Example sentences of "i [am/are] [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Emily and I are happy as we are . ’ |
| 2 | I am uncertain as to whether I am capable of laying a drive in concrete . |
| 3 | ‘ And if I do n't earn those few thousand dollars then I am sure as hell not going to sail away with you . |
| 4 | Section er , I was very surprised indeed that er Hilary asking for a review of the service because in fact all one 's experience and I am sure as well tells us that this is a success story , it is something that petition after petition that we 've asking to keep it that way , shows that it is one of the services that the County provides which is very much appreciated by the recipients and we ca n't say that in all County Councils ' services but you can say it about er the section seventeen and I think you ought to acknowledge that Chairman . |
| 5 | ‘ I am warm as toast , ’ Joan said unsympathetically . |
| 6 | ( I am blind as a bat without and contact lenses are too expensive and who do you think you are , you should be studying . ) |
| 7 | So I am wary as we begin our first rehearsal in the afternoon . |
| 8 | I am worried as well about the way you asked me where I went after we 'd arrived in Oxford because I did n't tell you the truth then either , I went to Holywell cemetery and went to the grave of a friend of mine . |
| 9 | Yet I am puzzled as to whether that would mean that we should leave our radios on , so long as the music coming from them is beautiful , in order that our rooms be filled with beauty even in our absence . |
| 10 | I am undecided as to whether this is because the British are an unadventurous and xenophobic nation , or whether it is because boules is a stupid game . |
| 11 | I have a waiting list , Miss Thorne , and I am overcrowded as it is . |
| 12 | I 'm pensive as we drag back round to the poorhouse . |
| 13 | At the same time , I 'm curious as to what this ‘ condition ’ is . |
| 14 | ‘ Get out , Harvey , I 'm late as it is . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm late as it is . " |
| 16 | Go on , Hepzibah , I 'm strong as a horse now and I could do with some air . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Heaven ’ and ‘ The Power Lines ’ , the latter about transients apprenticed to roaming , are just as austerely convincing but Griffith has the real last line on herself and her music when she says ‘ I 'm fragile as December ’ . |
| 18 | I 'm sixty-one as it is and , truth told , I could n't work for one of them . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm impressed as to how my new designs have some of the old messages . |
| 20 | Sue Parker — mother of Julian , who 's only eighteen , by the way , ’ added Leonora with a wicked little grin , ‘ is keen to go into partnership with her , and I can do what I do just as easily after I 'm married as before . ’ |
| 21 | I 'm uncomfortable as hell doing comedy , but that 's good , 'cause when I 'm comfy I get complacent , then I get lazy and naff . |
| 22 | ‘ But I 'm certain as I can be that they ca n't win unless they have your grandfather . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't know about you , but I 'm sure as hell not ready to die yet . |
| 24 | I 'm sure as death . ’ |
| 25 | I 'm sure as er , as in here , yes . |
| 26 | I 'm fine as long it 's not too noisy for you . |
| 27 | Do n't take the mick out of Fatty Phil , I 'm fat as well ! |
| 28 | ‘ Not only have I got skin even the Elephant Man would have rejected , but I 'm fat as well ? ’ |
| 29 | I 'm happy as I am . ’ |
| 30 | I 'm happy as long as we we get the definite six people definite . |