Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] as i [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I 'm orf ter bed soon as I 've seen Carrie 'ome . |
| 2 | I look round as I reach a junction in the corridor and he quickly pops back into his office . |
| 3 | You know only as I say , it 's made easy for them . |
| 4 | Oh it is now yes , you 've got , I mean you 've got the service now have n't you and erm , but I like at St Margaret 's hospital I 'd been , I had been , I went in there to have my last boy , but they 're very , very good there they were , I 've not been in , I 've been in , I 've had treatment here for my hip and that up at Harlow but they would n't do the operation because of my blood clotting you see , so therefore I 've got to grin and bear it , I 've had eight years of it , I could n't walk for six months , but now I struggle and get around as I say with a couple of sticks I get round |
| 5 | so that we got , cos say you have a lot of holidays , so that when we get there as I say we ai n't got ta go out and shop and get stuff , we 've got bacon and egg |
| 6 | I smile indulgently as I watch her write a shopping list on a document drawn up in my own hand . |
| 7 | on this , and I 'll reiterate this , is the process that we go through as I understand it for introducing procedures , is that we take a diagonal slice through the organization er in other words there 's a draft procedure produced . |
| 8 | I nod discreetly as I pass her , expecting no response . |
| 9 | If you manage to take off , follow me and do exactly as I do . |
| 10 | Do exactly as I say or I 'll cover the mattress with your brains , understand me ? ’ |
| 11 | I sort of toss up as I leave the house over which direction to take . |
| 12 | That 's if he still live there as I say . |
| 13 | I write slowly as I think : |
| 14 | We 've just as I 've just said , we 've just finished reorganising our department . |
| 15 | come out as I tell you . |
| 16 | But , remarkable or not , this is what we say ; there is this language game in which what happens later ( 7–8 , 14 , etc. , cf. 100 ) is the criterion ( 22 ) of my meaning someone , or something : asked whether I wanted Jones to come , I answer almost as I answer a question about my present sensations ( 7 ) and yet I say , ‘ I meant you , not Jones . ’ |