Example sentences of "[adv] as [pron] [verb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I do n't care chat becomes of me , So long as they sing me that sheet melody , Yip-I-Addy , I-Ay , I-Ay , Yip-I Addy , I-Ay , I-Ay . " |
| 2 | My mother was very kind — she was very fond of music , of Wagner in particular — but I do n't think our parents found it very easy to understand my brother and myself , especially as we had our own private language which no one could work out . |
| 3 | ‘ I always found it very funny when I was referred to as Mr Laura Ashley , especially as I hated my own name , Bernard . ’ |
| 4 | And so as I understand it that 's the situation |
| 5 | Despite the elegance , it was a completely masculine presence , and he dominated the room as easily as he had his own office . |
| 6 | We can understand the heartbeat of Augustine , Bernard of Clairvaux , Julian of Norwich , Teresa of Avila , Martin Luther or John Calvin , just as we know our own fears and our longings . |
| 7 | There are gas masks , ration books , lots of soldiers , sailors and airmen and hordes of pretty girls , plus some ladies dressed just as I remember my own mother and Auntie Ethel ! |
| 8 | Most importantly , Rita , just as she makes her own diagnosis , knows — unlike the professionals — exactly what the ‘ shock ’ is and that it comes from somewhere : |
| 9 | Jennifer , of Dewsbury , Yorks , said : ‘ As soon as we divorced we both realised we 'd made a mistake . ’ |
| 10 | Well a as soon as she gave me this erm protective thing to wear and and then told me that I was grown up and every . |
| 11 | That weekend is also memorable for something Dana said to me in the train on the way back to Salamanca : ‘ I knew you were gay as soon as I saw you that morning in the galleria . ’ |
| 12 | The Guinness takeover of Distillers is studied , not just as an example of a keenly contested takeover , but also as it demonstrated what many saw as the unacceptable sides of takeover activity and the City of London . |
| 13 | The fingers tightened round her arm , biting deep into her flesh as she continued to struggle , and Fran knew as clearly as she knew her own name that he had no intention of letting her go . |
| 14 | Fran knew that just as clearly as she knew her own name . |
| 15 | He knew the trees and waterfalls as well as he knew his own children . |
| 16 | Memories of shared evenings , with cans of beer and football on the TV , flooded back to Bodie ; shared hours with Ray Doyle , mad pursuits , of cars , of women , shared jokes , anger , support ; he knew this small apartment almost as well as he knew his own . |
| 17 | A voice that Rex knew almost as well as he knew his own . |
| 18 | He knew that face almost as well as he knew his own . |
| 19 | Sir , I have been with my master for twenty years and I know his appearance as well as I know my own . |
| 20 | " Nenna , I know all your intonations as well as I know my own , and I can tell that you 're in a very bad state . |
| 21 | He had seen him often enough on TV , and when you hate or love a person you know his face as well as you do your own . |
| 22 | Even as she heard her own voice she was horrified by what it was saying , but somehow could n't stop herself , even though it went completely against the grain to tell such blatant lies . |
| 23 | John Hitch had seemed convinced that it would and Plummer trusted the instincts of his colleague almost as he trusted his own . |
| 24 | He glanced up at her almost respectfully as he poured himself some tea . |
| 25 | Newport began to show signs of tension , Orrell tackling David Thomas late as he pursued his own high kick , but Gareth Thomas hooked his penalty attempt past the left post from 37 yards out . |