Example sentences of "the [det] [noun sg] as i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I reach forward , the knife in one hand , the other glove touching then gathering and balling a fistful of duvet and then pulling it sharply , throwing it away behind me as I leap forward , seeing her pale nakedness in the same instant as I slap my hand over her mouth ; her eyes open wide and she starts trying to push up ; I force her back down into the bed , hand still over her mouth . |
| 2 | I crept up to my first victim in the same way as I imagine a lion cub stalks it first wildebeest — clumsily . |
| 3 | ‘ In the same way as I had bought her , ’ he agreed bitterly . |
| 4 | I also need a formal letter in original from as owner of the vehicle that I am the permitted registered keeper and user — in the same way as I had to have such a letter from . |
| 5 | When I was anorexic I postponed the idea of myself-as-mortal in the same way as I postponed the idea of myself-as-sexual-being . |
| 6 | I had one friend from another house who felt the same way as I did about the school and the whole process we were being put through . |
| 7 | And no , no , I would n't want her to end up the same way as I did . ’ |
| 8 | In very much the same way as I suggested with my analogy of the German and English rowers ( Chapter 5 ) . |
| 9 | He thinks the same way as I do about our work . |
| 10 | ‘ Right then , I 've called out enough instructions , now I 'll point to one of you and you must make up the instruction to be obeyed in just the same way as I have been doing . |
| 11 | And he all but confirmed this was his last match , saying : ‘ I basically feel the same way as I have all year , and although I am not going to announce my retirement , I guess that is it . |
| 12 | it follows from this that ‘ it is characteristic of all unproductive labourers that they are at my command … only to the same extent as I exploit productive labourers … however , my power to employ productive labourers by no means grows in the same proportion as I employ unproductive labourers , but on the contrary diminishes in the same proportion . ’ |
| 13 | Most people in bands have quite similar backgrounds and I reckon a lot of them shared the same experience as I did . |
| 14 | She had approached the pool from the same direction as I had , and , evidently disturbed by me , had crossed the water and gone into the dense tree and scrub jungle on the right-hand side of the glade . |
| 15 | As the spend over the three years will be more than that — last year 's spend was £17 million and I expect this year 's to be £25 million , making a total of £42 million — I suppose that I could give my hon. Friend the assurance that he seeks , but even if our figures were so way out that I could be caught on that commitment , when I consider the matter next May — assuming that the burden still falls to me to do so — I would have to make the same calculation as I made this year . |
| 16 | I like to think I 've been helpful to somebody else , so that they do n't make the same mistake as I made , or so that they know the responsibilities they 're taking on if they do have the baby . |
| 17 | Whole families were crammed into the same space as I had myself . |
| 18 | Then he gave the calves almost the same treatment as I had and we left . |
| 19 | Any traveller would have taken the same route as I did . |
| 20 | Very much the same story as I conjectured for Nosema in the flour beetle and for the fluke in the snail . |
| 21 | Your letter was a great joy to me , a message from another human being who approaches his work with the same seriousness as I do mine , and who has consequently suffered as much under the insanities of our time … |
| 22 | My previous relationships have all been with women I 've been able to like and respect at the same time as I 've desired them . ’ |
| 23 | It was unfortunate , I thought , that at the same time as I had realised the grandeur of God I had fallen in love with a mortal , and that the two experiences should have proved to be mutually exclusive , leaving me with the sensation that I was being sundered by equal forces . |
| 24 | What I have in common with the Kurd is green eyes , the fact that he came to England at the same time as I did — and that he too looks like a refugee from a Verdi opera . |
| 25 | She remarried more or less at the same time as I did . |
| 26 | Shall I pick you up at the same time as I did this morning ? ’ |
| 27 | Well I think there is the the only report that I 've got is the fact that the financial summary er you 've seen at the same time as I have . |
| 28 | Do I think I am going to the bank at the same time as I say I am going to the bank ? |
| 29 | It is possible that the subjective sensation experienced by a female bat when she perceives a male really is , " say , bright red : the same sensation as I experience when I see a flamingo . |
| 30 | My initial homesickness at school soon gave way to a dread of going home , home to a place where no one understood me , no one spoke the same language as I did , and no one showed the slightest interest in what I had been doing , thinking or feeling during my absence . |