Example sentences of "well as i [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But one thing I do n't want to happen as time goes by is to sit down and say that I did n't do as well as I might have done in another tournament because I did n't put in enough effort . |
| 2 | As well as I 'll ever know he replied gruffly . |
| 3 | And I will willingly show the place tomorrow , and if he has any question to ask me now , I will answer as well as I may . |
| 4 | What I do is to stop these last two if apparently indicated remedies are not working as well as I would have expected . |
| 5 | The only point is that I want that foreigner not to undersell my labour and I want him to be as competent to do the work as well as I would do it myself . |
| 6 | I do n't feel that I have succeeded in mixing with the community as well as I would like to have done . |
| 7 | Ward it well as I would ward you , and I shall be content . ’ |
| 8 | I feel confident because I know I came out to help : directly , by leading them as well as an officer can ; indirectly , by watching their sufferings so that I may plead for them as well as I can . |
| 9 | That is why I want to find out , at least as well as I can by watching him , what he is like … . |
| 10 | Cal was thinking about having children , when she can act nearly as well as I can ! |
| 11 | ‘ Yeah , they send me the stuff before it 's published and I try to proof read it as well as I can . |
| 12 | A winning attitude says , ‘ I do my job as well as I can , so please respect me . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ That 's as well as I can putt . |
| 14 | He ca n't behave or think or speak or do anything else better than I can — nearly as well as I can — so he 's going to be the Old Man of the Sea until I shake him off somehow . |
| 15 | I 'll protect you as well as I can , my dearest love , whatever you may or may not have done ! ’ |
| 16 | I promise to sing for Hochhauser as well as I can . |
| 17 | ‘ Although I do not speak English as well as I should , I did at one time know England well . |
| 18 | I translated as well as I could a Scottish strath with its green basin , and the heather slopes rising from it lost to rabbits and sheep and rock . |
| 19 | Biting back feelings of inadequacy , frustration and anger I tied up the bundle as well as I could , resigning myself to losing most of it on the way down the hill , preparing for laughter and jeers when we got to the village . |
| 20 | They put things right with a smile when I got them wrong , and I fell into their ways and rhythm of working as well as I could . |
| 21 | This suited me very well as I could stay with her , only two miles down the A1 , as part of my annual leave at Chester . |
| 22 | I tried to answer the King as well as I could , but he did not think our system was a good one . |
| 23 | Fred I am worried with all that money you wo n't lose your head , there are a lot of clever dishonest people ( she means women , he said ) about these days , I brought you up as well as I could and if you do wrong it 's the same as if I did . |
| 24 | In the end I put the stones back and powdered ( as well as I could ) the cement and mixed it with water and talcum powder to camouflage the hole . |
| 25 | I had dressed as well as I could that morning , in more or less the same stuff I 'd worn for Grandma Margot 's funeral . |
| 26 | I hid the book from them , I covered my tracks as well as I could . |
| 27 | Keeping my feelings hidden from him as well as I could , I suggested that the hospital was becoming too obvious and dangerous a hiding place . |
| 28 | I ca n't walk half as well as I could . |
| 29 | I started drawing them as well as I could remember . |
| 30 | ‘ I already know you as well as I could ever want to . |