Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] as i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would like to share with you a burden for prayer as I feel it is only right that all Christians should know about anything that would deny us total freedom . |
| 2 | He was as good an advertisement for vegetables as I 'd ever come across . |
| 3 | erm , well I think it 's , do , erm I do n't know whether you understand what 's been asked doctor it cou it 's a question of costs , er normally where er matters erm are dealt with in chambers for in counsel appear then erm these counsel do n't get paid for the other side erm unless there is certificate for counsel as I understand it , were the , were the counsel appeared before the Judge erm they are entitled to their costs and this is er an appeal to the Judge , but er what I think Mr is saying is , in case he happens to be wrong in that he would like an order that er his fees should be proper fees of the defen of the plaintiffs on this appeal and er such as you could say seems to me that er , that is a , that would be proper |
| 4 | I well remember that night , as I tossed and turned , unable to sleep ; for try as I could , that length of wall refused to fit into my jigsaw . |
| 5 | ‘ If you loved Ruth I would n't have been able to — I would n't have looked after Ruth as I have . ’ |
| 6 | In this notebook , recording my random thoughts day after day as I work on the big glass , I can keep my distance from the big glass . |
| 7 | But even this has not stopped my love for canoeing as I have been out many times since and this summer , when I was at camp , I was going down a weir , when I got caught in a stopper at the bottom and nearly drowned myself again . |
| 8 | But before I clap eyes on his miserable face , I intend to down as many cups of sack as I can ! |
| 9 | I still can not conceal from you my feeling of exultation as I first watched these exquisite creatures emerging before my eyes . |
| 10 | End of story as I see it . |
| 11 | All the assassin had to do was take the piece of thread as I did , pull it very slowly , which hardly makes a sound , and murder is only a few seconds away . |
| 12 | And in this sense , when we liberate South Africa we will also create , we hope a state in the world which will become foremost in fighting racism all over the world and at the lower level our community based organizations our non-governmental organizations that have across colour built up structures to move communities forward if our friends in Eastern Europe and elsewhere could see how that is done at grass roots level in the hell of racism as I say they would have a lot to learn . |
| 13 | What chance did I have , fond of Bernard as I was , but also , as I daresay you have concluded , and like so many , including I daresay yourself , bored ? |
| 14 | As in the entry : ‘ Tonight , this night of March 25 , with the Andante of Schubert 's A Major Sonata stealing out into the night , I swear all I have of passion , all I have of love , I will pour into a message of faith as I carve . ’ |
| 15 | Aye so of course As I say er i i we were more or less grew up with it . |
| 16 | And er of course as I tell you , I finished when I was thirteen years old and I was on this er bottle washing stunt and o one chap as lived next door to us , back at er at Road he got me his this job on the farm . |
| 17 | you see We was working together and you know a a few benches from each other and of course as I told you the the lads worked with a man . |
| 18 | Er of course as I say , they er this was the ma the maternity bill I think was , would , would 've been my mother 's day more than mine you see because I mean then yo the woman did n't get the maternity allowance and |
| 19 | I , I did , and then of course as I say er , you know , with my husband , well I had lovely holidays before but when you 've got a companion it 's all too different is n't it ? |
| 20 | And so why have the MPs taken it upon themselves now , remembering of course as I mentioned early , that they are on a minimum of thirty one thousand pounds a year . |
| 21 | and that 's the way its it left we left it but of course as I mentioned to him we 'd completely omitted Tats which of course we we we had n't done Tats at all . |
| 22 | And in the summer of course as I said before there was three ice cream shops and a chip shop and then up the island there was , , and that was all |
| 23 | And of course as I say those those were around , but erm the reason that is all white , is that it was erm er when the cattle had been got out of the way , they er whacked a fair amount of of lime wash all over things er to er to kill any any nasties there . |
| 24 | But also — ’ I flipped the keys a couple of times as I stood up — ‘ because I think he enjoyed doing it . ’ |
| 25 | Full of admiration as I was for these brave , sturdy survivors , it was kidneys I was now interested in . |
| 26 | ‘ Trailing clouds of glory as I come . ’ |
| 27 | I 'm working and if I am sometimes worried , at least I am not as short of money as I was before . |
| 28 | I 'd save lots of money as I would n't have to pay for digs . |
| 29 | And why I sit here , husbandless , dependent upon social security supplemented by such pitiful amounts of money as I can wring out of the national press , and Bernard genuflects once more , fled back to his baptismal church , terrified by the very notion of living outside it . |
| 30 | I feel a thrill of fear as I imagine frying his evening meal |