Example sentences of "[adv] as i [vb base] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much as I regard them as a social nuisance on a par with the Orange Walk and invented by the devil to prevent churchgoers getting to church on time , I can not claim that marathons have ( yet ) been proved to kill enough people to justify banning them . |
| 2 | Much as I esteem you , I will not manipulate events for your personal gratification . ’ |
| 3 | much as I miss you |
| 4 | We would say : ‘ Much as I love you , I can not condone this behaviour . |
| 5 | Much as I love you , I do n't love you that much ! |
| 6 | That would slay me , Charles , much as I love it . ’ |
| 7 | I 'll wait all night if necessary so long as I know you 'll be coming . |
| 8 | I do n't have fancy feelings about where money comes from , so long as I earn it in ways which fit in with my flexible principles . |
| 9 | By the end of the afternoon , after a few more pints , he gets involved in a Q&A challenge — he says he 'll answer any question , so long as I keep them coming . |
| 10 | So long as I keep it up I am still in charge of my own destiny . |
| 11 | When you have been teaching for as long as I have you 'll realise that it 's no good at all being kind to children . |
| 12 | So long as I love you , I would n't mind being poor , and I do n't want his money . ’ |
| 13 | With petit mal , the small fit , it used to called vaguely , you could talk to somebody and then go on nattering away and then suddenly the person would switch off and then just stare and then after a while they come back and talk to you and it 's , they pick up exactly where they 've left off , so as I say it used to be called day dreaming , now that 's the low end of the scale , now we go to the other end of the scale and remember please that there 's no set type for an epileptic , anybody , anywhere , any age at any time can have an epileptic fit , you do n't have to be that type , do n't . |
| 14 | Er right so as I say it 's a lighthearted approach and on christian name terms and with that in mind would you detach one of these and just stick your name on so that at least if you do n't know then at some stage during the course you stand a good chance of getting to know each other because again the essence of this course is informality and talking . |
| 15 | So as I say I , I found Friday very useful , I found the er , the renewed routines , although we , I mean we all had lots of problems with the videos , they did n't come out but it did n't really matter because the three of us in our group sat there and very openly , very honestly , and without any personal animosity whatsoever helped each other and that again , as I say very useful and so above all a and I think it 's something that I feel very strongly about because we have n't talked to people we 've , in English , understandable language about what this is all about . |
| 16 | So as I say I would expect to see these percentages significantly increased erm . |
| 17 | So as I say I think it 'll , I think it 'll , it 'll run okay and behave itself on the assumption you can get some people to fill it in so er |
| 18 | Rather than so As I say you associate the car and the number together . |
| 19 | And so as I understand it that 's the situation |
| 20 | It 's best as I see it . |
| 21 | The party 's powerful Senate minority leader , Bob Dole , had just told Bush : ‘ Just as I know you 've changed the world , I also know the best man did n't win . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Just as I know you sent that poison pen letter . |
| 23 | ‘ I know 't is my brother you really wish to see — just as I know I must call you my lady Anne ! ’ |
| 24 | Just as I like it . |
| 25 | Not in any special order but just as I remember them . |
| 26 | This is my command , love one another just as I love you . |
| 27 | Levi would have understood that challenge , just as I think he would have been happy to agree that it is possible to speak without contradiction of the literal imagination . |
| 28 | He sits there looking like John Knox being unimpressed by Mary Stuart , and just as I think he 'll never let me increase my overdraft he says , ‘ Aye , life 's not easy for a woman alone with no head for business . |
| 29 | On the one hand there 's Little Liz , and on the other there 's Lovebite ; but just as I think I 've made a decision , the image of Lord Lane comes into my mind and I get all confused again . |
| 30 | I prefer to leave pictures just as I finish them in front of the subject . |