Example sentences of "[vb base] i as " in BNC.

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1 Except that while she was loving him , gazing wonderingly at his blind eyes , Dr Neil said suddenly and hoarsely , ‘ Quick , McAllister ; put the baby in the drawer over there and bring me as much towelling as you can . ’
2 It er I I mean I as far as I 'm concerned it 's er extremely difficult to get people to er come to social events .
3 God , do you think I 'd come near you , talk to you about it , touch you , if I did n't know for a certainty that you want me as badly as I do you ? ’
4 Forgive me as freely as I forgive you . ’
5 And the the they give me as light a job as they can you know .
6 it 'll benefit all of us if you give me as much assistance as you possibly can .
7 Tell me as simply and quickly as you can , Bernadette , where does Mother Clare think that Eve is today ? ’
8 Tell me as much as you can tell to a maiden aunt , and let's see what can be done . "
9 But they all know me as one of them .
10 Mr Essex says music is a two-way thing : ‘ My pupils inspire me as much as I inspire them . ’
11 I suppose I 'm feeling slightly sceptical about the situation , but if you ask me as blankly as that of course my immediate reaction , my old reaction would be ‘ but of course I feel confident about the future of British music ’ , you know , in my more sceptical mood now I still would say ‘ yes ’ , but not quite so enthusiastically as before .
12 Roth says to Levi in the course of the interview embodied in his article : ‘ Your other books are perhaps less ‘ imaginary ’ as to subject-matter but strike me as more imaginative in technique .
13 The most I can do is to offer a very brief and personal view of some of the recent changes in emphasis drawing from the syllabuses of ten countries and to isolate a few of the new approaches which strike me as particularly interesting and exciting .
14 No , my problem here lies more with the strength of the interpretations which strike me as lightweight .
15 You should actually say , ‘ They need me as much as I need them . ’
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