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 .
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