Example sentences of "exactly as i " in BNC.
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| 1 | The one remaining club , Squires , over the water in Catford , shut almost exactly as I started the book . |
| 2 | ‘ Every Brownie must stay exactly as I put her — on the ground . |
| 3 | It is not surprise therefore , that I heard the story there and I related it exactly as I remember hearing it . |
| 4 | I polished the latches a bit with my shirtsleeve , then I put the briefcase back exactly as I 'd found it and took my leaf-trembling self along to the dining car , already regretting , before I got there , that I had n't stayed until the Canadian left , knowing that I 'd wasted some of the best and perhaps the only chance I would get of seeing what Filmer had brought with him on the train . |
| 5 | And because all these things will begin to happen … exactly as I have been told they will happen … more and more rapidly … powerfully … and completely … |
| 6 | He reacted exactly as I had expected : |
| 7 | I want you to draw up the will exactly as I 've said , and let me have it as soon as possible . ’ |
| 8 | I was in charge of what is known as the governor , which I felt might be an error , but I did exactly as I was told and all went well . |
| 9 | On his return he puzzled me by behaving exactly as I expected an S.S.O. to behave . |
| 10 | At last I gained the crest of a rise , and there below me stretched the sloping flat rocks , and yes , the mermaids were there , their fur dry in the sun , their bodies slick and contented , their eyes closed , enjoying the afternoon , exactly as I had done myself . |
| 11 | ‘ You 're not exactly as I imagined , ’ Estabrook replied . |
| 12 | And even the apparent libertine , if Walter 's My Secret Life is in any way an accurate chronicle , had his own anxieties born of sexual discretion : ‘ Does every man kiss , coax , hint smuttily , then talk bawdily , snatch a feel , smell his fingers , assault and win , exactly as I have done ? ’ |
| 13 | This was the best ; it was John exactly as I remembered him , walking down a road , waiting at a bus stop , hunched inside his big coat . |
| 14 | He might say " Things are exactly as I said they are " . |
| 15 | The relics were exactly as I 'd left them , inside the hexagram , nothing had changed . |
| 16 | Exactly as I tell you , James , clear ? ’ |
| 17 | But then I thought , Why would they replace the barrier exactly as I had left it ? |
| 18 | Do exactly as I say or I 'll cover the mattress with your brains , understand me ? ’ |
| 19 | It was exactly as I had always imagined the Dark Ages to be , and in its terrible way it was apt . |
| 20 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : I have not yet seen a reply from the chief executive , but my understanding is that the position is exactly as I told the Hon. Gentleman in Committee . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's exactly as I imagined an old family home , ’ Sir Henry said . |
| 22 | There was Barrymore , with the light in his hand , looking out across the moor , exactly as I had seen him on the night before . |
| 23 | As exactly as I can . |
| 24 | So it 's in your best interests to do exactly as I say , starting now . |
| 25 | He was exactly as I remembered him , that June night after our fishing . |
| 26 | Exactly as I appear is exactly as I am , he had said that day in Carlingford . |
| 27 | Exactly as I appear is exactly as I am , he had said that day in Carlingford . |
| 28 | I was lucky not to break the elbow — a colleague in the cycling club appeared that week with arm in sling , having fallen off exactly as I did . |
| 29 | I did exactly as I had promised . |
| 30 | If you manage to take off , follow me and do exactly as I do . |