means that there are two dotted beats , and two dotted crotchet beats in a bar and try and get that into your head as soon as you can you 're gon na find it a lot easier . |
| 12 | If you it as far as far as you can you 've got to , when you throw javelin you 've got to bring your arm through right , you 've got to twist , you 've got to make sure your wrist 's tight you 've got to keep your erm left foot planted . |
| 13 | And try as she might she could not detach her eyes from the object on the table that had so totally winded her . |
| 14 | Try as she might she could n't hold his gaze . |
| 15 | Hate it as she might it would be harder to stop than to go on , almost like riding a tiger . |
| 16 | As soon as she could she had a serious talk with her mother . |
| 17 | As swiftly as she could she dropped the dress over her head and wriggled into it — only to emerge from its temporary darkness to see Luke Hunter 's eyes upon her , and a look of mocking appreciation on his face . |
| 18 | As she followed Penry as quickly as she could she looked about her at the island with interest , curious to see what had lain behind a veil of sea mist and rain since her dramatic arrival . |
| 19 | now erm as well as much as she could she was never in the house and the day that he died she did n't get there on time |
| 20 | Erm we also know that base five formwork is up so we started on base five as soon as we can , put as many resources into it as we can we mentioned earlier that er having five hundred people in there made life quite congested but we decided the more people that helped in there the better and er our objective was to get the er wall steelwork up . |
| 21 | We we tried to do as much as we could we drove from erm Colorado right the way round California up through Utah and stuff and so it is some parts of the desert are very boring . |
| 22 | why in due course , if proper use is made of native institutions , those races which are now subject should not take their places in the ranks of that group of allied nations , as they may I think rightly be called , which forms the [ self-governing ] British Empire … |
| 23 | If someone had tried to make it as boring as they could they 've succeeded , basically . ’ |
| 24 | Far as they can they push their little fame , |
| 25 | And the the they give me as light a job as they can you know . |
| 26 | THE nuclear debate can only heighten as the election draws near which means , as it will he mainly be between politicians , that it will get more incomprehensible . |
| 27 | He dared not pull away , even though he did not want her to feel his changing body , but at this point one of her gentle caresses touched the corner of his mouth and before he could stop himself his mouth was on hers , and restrain himself as he might it was a lover 's kiss , not a friend 's . |
| 28 | Try as he might it is clear that he can not make the economic figures add up , creative accounting or not , in a way which will make the parliamentary Tory Party arithmetic secure . |
| 29 | Meanwhile Aureole had got into top gear and came through into second place , but try as he might he could never pose a threat to Pinza , who galloped on relentlessly to win by four lengths , with Pink Horse running on to take third place a length and a half further adrift and the gallant Shikampur a tired fourth . |
| 30 | It was heavy , being covered by a thick layer of turf , and as soon as he could he checked over his shoulder to satisfy himself the area was entirely clear , before climbing stiffly all the way out and dropping the trapdoor shut again . |