Example sentences of "as i [verb] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | I put a hand into the language space and drew the briefcase to the front ; and it was of black crocodile skin with gold clasps , as I 'd seen at Nottingham races . |
| 2 | ‘ But I was cautious about it too as I 'd seen both sides — the periods of unemployment as well as the glossy side of my father being in something so popular like Howards ' Way . ’ |
| 3 | I was quite impressed by this and since he was going back to England that evening I decided to go back as soon as I 'd seen him off . |
| 4 | I thought then that , much as I longed to see him , it might be as well to start hoping he would n't come back until I could truthfully tell him there would be no baby . |
| 5 | When the bus started , they all crossed themselves , as I had seen nuns do in Ireland when setting out on a journey , however short . |
| 6 | I thought of Aunt Louise as I had seen her last , sitting upright in her plastic-covered armchair . |
| 7 | I held up my arms as I had seen German prisoners do in news-reels . |
| 8 | Suddenly I found myself moving forward and I crouched a little as I had seen the experts do in films . |
| 9 | I was engrossed in these thoughts and just about to drip it on the top of my head as I had seen Sally do when , from nowhere , a hand knocked me to the floor , spilling the contents of the bottle . |
| 10 | Once back in the ops room , I laid the boy flat on his back , so far down the mattress that his dropped foot hung over the edge at the bottom , just as I had seen the Australian nurse do when I watched her during her London visit the previous year . |
| 11 | ( Looking at her , I was often reminded of the famous Lina Cavalieri as I had seen her in photographs . |
| 12 | The gilded chair by the dressing-table was strewn with clothing , just as I had seen it when I had sometimes taken in her morning tisane . |
| 13 | There was Barrymore , with the light in his hand , looking out across the moor , exactly as I had seen him on the night before . |
| 14 | That , as I had seen from the outside , was shrouded in green plastic , and , as all the windows seemed to have been boarded up , there was scarcely any light at all . |
| 15 | As soon as I had seen this reading of the phrase it at once seemed more plausible . |
| 16 | , I remember right from when he was a baby as I went to see him the day his mum brought him home . |
| 17 | I also remember right from when she was a baby as I went to see her after she had been brought home . |
| 18 | The precision of Hilaire 's placing was constantly astonishing and in an air-borne rond de jambe Guillem 's long lean line was as breathtaking as I 've seen it . |
| 19 | It 's got as bright and fierce an eye as I 've seen this side the Avon . ’ |
| 20 | Was this ever issued as I 've seen nothing of it anywhere ? |
| 21 | It was as bad as I 've seen in 60 years . ’ |
| 22 | The walls of the actual Boot Room , as I 've seen it , have no room for blackboards or instructional pitches because every inch is covered with pin-ups picked for protuberant busts . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , I 'm orf ter bed soon as I 've seen Carrie 'ome . |
| 24 | Only , I think , in so far as I 've seen so many pictures over the years that I must have picked up some knowledge and a sort of an overview of what there is in English art , so that I can make better comparisons . |
| 25 | I 've got a ticket , and I 'm using it as soon as I 've seen you . ’ |
| 26 | I 'll have a word with your men as soon as I 've seen Miss Easterbrook . |
| 27 | I 'll lie down on the couch again as soon as I 've seen Mrs Porter . ’ |
| 28 | And if it meant the purchase of a hundred acres of timber , I 'd count it cash well spent — especially to get men who can work as I 've seen you lads work this week ! ’ |
| 29 | Macca played as well as I 've seen in the first twenty minutes . |
| 30 | They just do nt seem to be sharp enough or is it that midfield are n't providing good service — I ca n't really say as I 've seen none of the games , just read reports . |