Example sentences of "as you [vb mod] imagine " in BNC.

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1 As you would imagine , he was rather huffy !
2 Well that failed as you would imagine it to fail if you take the civil war in Vietnam as being in effect a , a war of national liberation , as the Soviets called it , because what the North Vietnamese wanted was in fact national unity .
3 Well that failed as you would imagine it to fail if you take the civil war in Vietnam as being in effect a , a war of national liberation , as the Soviets called it , because what the North Vietnamese wanted was in fact national unity .
4 erm I would have to say in the university 's defence , as you would imagine I would say
5 As you would imagine , if you saw your youngster tottering towards Beachy Head and was about to fall off , and if there was a notice there that said you must n't cross over this fence as you are guilty of trespassing , but you saw your child falling , what would you do — stay this side of the line because it was the law ?
6 It has been a rough week down at Eurotunnel as you might imagine .
7 Lamond was talking to some people and then as he was leaving he came by me and said , ‘ But , you know , it was n't all as beautiful as you might imagine ! ’
8 I was , as you might imagine , a little taken aback by this request and ordinarily the matter might have been one I would have spent some time pondering .
9 Stylistically , as you might imagine , I am conservative .
10 As you might imagine , this takes some time and is also completely mental .
11 As you might imagine my monthly food bill has gone up quite appreciably , far more than the five pounds a month just before the programme Too Long a Winter was made .
12 As you might imagine , the family is at pains to have no contact with our embassy whatsoever .
13 If Felt were characterised by a certain whey-faced lack of engagement , a muted and sometimes beautiful sense of the ridiculous , Denim , as you might imagine , are rougher , harder-wearing and more explicitly brash .
14 Bronze — as traditional a material as you might imagine — continues , of course , to fascinate legions of artists .
15 As you might imagine , the fry are difficult to raise .
16 ‘ It 's not quite as romantic as you might imagine , ’ he explains .
17 Spring snow , as you might imagine , occurs late in the season when the offpiste is covered with a fall of snow too heavy to ski as powder , which remaining untracked , freezes into a firm — but not rock solid ( because it has not been compressed by skiers ) — cover .
18 The Tyrrell Society comprised , as you might imagine , good and ostentatious patriots .
19 As you might imagine , I ignored him .
20 It is one of the most FUN and PURPOSEFUL things I have every been involved with — and when interviewed on the BBC RADIO in May about it , I said that I thought industry and commerce could take a leaf out of our book and learn something from the spirit of common purpose , good humour and teamsmanship — a statement provocative enough to get transmitted , as you might imagine .
21 I have words before my eyes , as you might imagine .
22 I I ca n't comment on on comments that you are referencing , however I will say that in Maryland er we displaced an incumbent vendor who had been there a long time , er that vendor was a bit upset as you might imagine with being displaced as a vendor , and in Maryland we had a situation that kind of evolved into the same kind of political row you would expect when a company loses a long time business .
23 The road to this latest merry muse , whose Sunday best is pink and purple , but which will appear in a variety of black and white guises , is littered as you might imagine with fallen images .
24 ‘ At ordinary times we do not read novels at all , as you may imagine , but the right novel at the right moment can have a real spiritual value . ’
25 As you may imagine , the Post Office network of 20,000 branches needs vast amounts of cash to pay out in pensions and benefits .
26 None of this , as you may imagine , happens by chance .
27 ‘ This dreadful incident was , as you may imagine , a shattering blow to the society .
28 She 's thirty-eight now , and pregnant , very keen to have a baby , but highly at risk for a number of reasons , as you may imagine .
29 ‘ I also started out of my sleep , as you may imagine .
30 Asked why he had taken to the streets just hours before polling , he said : ‘ I had other things to do , as you may imagine . ’
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