Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] as i have " in BNC.
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1 | A lot of the women , young girls for the most part , came overland as I had , packed in steamers and trains like the fish they were to gut . |
2 | I must finish now as I have to prepare teaching for tomorrow . |
3 | I found it impossible to answer brusquely as I had intended . |
4 | The two halves of the heart did not ease apart as I 'd fancifully imagined , but clung desperately round one another like drowning lovers . |
5 | I have a grand-niece , my brother 's granddaughter , and two Saturdays ago I went to see her dance in Denver — and she danced just as I 've always wanted to dance . ’ |
6 | ‘ Well , I 'm orf ter bed soon as I 've seen Carrie 'ome . |
7 | Out of school , of course , I continued my birdwatching just as I had done back in Essex , only now there was much more variety . |
8 | He reacted exactly as I had expected : |
9 | I did exactly as I had promised . |
10 | As usual each one said something different , so I began timing my contractions and breathing deeply as I 'd practised . |
11 | We 've just as I 've just said , we 've just finished reorganising our department . |
12 | You know I 've had it happen the lights have changed just as I 've been crossing them so I 've gone over and three cars immediately behind me have followed me . |