Example sentences of "[prep] i as i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 In his Life he made William X of Aquitaine protest against Louis 's meddling in the Auvergne , with the words : ‘ If the count of Auvergne has committed any fault , it is my duty to present him at your court on your order , because he holds the Auvergne of me as I hold it of you . ’
2 Dis poetry goes wid me as I pedal me bike
3 The boredom , the sheer yuk of it swept over me as I pushed my way out of the sick smell of the phone box .
4 Would you had brought Undry to me as I asked you !
5 For you sit here , thousands of miles away from Palestine , a land which most of you will never see , and yet which you will certainly pay for-with your money , yes , and some of you with your blood and sweat — you sit here and you listen to me as I tell you about this impossible , this ridiculous dream , and it does n't occur to you that we are all mad , you and I and all our people ? ’
6 Her words came back to me as I pictured her sitting by the fire in her tiny croft .
7 The woods crowd in on me as I make my way along the ancient track .
8 Too quickly , for my mother looked at me as I put them on the table .
9 All the servants knew my name and pointed at me as I passed them .
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