Example sentences of "as [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's nowt sloppy about 'im , so let's 'ope 'is work is as good as 'is stride . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I know that , ’ said Wendy Witherington placidly , ‘ but you 're my brother and that 's the same as my knowing her on her knowing me . ’ |
| 3 | That , I knew , was it as far as my family was concerned . |
| 4 | was the source of extreme curiosity and even some apprehension , and I watched ( and recorded fieldnotes ) as my new colleagues sparred warily with the ‘ Doctor ’ in their midst . |
| 5 | Twenty-five years later in West Mercia , as a newly promoted superintendent , I listened at my first conference as my peers discussed a chief constable 's agreement which allowed officers to discard ties in hot weather and wear open-necked shirts . |
| 6 | That way I do n't appear as nervous as my skippety-hop heart . |
| 7 | The Yes that launches a thousand sky-rockets just as my heart is a catherine-wheel the second I fall in love with you . |
| 8 | Especially as my promotion could go by the board . ’ |
| 9 | I can not think of my own knowledge of the physical world in terms of my dispositions to behave , but only as my dispositions , construed as operating in the world of which |
| 10 | A flurry of pleasure as my favourite , stacked nuts , came to the rescue and then the sling was just a few feet away . |
| 11 | But I do n't care , as my Mummy says I 'm unique because my ears stand up when they should be down . |
| 12 | My husband and I bought Millie as a companion for Mac , my Standard Poodle , and for my peace of mind , as my husband is a police officer who frequently works nights . |
| 13 | The king wrote to his bride-to-be : ‘ I promise to take you as my only lover , banishing from my mind and heart all others and serving only you . ’ |
| 14 | There are the end-of-tether diaries published as My Sister and Myself by his literary executor , Francis King , and any number of references in the voluminous literature that has grown up around the figure of E M Forster , whose acolyte Ackerley became between their first meeting in 1922 and his death , aged 71 , in 1967 . |
| 15 | That dream was as good as my last leave . ’ |
| 16 | As my section settled into the straw-filled barn , I dumped the rucksack , and slinging the rifle over my shoulder , went off in search of something to eat , coffee or whatever was going . |
| 17 | My dancing partner and her parents turned up , a little bit embarrassing for me as my French was very limited as far as conversation was concerned . |
| 18 | ‘ I said that I could not commit myself as my academic time was not yet finished , but I would like to be at their disposal later . ’ |
| 19 | As my own thank-offering I would like to try briefly to express some thoughts on education by which I have long been troubled and to which no place , for reasons which I will show , could be more appropriate than this . |
| 20 | Wounded , the punks were stunned into silence as my vitriolic invective ricocheted around the stalls . |
| 21 | A night wind has blown the rain away , leaving behind pale grey rather than heavy grey clouds with , between them , enough blue to make a pair of sailor 's trousers — as my mother would say . |
| 22 | Just as my son entered our room I could see them , seven or eight hefty white boys entering through the door downstairs . |
| 23 | Then went to the Citizen 's Advice Bureau ( CAB ) at Wembley , as my husband had suggested , and asked them for information about how to join a union . |
| 24 | We lived with my in-laws , and in their house even girls as young as my daughter ( 12 ) have to use it . |
| 25 | I used to wear a bra the same size as my mother 's , size 40 it used to be , but I just seemed to dry up completely . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's absurd — I look on Margaret as my best friend , but I 've only seen her once in the last six months — I do feel guilty about it . ’ |
| 27 | Until then my writing to you , my own sweet little one , must taste even as harsh as my conversation and look now are … |
| 28 | ‘ You will purge me and my mood , as my Pater used to purge my writing of its excess … . |
| 29 | They regarded no convention , and I did not see till later that their unconvention was almost as intolerant as my parents , convention. , Helen stayed with Mrs Logan — who was awaiting a divorce — dating Edward 's first year at Lincoln . |
| 30 | They were all about the same age as my daughter Kate , and three were fighting for their lives . |