Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] as i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you were here before I was only a schoolboy and er just er old enough to know everything that was going on , as you might say , but young enough so as I did n't get too involved . |
| 2 | ‘ I was personally told he was not concerned about my past so long as I kept up a volume of business , ’ he said . |
| 3 | The calculations I must have performed to decide where the ball was going to be , and to hit it , are staggering , but I managed ( so long as I did not stop to ask how I was doing it ) . |
| 4 | I know that so long as I do n't manage to count up to one hundred before the spasm ceases , I shall live . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't mind what I do so long as I do n't have too many lines to learn . ’ |
| 6 | That 's none of my business so long as I do n't have to break any laws . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ He has enough sauce for a king 's fool , but impudence I can stomach so long as I do n't have to ride something that big on my own . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ He flew away just as I 'd nearly got him . ’ |
| 10 | My thought processes were still numb , but I got feebly into action , moving more and more strongly as I sought out wood for a fresh fire . |
| 11 | Right now as I give out the books I 'll want you . |
| 12 | And th th they have n't got a twang as far as I know anyway so |
| 13 | But I am quite clear that the new system should have a trial under the most favourable possible circumstances ; and the mere fact that the new Chairman of the War Council did prefer , and , as far as I know still prefers , a different arrangement is , to my mind , quite conclusive , and leaves me in no doubt as to the manner in which I can best assist the Government which I desire to support . |
| 14 | Erm certainly on the rescue tenders , erm erm on , on each division would have that equipment , it 's not carried on every fire engine as far as I know now , erm I , I do n't see why it should n't but er again I think it 's a matter of cost , and , and carrying it about as well and finding the space for it , but certainly it 's at hand when it 's needed . |
| 15 | And when they hit me with the INSET thing it was the summer term , the first half of the summer term and I was beginning to fray at the edges , as far as I 'd just got things going , and it was just like something else on top of a lot of pressure already . |
| 16 | ‘ I did n't go to the stationary cupboard quite as often as I did before , ’ says manager of quality and training , Claudia McCabe , one of 1000 managers . |
| 17 | But you know as well as I do how banks hate having to call in loans — we 're much happier to keep our customers in business . |
| 18 | You know as well as I do how dangerous it is for a woman alone on the roads — any pervert could pick you up ! ’ |
| 19 | From time to time , and I think mainly to keep in touch , Aunt Janie would ring me to ask if I could come to the house to help with a small task , such as fixing the cellar door , hammering in a stray loose plank over the cistern and so on — although she must have known as well as I did how useless I was at such household chores . |
| 20 | ‘ And when we are married , I 'm sure I can work twice as hard as I do now , and earn more . ’ |
| 21 | A self-uglifying expression of humility — plus an elaborate show of stealthiness which is as good as saying ‘ Yes , I am late — and please pay attention to my performance of humbly not wishing to be paid attention to ’ , i.e. Here 's me entering as unostentatiously as I know how — so you can see how much I regret my rudeness ! ’ |
| 22 | I got up quite late today as I do not do anything important and it is my one real chance for a lie-in . |
| 23 | Okay well as I said previously what I 'm gon na do is go away and then I 'll prepare some figures for you and perhaps I 'll come and see you next week , okay ? |