Example sentences of "as [noun prp] [noun] [verb] me " in BNC.

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1 As Gerald Thomas told me : ‘ Our success appeared to be based on the demise of the British music hall , the slightly lavatorial humour that appealed to father and son alike — and to the fact that people knew what they were getting , like Heinz baked beans or Lux toilet soap . ’
2 But as Kenneth Connor told me , ‘ What she actually saw was the first full frontals ever on view during the making of a British film .
3 The publicity the film attracted in Cannes followed Nicholson back to America where it was due for New York opening in July which , as Karen Black told me later , was an odd time : ‘ It was a college film and so it goes on release at exactly the same time as the colleges are closing down for the summer and everyone is going home . ’
4 As Dr Ramos told me , ‘ There comes a point where faith and conviction are more important than hard data . ’
5 As Hugh Paddick told me : ‘ We respected each other 's work .
6 As Hugh Paddick told me , ‘ it was never rehearsed ’ .
7 One of my assets in journalism , as Fred Workman told me some years later , was the habit of creating stories and features by developing an idea and then taking the necessary steps to work it into an acceptable feature .
8 I was still trembling when I reached the barn and hardly said a word as Mr Bailes led me back across the road to the farm .
9 As Mrs Giffen showed me up to my room , she smiled and said , ‘ Is n't it wonderful ?
10 I thought , as Mrs Diggory showed me in here — ’
11 As Brian Clough told me when I met him on the top of the Little Elm bus earlier this season — we were both going to check out Little Elm Intaflora 's young Dutch forward , Kylie Van Der Graaf — ‘ Sadly , young man , football is like a football . ’
12 If people felt occasionally frustrated in their relationship with Eliot — as Herbert Read told me he did — it was because they could not get behind ‘ the mask ’ .
13 But enquiries from two missionary friends already recruited as Kachin advisers made me realise that there would be little opportunity to influence policy and relationships .
14 As Caesar lov 'd me , I weep for him ; as he was fortunate , I rejoice at it ; as he was valiant , I honour him ; but — as he was ambitious , I slew him .
15 As Michael Codron told me : ‘ Ken remained very loyal to it , even though he was miserable about it .
16 This was a tremendous task because , as Jayahen Desai told me :
17 As John Lahr told me ‘ He was very pleased to have been included in the books and he helped .
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