Example sentences of "as i [vb past] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is worlds apart from school as I knew it in the 1960s . |
| 2 | The following is a typical example of the character of the RAF as I saw it for the first time about a couple of months after I got to Baghdad . |
| 3 | I was acting out the role of the good , courageous patient as I saw it at the time , while Mr Lennox was no doubt pleased to find me co-operative , free from despair and above all , unemotional . |
| 4 | I knew as soon as I saw it in the garden sale catalogue , it was unmistakeable . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It is n't as I saw it in my dreams . ’ |
| 6 | So down at squadron level we had this very much in our minds when in time the orders came down through Group , through station , right to the people who had to do the carting and the bombing , I feel I should explain right at the outset that I can only view at the later stages of the war the state of morale as I saw it in the entire Pathfinder Force . |
| 7 | ‘ As soon as I took it in my hands it felt beautiful , ’ he said . |
| 8 | I felt the jolt in his chest as I hugged it in rhythm against mine and for a long second could n't believe it , but then he heaved again in my arms and coughed in my face and a mouthful of dirty water shot out in a spout and he began coughing in earnest and choking and gasping for air … gasping , gulping air down , wheezing in his throat , whooping like whooping cough , struggling to fill his functioning lungs . |
| 9 | Erm the point that you put to me I think two or three questions ago wa was related as I understood it to the the alignment and the network of the lanes . |
| 10 | I bought the sandwich and carefully peeled away the Cellophane , but just as I lifted it to my mouth the train lurched violently over a siding , making the bottles clatter in the drinks trolley and causing all the meatballs to jump off the bun , like sailors abandoning a burning ship . |
| 11 | So this song sort of sprang to mind and I could hear it as I wanted it to be and I could also hear a few little modifications that would suit their purposes , too . |
| 12 | ‘ During your first combat mission , Cadet , you will learn the ineffable difference ; as I learned it during mine . |
| 13 | I was pleased to get The Chalet School Goes To It , as I needed it for my collection ’ ( letter from Lucy Chapman , aged 9 ) . |
| 14 | The town was much as I remembered it in 1919 . |
| 15 | As my car moved through the area announcing ‘ Meet shadow chancellor John Smith as he explains Labour 's policy on fiscal and monetary reform , ’ I noticed that the town was not as crowded as I remembered it from only that morning . |
| 16 | He grunted a little as I rested it against the arm of the chair , but did n't wake . |
| 17 | As I held it in my hand it all came back to me . |
| 18 | I I will talk about the fund as I found it in my capacity as a very recent chairman . |