Example sentences of "as [adv] i [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are two principal syntactic differences between these two verbs — first , finish can occur without an overt direct object , as in Have you finished ? , whereas complete in the relevant sense requires an overt direct object ; second , finish can take a gerund complement , as in I 've finished eating , but complete can not ( * I 've completed reading ) . |
| 2 | IN THIS game ( known as science-writing , as in I science-write , you science-write , he/she science writes ) it pays to know about jargon . |
| 3 | And it may also demand analysis of the constructions that a word may appear in , for instance , that a verb like want can be followed by the term for what is wanted , as in I want that block ; or by a clause , as in I want him to come here . |
| 4 | And it may also demand analysis of the constructions that a word may appear in , for instance , that a verb like want can be followed by the term for what is wanted , as in I want that block ; or by a clause , as in I want him to come here . |
| 5 | Intonational accentuation , combined with stress , often indicates emphasis , as in I do wish you 'd be more tidy ! ( high fall on do ) . |
| 6 | ‘ For now , I would rather look at you , take in your beauty and your warmth , hear your voice and bask in your smile — see you in reality just as hitherto I have seen you only in my dreams ! ’ |
| 7 | The magazines that are out today are very informative of where you can get the addresses of places to go , they give both sides of homosexuality you know , male and female as far I 've seen , and definitely in the past two years or so . |
| 8 | This has proved the most useful as far I 've been concerned and the works I 've done in the works office . |
| 9 | Being submissive is the co point where what happens when you 're submissive you keep it inside you do n't feel you 're worthy enough or you have n't got you have n't got the self esteem to rate yourself as being able to have what it is that you want , so you keep it inside and you do n't say anything and then you walk away should 've said this and should 've said that and all it does is eat away at you and it does that to you physically as well I mean scientific tests are already showing now that physically these sort of things you do if often be submissive enough what that does it pretty much helps helps you to eat your body up from the inside and causes physical problems which pretty much do that anyway . |
| 10 | Well , we might as well I mean it 's just easiest place really . |
| 11 | Well I was gon na paper out and start cutting out some faces I think cos I mean a I may just as well I mean I was quite happy to let Paul help me out but then |
| 12 | aye but I mean some of them are on this Committee as well I mean Wendy and I for a start erm so that would be good right let's try and give that one a |
| 13 | which er er in my profession as well I come up against all the time and I I think that we 're not really acknowledging that that is very often a cause , for men and women |
| 14 | ‘ As well I know , ’ he said , ‘ or I might be tempted to thrash that cur beside you until he is senseless for what I hear that he has been saying about London of me and mine . |
| 15 | I left out the referrals altogether as well I know . |
| 16 | Well as far as well I know that Michael |
| 17 | I 'm hungry as well I have n't eaten ! |
| 18 | As well I forget the names . |
| 19 | As far as putting them up too early as well I say they get all dusty and you get sick of looking at them . |
| 20 | But I wanted some of me boxes as well I suppose . |
| 21 | How this applies to the crew as well I do n't know but I expect Vic 's got some theory to cover it . |
| 22 | Might as well I do n't know |
| 23 | And I 've got to try and get to work , get home , get my jobs done and get these cleaned as well I do n't know how I 'm bloody gon na do it all ! |
| 24 | I mean that 's something to put there as well I think . |
| 25 | And with that goes , who , who owns the company as well I think . |
| 26 | Er or is it , it 's beer as well I think , he does all the lot . |
| 27 | Erm I still want to bring Kate and her father as well I think cos he 's looking at some people , is n't he ? |
| 28 | Right , and it needs a new battery as well I think |
| 29 | I 'll do this end as well I think be on the safe side . |
| 30 | Hitachi as well I think . |