Example sentences of "as i [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I hope that the Minister will comment specifically on whether that is an acceptable employment practice for this country or whether he believes — as I most certainly do — that we should offer some form of legal protection for those women are the most exploited .
2 If Sir Alastair has broken this spell , as I most sincerely hope he has , the Chartered Institute may , after more than three quarters of a century ‘ provide a source of authoritative views on transport for communication to Government and the community ’ ; just as its founders intended .
3 I could not go inside B.P. , as I no longer had a security pass .
4 As I no longer possess a suitcase . ’
5 But as long as you are here , there 's one saving grace — you do as I bloody well tell you ! ’
6 The Corporal stood and glared at me as I very swiftly made my exit through the door , pausing briefly to pick up my rucksack and bagpipe box .
7 Does he realize that he is part of Tite 's plans — as I now dimly begin to perceive — to revive the flagging fortunes of the Government Commission ?
8 The vacillating vamp , as I so aptly said : do I phone her ?
9 It would have been a richer joy — but , indeed , as I so often tell you , I delight to picture you in a childlike serenity .
10 That she saw herself not as I so much wanted , as my angel of forgiveness , but as my angel of salvation .
11 The obvious introductions were made , and what ensued was to bring more pleasure to Repton than any job he had ever done — ‘ such a specimen of my art , ’ he wrote of his work at Sheringham , ‘ as I never before had the opportunity of displaying ’ .
12 A little later , Charles Dickens recorded travelling ‘ through miles of cinder-paths and blazing furnaces and roaring steam engines , and such a mass of dirt , gloom and misery as I never before witnessed ’ .
13 Just as I never never let other girls see that I know I am pretty ; nobody knows how I 've fallen over myself not to take that unfair advantage .
14 I agree with you wholeheartedly as I really always do yes .
15 As I somewhat impatiently explained , we do n't actually teach English .
16 ‘ I mean , Miss Celia , as I still often think of her , being that young at the time and Mrs Tremayne not wanting her to know , pledging me and my eldest brother , Bert , to secrecy .
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