Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well none of the others looked as young as them did they ? |
| 2 | Just as everyone took it for granted that the young Scot was on the point of fulfilling the potential she had shown in the amateur game , so she stopped in her tracks . |
| 3 | If you believe in public transport , as everyone says they do , this development is inescapable and very desirable . |
| 4 | Rebecca ( or ‘ Becky ’ as everyone calls her ) picked up the plane and , noticing that there was writing on it , slowly unfolded it . |
| 5 | JOHN KASMIN , or ‘ Kasmin ’ , as everyone calls him , has come up with the ultimate solution to the art slump . |
| 6 | As everyone feasted themselves Mum went round with the drink , pouring out gin and whisky or stout as they preferred , making sure to test them all as she did so , while Dad and Fred did the same with the ale . |
| 7 | As everyone knows who has translated from a foreign language , it is no excuse for a bad translation that the meaning chosen was found in the dictionary ; for the document may be its own dictionary , showing an intention to use words in some special shade of meaning . |
| 8 | Moving to Microsoft Corp Windows NT technology may not be as traumatic as everyone makes it out to be , says ComputerWorld . |
| 9 | She was followed by Rabbi Moishe , his sallow face with its rippling white beard inclining first to one side and then to the other as everyone did him honour by rising until he had passed , and just behind him came another black-garbed figure , a bespectacled priest , greying head covered by a yarmulkah . |
| 10 | His plans were thwarted for some time as no-one knew what had happened to the trophies . |
| 11 | As long as nothing happens nothing will happen — okay ? |
| 12 | We got so close , but as someone said it 's better to have tried than not . ’ |
| 13 | Mind you it 'll probably be fine and anyway as someone said it 'll be good to widen the group a bit more and launch some journalistic careers into the bargain ( -> ) . |
| 14 | He heard footsteps passing his door as someone made their way home . |
| 15 | The friar turned as someone tapped him on the shoulder . |
| 16 | He gave me a self-conscious grin and then yelped as someone thumped him in the back . |
| 17 | So long as someone knows you 're down there and comes to dig you out , then a basement 's always best , even if the rest goes down like a pack of cards . ’ |
| 18 | But erm , the people like and the left , did n't like the book either , because it did n't tell their particular interpretation , as kind of left Marxist er , interpretation as someone has it , was so popular at the time . |
| 19 | As soon as someone gives you ten to the minus eight , you can say , Well if I want to convert that into real money , |
| 20 | Hence some policewomen deliberately seek out desk jobs — secretaries with uniforms , as someone described them — or jobs as drivers , in juvenile liaison , or in units which deal with sex crimes , because they see themselves as better suited to this type of work . |
| 21 | He mattered to Shelley very much — as a doctor and as a person , and she could n't bear to think of him losing that precious heart to this young girl , who regarded him just as someone to pay her bills . |
| 22 | Libby would not watch ; she hated the high-pitched squealing as the rabbits panicked , hearing a stick thump or a shot ring out , seeing the warm fur parting in the breeze as someone threw it down beside the other corpses . |
| 23 | Here and there a fight broke out , girls screeched as someone goosed them , lovers clung together and ignored all that went on around them , pickpockets worked their art furiously and everyone set out to enjoy themselves . |
| 24 | As I drank them in , a roar of engines sounded . |
| 25 | As I drank my tea , I heard her answer the phone : ‘ Terrible morning , can I help you ? ’ |
| 26 | But more surprises were in store as I unearthed my first Roman coin . |
| 27 | As I finished my meal an entire flotilla of portly Bavarians waddled out , having consumed vast quantities of beer with their enormous meal . |
| 28 | ‘ Oh , I can , ’ he said as I finished my meal and leaned back , wiping my mouth on the back of my hand , more to annoy him that anything else . |
| 29 | ‘ I managed to punch my boilie out to the edge of a gravel bar about 60 yeards out , but I had to play the fish towards the top as I brought it in because there are a lot of boulders on the bottom , ’ explained Lee . |
| 30 | Well , as soon as I realized I stopped . |