Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] as i [vb base] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I 'm orf ter bed soon as I 've seen Carrie 'ome . |
| 2 | You know only as I say , it 's made easy for them . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | I smile indulgently as I watch her write a shopping list on a document drawn up in my own hand . |
| 5 | I nod discreetly as I pass her , expecting no response . |
| 6 | If you manage to take off , follow me and do exactly as I do . |
| 7 | Do exactly as I say or I 'll cover the mattress with your brains , understand me ? ’ |
| 8 | That 's if he still live there as I say . |
| 9 | I write slowly as I think : |
| 10 | We 've just as I 've just said , we 've just finished reorganising our department . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |