Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [vb past] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I warmed to my eulogy of his skills , . |
| 2 | My relief grew rapidly as I warmed to the theory . |
| 3 | So long as I stuck to squawks and Pretty fucking Polly , I was fine ? |
| 4 | The connection between girls suffering from eating disorders and violently hating their own bodies , and sexual violence in society , struck me more and more powerfully as I listened to girls talking about periods , body shape and size , and how they feel about their bodies . |
| 5 | But as I listened to the stories of these prisoners it was difficult not to be overwhelmed with feelings of hate and revenge . |
| 6 | As I listened to passages of Scripture read aloud , or to the Preaching of the Word , ( very important in non-conformist chapels ! ) |
| 7 | As I listened to him fumbling for words of explanation , I wished he could have said boldly that what was thought to be so heinous today was not thought to be so then , but that looking back now , he deeply regretted what had happened . |
| 8 | As I listened to him , I thought . |
| 9 | ‘ Did you have a good time ? ’ my mother asked Robert as I whispered to Lili that I found old age unclean and a disgrace . |
| 10 | We were halfway along one side of the ship , and as I looked to the left I saw Oliver about fifteen feet away , staring out into the Channel . |
| 11 | As I indicated to your wife . |
| 12 | As I indicated to you on the phone on Friday , I believe it is appropriate that I formally review the position of the sale of your company following receipt of the indicative offers . |
| 13 | We rolled heavily as I clung to the shrouds scanning the reef as best I could . |
| 14 | As I banked to port to make a full beam attack on the nearest 88 I sighted the 109s coming down on the other three . |
| 15 | As I struggled to my feet and started to search around in the grass for my rifle , two medics were coming towards me . |
| 16 | ’ Just barely , ’ I said through gritted teeth as I struggled to my feet . |
| 17 | I hoped I could , as I had to . |
| 18 | ‘ On the Friday night I had stayed up to watch the late film , and at 3.30am I decided that it was n't worthwhile going to bed as I had to be at John 's house at seven o'clock . |
| 19 | Going through her diary , as I had to , seemed somehow — obscene . |
| 20 | As I wrote to you at the time ( since you refused even then to see me or any of your old friends and supporters ) I accepted the MS as a sacred trust and would do what I could to see that it eventually saw the light of day in the most appropriate form . |
| 21 | As I wrote to you . |
| 22 | It 's now available for only seven shows out of twenty seven in the next programme and only on the first night of each show and only at a cost of two pounds and these are the audience of tomorrow as I wrote to you Mr you neglect these people at your peril why 've you changed the scheme ? |
| 23 | As I said to you yesterday , I have no idea what we shall do without you when you finally decide to depart . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , as I said to you just now , ’ said the lady , ‘ there are still Brownies who do good turns , although they are n't fairy folk but real girls like this one — and about her age too . ’ |
| 25 | I mean , as I said to my hubby later on , we did n't scrimp and scrape to send her to Hutchy Girls so she would grow up to give us grandweans saying merr , flerr and sterr . |
| 26 | Well , as I said to her boredom is all in the mind , it 's up to yourself is n't it ? |
| 27 | As I said to her we 've got two shelves of hardbacks in the alcove because I do think they furnish a room as the man said , but I would n't be on for lending them out because you do n't know the condition they 'd come back in . |
| 28 | As I said to my husband only last night ( just after I had eaten my miserable Lean Cuisine but just before I finished the box of Black Magic ) : ‘ Is n't it terrible the way we allow advertisers to manipulate us ? ’ |
| 29 | As I said to mama then , by the time I am bedded , I shall likely be too old — or have forgotten what it is I am supposed to do ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Like as I said to the General , miss , the young gentleman 'll have to be worse afore he 's better . ’ |