Example sentences of "[noun] as i have [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as satisfactory an interview as I have conducted in that , it being entirely non-controversial , question and answer flowed without interruption or the need for retakes ; and in her assessment of Airey Neave both as friend and politician she seemed entirely relaxed . |
| 2 | I no longer saw them , indeed , as legless beings on self moving pedestals as I had done at Salisbury but from being so constantly restricted in movement it seemed that they must be incapable of movement . |
| 3 | When the English diplomat Sir Ralph Sadler visited her mother , Mary of Guise , on 22 March 1543 , the infant was duly unwrapped , so that her healthy state could be clearly seen , and Sadler could report that ‘ it is as goodly a child as I have seen of her age , and as like to live , with the grace of God ’ . |
| 4 | Secondly , is it possible to fit extended shackles to the rear of the front springs as I have seen on some military LWB ? |
| 5 | I am convinced that zander often shoal up or gather in great numbers when they are not hunting and to come across one of these occurrences as I have done from time to time is an unbelievably exciting experience . |
| 6 | ‘ They scrummed well and it was as hard a match as I 've played in this season . |
| 7 | But during the weekends I did my best to claim her attention , following her about from room to room as I had done as a small child , and chattering endlessly about life , literature and the events of the previous school-term . |
| 8 | I groped for Toby in the dark and found his hands , and they held on to me , and I shouted again to an unknown listener as I had wanted to in the street : " I do n't want this ! |
| 9 | If it was like seeing a long lost friend again after twenty-seven years , Darby O'Gill was comfortingly predictable with touches of the old sparkle but we had lost a lot of common ground as I had moved from a place of romance and innocence through a world of cynicism and calculated sophistication . |
| 10 | One glissando , caught on the run , ‘ was as beautiful a bit of timing as I have seen in any sport , ’ wrote WRA . |
| 11 | ‘ As nasty a thing as I 've looked at for many a day ’ , says one of the characters in Trollope 's Vicar of Bullhampton of the local Nonconformist chapel . |
| 12 | In one way the length of the history was a good thing as I have benefited in the end from the latest surgical techniques available in London , and although I still have to be careful it has made a tremendous difference to my life . |
| 13 | I packed you up in your painted form as I have done for every move I have made since the Summer Exhibition , and we travelled down to Bodmin together , you and I — ’ |
| 14 | The midwife suggested I go into the birthing pool as I 'd requested on my birth plan . |
| 15 | The offending blob had been on the left side of the X-ray as I had looked at it , and I had assumed that it was my left lung that was affected . |
| 16 | I would just rather march at the head of the unit as I have done on many other occasions . ’ |
| 17 | Thus a note might reach the union committee asking for exemption from the quarterly meeting ( to avoid a fine ) such as the one from Mrs K. who in 1922 said " I wish to be exempt from Society meetings as I have to attend to my children in the evenings " . |
| 18 | I speak from bitter experience as I have worked as a diver for just five days since qualifying as a part 111 diver in December 1990 , and the situation is not that much better , as far as I can tell , for part 1s . |
| 19 | You must be content , therefore , with such a general description as I have received from some of the eunuchs . |
| 20 | I did not see the trophy presented this time as I had to leave before the last race . |
| 21 | Never before at all the meetings that I have attended have I seen such enormous attendances as I have seen during this campaign and that is illustrated by this packed audience tonight . ’ |
| 22 | How could such a soul as I have fornicated with one single prostitute , let alone have repeated the grotesque abomination another one hundred and fifty-five times ! |
| 23 | In fact as I 've said above that 's really the least important part . |