Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [adv] [subord] i do " in BNC.
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1 | They wo n't get anything until six months later anyway cos I did n't . |
2 | Well , I ca n't promise that if you leave I 'll be as generous as he was ; I 'll continue your allowance certainly , but as for a house , no ; for as you are well aware , because you know the books as well as I do , it takes us all our time , even with my salary , to continue living here as we have done of yore . |
3 | That 's none of my business so long as I do n't have to break any laws . |
4 | ‘ Meaning , I can have my say so long as I do what you tell me ! ’ |
5 | Some people get the hang of these things more quickly than I do . |
6 | After a moment he added , ‘ Anyway , if you knew Elsie as well as I do you would n't blame Sidney for getting a bit on the side . ’ |
7 | The hon. Lady knows those ferry owners as well as I do . |
8 | ‘ You know the rules as well as I do . ’ |
9 | du n no why they 've got Gary Schofield down there because I do n't think with rugby league would it ? |
10 | If you keep listening to the radio , you 'll probably hear any news as quickly as I do . |
11 | The hall and the gallery and the enormous stained glass windows which faced the door as you came in , and the three reception rooms were ours , and as I suffer from terrible claustrophobia , I thought it was a wonderful place to live although David , who I am sure does n't suffer from claustrophobia as badly as I do , being British and like most British people , would be content to live in smaller environments . |
12 | I talked to some of the people around there because I did n't want to get into trouble . |
13 | Those who advised the hon. Gentleman 's constituent no doubt knew the circumstances of that locality far better than I do . |
14 | I think that 's why I got through life as well as I did . |
15 | Knowing both men as well as I did , I was one of the few who did not think there would be any major friction between them — both men were far too smart for that-but I did think Niki would find himself struggling for a primacy which he had long taken for granted . |
16 | ‘ Right-ho ’ — and he knew the situation as well as I did . |
17 | I 'm thinking there might be something wrong with my plan to wait as I close my eyes ( only to rest them ) , but even as I yawn and put my hands into my armpits I think a spot of rest is n't such a bad idea so long as I do n't fall asleep . |
18 | You 'd dock my pay soon enough if I did n't do everything you and Matey ordered me to do in my waking hours . ’ |
19 | ‘ You know the odds as well as I do . |
20 | He knows Northern Ireland Electricity as well as I do . |
21 | ‘ When I was his age I said contentious things like he did last week , but I did not speak English very well so I did not get into trouble . ’ |
22 | ‘ You know your master 's habits as well as I do . |
23 | ‘ Well , ’ Louise replied , ‘ You know your mother as well as I do . |