Example sentences of "[adv] as i [vb base] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Much as I like the idea , I do n't think your parents would be best pleased would they ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ My darling girl , ’ he said , ‘ much as I hate the idea , we must stop this . |
| 3 | Much as I admire a great deal of Ken Worpole 's contributions to discussion on alternative methods of arts funding — his and Geoff Mulgan 's ‘ Saturday Night , Sunday Morning ’ was an invaluable piece of work — his thoughts ( almost gleeful I thought ) on the problems of civic buildings ( MT May ) were shot through with the baby-out-with-the-bathwater conclusions which seem to be endemic in much new times and new Left thinking on the arts generally . |
| 4 | Much as I admire the French , nothing can compare with being back home in good old Blighty . |
| 5 | Much as I love the works of J.R.R. Tolkien , I refuse to call any dog Bilbo Baggins , so Bill he has become ; anyway , the only resemblance between Bill and a hobbit is that both have hairy feet and a liking for grubbing around in sandy holes . |
| 6 | Squeeze them in sure we 'll find somewhere for them to go , vacate , so long as I get a kiss from everybody apart from the boys and |
| 7 | So long as I get the train . ’ |
| 8 | So long as I shove the washing in the do n't like it in there it 's dingy , unless the sun 's out . |
| 9 | This will be fine so long as I obey the ‘ point cam moving rule ’ while doing this and for every move thereafter . |
| 10 | So long as I hold the office of Home Secretary , I shall give no countenance to the view that they should not be prevented from being such a danger . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm in good shape and I will sing for as long as I have the strength to do so , ’ he added . |
| 12 | I 'm afraid I ca n't subscribe to the theory that man should always be ‘ bloody , bold and resolute ’ ; but rather , I confess , that it 's very comforting to lean on you sometimes … more especially as I 've a funny instinct that if I follow your ways I ca n't go wrong , whereas my own existence is apt to be hardening , as you can see that it must be . |
| 13 | Especially as I get the accents right . |
| 14 | Especially as I get the accents right . |
| 15 | Try not to break down as I read the roll of honour : the golden vision Alex Young , the Huyton Hercules Peter Reid , the Blackpool buzzbomb Alan Ball , the Tyneside tornado Howard Kendall , the Birmingham blockbuster Bob Latchford and the Llandudno leopard Neville Southall . |
| 16 | Not as I remember no funnily enough but they used to have people who , who went out to work at different airports after the planes had gone out they used to have gangs that went out to Perton and er we used to draw equipment from er the maintenance un RAF maintenance unit at Stafford things used to come from there . |
| 17 | JUST AS I LOATHE THE WORD ‘ WORKSHOP ’ , I FEEL QUEASY WHEN PLACES include the word ‘ centre ’ . |
| 18 | Beejay always seems to spot the object in the hedge that he can not possibly pass without a protect , just as I hear the roar of a fast-moving car at our rear . |
| 19 | Just as I have no idea how Lowden keep their guitars as light as this , I 've no idea how they get such a warm , full response out of a medium-sized , thin-bodied instrument . |
| 20 | Officially speaking anyway , just as I have a passport . |
| 21 | Equality brings emancipation : according to Marx it will be ‘ possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow , to hunt in the morning , fish in the afternoon , rear cattle in the evening , criticise after dinner , just as I have a mind without ever becoming hunter , fisherman , shepherd or critic ’ . |
| 22 | Just as I have the right to live mine … ’ |
| 23 | I , the armchair observer , lament the cessation of the old skills and crafts just as I deplore the desecration of the open fields by more and more bypasses , pylons , wires , bungalows , concrete , traffic and litter . |
| 24 | As soon as I get a draft I 'll I 'll let you know what the perfections are . |
| 25 | ‘ Of course , just as soon as I get the results from this test . |
| 26 | by then I may have sold the house and , I mean , as soon as I sell the house |
| 27 | At first the belts slip round the flat pulleys — they 're meant to — but as soon as I squirt the gum they grab and the shafts pick up speed real fast , and the spokes on the pulleys blur and disappear . |
| 28 | I will write again as soon as I know the opinion of the Parish Council . |
| 29 | ‘ Give me your number , and as soon as I know the score I 'll ring you back . |
| 30 | I shall make an announcement as soon as I reach a decision . |