Example sentences of "you [vb base] as a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ironic , then , is Wilekin 's immediate comment : ( " Indeed , lady , you speak as a gracious person " ) |
| 2 | But what comes out of it is what you give as a human being . |
| 3 | like most of these these have , erm what I want to know is er why , when I was disposed of as you like as a useless article , why I am suddenly called upon by this government to be one hundred per cent , not fifty per cent responsible , but one hundred per cent responsible , not only for my children which I 'm quite happy to do , but one hundred per cent responsible to keep my wife off of benefit and one hundred per cent responsible if she should ever want one , t for her partner . |
| 4 | okay , I ju as I say i do n't want to promise you something that that I know I 'm not going to be able to achieve in these two days because that 's not yep certainly if you want to talk about that you know as a separate thing outside the time then then we 'll be able to help you do that , okay ? |
| 5 | Erm but I , you know if you said I think you see , I think what Colin 's raising is a very interesting and important issue and I I naturally you know as a senior manager I 'm concerned about it . |
| 6 | How does it make you feel , you know as a social worker , erm when whatever you in whatever you do , every you do , no matter how effective you are , that you 're That when you leave those people , they 're in they 're basically in that same situation and equally v and still vulnerable . |
| 7 | You know as a big word ‘ Ocean ’ it looked fantastic . |
| 8 | You emerge as a beautiful butterfly , with wings ready to unfurl . |
| 9 | so you close him on his final objection , you listen , you then sell him his objection , right , you sell him his objection , right , you confirm his answer , right , whatever he says to you and his answer you actually confirm it back to him , you do n't interrupt him , right , you do n't guess where he 's at , right and basically if work through a system you 'll get on there , now for me to be able to , to , to , what I 've just said to you is a load of garbage , but if I was sitting I was sitting actually go through each one of these steps and that 's what you term as a closing sequence , you see what I mean ? |
| 10 | It is sometimes a good idea to start homework reporting with a client who you recognize as a likely positive contributor . |
| 11 | It does n't matter if you live as a Christian for a hundred years , if you live the most sacrificial life , if you live a life of prayer and fasting , if you lead thousands of people to the Lord , if you are the epitome of Christian piety , you still do n't deserve anything ! |
| 12 | I mean here we are , we 've been talking about taking holidays in this area , and I imagine that much of the work that you do as a local Tourist Board is not actually directly aimed at people who live in this area . |
| 13 | ‘ I believe it is quite hard , the work that you do as a Strict Regime prisoner . |
| 14 | But thanks very much indeed , Patricia from Chipping Norton , and also thanks to my guests ; the Reverend Martin Flatman , the vicar at Saints Mary and John Church in the Cowley Road ; to Pauline Dungate well , I do n't know how to describe you except as a wonderful woman ; Reverend David Brian , the curate at Christ Church in Abingdon ; Sister Jenny , who runs The Porch , a drop in centre for the homeless in the Cowley Road area ; and Lesley Dewhurst from the support group Elmore . |
| 15 | The first is the acceptable result ( see 5b above on page 51 ) which you see as a realistic one . |
| 16 | You may well ask what particular statistical skills you need as a practising manager . |