Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb past] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could understand the term ‘ genetic engineering ’ — well , as long as nobody asked me to speak for a minute without hesitation or deviation — and I recognized ‘ DNA ’ , which was said to be the basic stuff of life . |
| 2 | I just ca n't get off the scale Moby and I swapped fond farewells as She-She led me away . |
| 3 | ‘ I left him feeling uneasy , ’ John reported back to Nora , ‘ as you asked me to . |
| 4 | ‘ Marguerite already knows her son is a villain , as you told me before . |
| 5 | What I do know 's probably distorted , as you told me once in London . |
| 6 | I watched half of it last week , as soon as you told me off I I put it off . |
| 7 | Tim was fascinated at seeing overturned engines on the side of the line , and you girls were a little anxious as you saw me and a nice Salvation Army wife tear down the track when the train stopped to get water from the engine ! |
| 8 | ‘ Then why on earth did n't you tell me as soon as you saw me ? ’ |
| 9 | You joked that as you kissed me deeply you could taste the tang of my lunchtime Cumberland sausage . |
| 10 | Trust me , as you trusted me in Seville . |
| 11 | We were faced , as you reminded me with a projected twenty-four million pound shortfall . |
| 12 | So I better 'ave it out , Annie , that 's if I can pawn me lace tablecloth for one an' six , same as you gave me on the watch . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I care that you 're trying to seduce Dana as you seduced me … nothing more , though I doubt your conceit will allow you to believe that . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You , Fernando Serra , are either lying through your teeth , putting on a brave face or you have the same loose sort of arrangement with your mistress as you accused me of having with Steve . ’ |
| 15 | I remember once thinking my mother was stark raving bonkers as she regaled me with a tale of the time she scrimped for six months to buy a pair of elbow length , white kid evening gloves , which set her back the equivalent of two weeks ' wages . |
| 16 | But it was pleasant to feel safe and looked-after , and another nice thing was that nobody remarked on , or even appeared to notice my absence of rings — except the Matron , who was inclined to toss her head a bit as she passed me , but perhaps she just had a tic . |
| 17 | She used to toss her head as she passed me , as if I was something nasty on the roadside that should n't be looked at . |
| 18 | As she passed me , I caught a whiff of a clean , peachy perfume — the sort of scent women buy for themselves . |
| 19 | What most humiliating was the odd glint that showed in her eyes as she studied me . |
| 20 | ‘ Bounced out as soon as she heard me call you and came scrabbling up the slope . |
| 21 | As she heard me going on about the luncheon party she pulled a face . |
| 22 | Lisabeth appeared in her doorway as she heard me coming back up . |
| 23 | As she bade me goodbye and began to walk down the drive , she used her left leg while walking to set the distaff twirling . |
| 24 | She gripped my arms as she hugged me , as if to reassure herself I was n't going to disappear . |
| 25 | Her hands rested on it as she surveyed me with calm enquiry . |
| 26 | I squealed , as she led me outside . |
| 27 | But her eyes were fail of pain as she led me through to the lounge . |
| 28 | I will not take no unless I know she really means it , as strongly as she kissed me . |
| 29 | She stopped as soon as she saw me . |
| 30 | ‘ As soon as she saw me on the doorstep I felt she knew something . |