Example sentences of "as [subord] you [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | G P is n't as up-to-date as as as you might hope with the information him or herself . |
2 | But after our day out when we 'd had such a good time it seemed as though you might care and that we could have a chance . |
3 | It seems as though you may run into opposition , either from the powers that be or the effects of economic cutbacks , and you may have to wait until November before this pattern changes . |
4 | It sounds as though you may have selector trouble . |
5 | A SEEMS to me as though you may have been overfeeding them with a fertiliser containing quite a lot of nitrogen and perhaps over-watering . |
6 | Talk , talk as though you can tell each other everything you 've ever done or seen or said or thought . |
7 | It looks as though you can accommodate both conferences , but what price should you charge ? |
8 | ‘ Anyway , ’ he said ‘ you do n't look as though you 'd give Joe Louis much trouble this morning . |
9 | Not really as though you 'd know it ! |
10 | ‘ So it looks as though you 'd find it very awkward , being in my company . ’ |
11 | The more you look as though you will fit in the better . |
12 | Come in looking as though you might be able to solve an interviewer 's problems , not as though you will bring a whole lot of problems of your own . |
13 | But because of the general economic climate , you may still feel as though you must manage on a tight budget . |
14 | You feel as though you must have become very bad , because the destructive thoughts that keep coming to you are most uncharacteristic and not at all the sod of thing you usually feel . |
15 | I mean — well — you look as though you should 've , like . |
16 | You look as though you could do with one . |
17 | Though you look as though you could do with something to perk you up . |
18 | And he added , as he led the way , ‘ You both look as though you could do with some sleep , so while you are refreshing yourselves I will telephone to a hotel in Cajamarca where I know the owner will look after you very well . ’ |
19 | ‘ You look as though you could do with some sleep . ’ |
20 | ‘ It 's that sort of sexual feeling really because you are on a fantastic high and you feel as though you could do anything . |
21 | ’ You look as though you could do with a drink . ’ |
22 | Of a beautifully groomed , heavily made-up woman it was once said : ‘ It looks as though you could peel her face off . ’ |