Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'd have to , I 'd have to erm I 'd have to raise it er and I think to be quite honest the er I mean fortunately as I said earlier on Mr chairman there is a Regional Liaison Group meeting on , on Monday er and I have a captive audience of three budget holders , Doug Gill and Phil , erm and raise this with them . |
2 | Yeah I mean so as they 're not stood there doing nothing . |
3 | ‘ Have been reading ’ , I realized even as I struggled to find somewhere to stand the strawboard in the darkness , makes a somewhat smaller claim than ‘ have read ’ , and I scarcely expect that my ‘ books ’ , to anyone outside the very restricted world of philosophical studies , are going to include the two on Spinoza ; all of which suggests a second-hand and partial acquaintance with my only other work , Natural Man . |
4 | It rarely took less than seven minutes to organize the few things I needed , so that day I rehearsed mentally as I went along : ‘ Choose the best place to stop . |
5 | During the lead-up to my emergence as a fully-fledged lesbian , I suffered unspeakably as I steered myself through a minefield of heavily internalized Catholic dogma . |
6 | I run fast as I can at the window , but it still wo n't break . |
7 | I sighed heavily as I looked first at one and then at the other while we made our slow way down the main street , past Woolworth and the traffic lights . |
8 | I sighed inwardly as I followed him . |
9 | I smile easily as they go |
10 | I smile indulgently as I watch her write a shopping list on a document drawn up in my own hand . |
11 | I felt rather as I should if , on my asking him what he would like for lunch , he had replied ‘ thriftiness ’ , or ‘ thirty-seven degrees Centigrade ’ . |
12 | I laughed silently as I sat against a hard cushion in the palm-frond house looking at the brown eyes around me . |
13 | This had better be good , I thought grimly as I crossed the road and walked up the cul-de-sac to the Parsonage . |
14 | I listened carefully as I want to learn all the green I can in case Maggie comes our way . |
15 | I closed my eyes in reverence as I chewed then as I reached for the pint pot again I looked up at the small figure on the bin . |
16 | I do exactly as you say ! |
17 | I think probably as you . |
18 | So I think today as we dedicate this magnificently restored control tower and memento to the Hundredth Group that we think about three groups of people . |
19 | Yeah but I think now as she 's so advanced in her dance |
20 | I move away as I would prefer to talk with someone from the same planet . |
21 | I nod discreetly as I pass her , expecting no response . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | I did exactly as I had promised . |
24 | I cried sadly as I stood there . |
25 | ‘ Very well , thank you , ’ I answered shyly as he patted me on the head . |
26 | ‘ It was the least I could do , ’ I said weakly as she brushed her lips against my cheek . |
27 | ‘ Good morning , Mrs Clamp , ’ I said pleasantly as I entered the kitchen . |
28 | 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 . ’ |
29 | I write slowly as I think : |
30 | I write now as I found at the time . |