Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] as i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't know till the next we er till the weekend and he made me know as I 'd swore . |
| 2 | I asked as I spooned a gob of whipped cream over my gooseberry pie . |
| 3 | I asked as I stirred up the tea-bags . |
| 4 | I asked as I stroked the baby 's fuzzy head . |
| 5 | I asked as I started the engine . |
| 6 | I asked as I held the deli door open for him . |
| 7 | I asked as I fumbled my keys out . |
| 8 | I asked as I stood up to go to the bar . |
| 9 | I mean as I say very very good . |
| 10 | I mean as I said when I was filling in the questionnaire I was thinking well this , really this is my preference and you know I 'd much rather be in a job that allowed me some flexibility . |
| 11 | I , I mean it may not be right , but it , I mean as I think you can see it has a kind of logic about it , erm and , and i it may be that it , it 's not the right explanation , but the very fact that erm we 're suggesting it , I think shows that erm again it 's naive to think that motherhood is a kind of er is a one-sided affair where you know mothers sacrifice themselves er for their offspring , because nature demands it . |
| 12 | But no I mean as I say some of the content was was was very interesting and er the concept is er well it 's something that excites me . |
| 13 | Oh right erm but er well you can , you can get away without , without buying stuff erm I mean as I , as I say some people do end up sharing erm some people do end up , not that there 's very much library stock very often but , you know , some people do |
| 14 | Erm e e they 're all individual and mine I think , looking back , was erm erm er a light er experience and I mean as I 've said , the the erm er w this telescope they shove up you , er I mean , Chris Patton had the same thing . |
| 15 | I mean as I say now , how can you turn round to a to a bloke who 's , well does n't matter what his on , eh , what , what ever his , his rate of pay is , how can you turn round to him and say you ca n't have more than seven per cent , and his got , his got something like a about twenty five , thirty per cent . |
| 16 | I mean as I as I get a |
| 17 | I mean as I 'm , I do n't think they had any option with this I think because it 's a change of usage , considerable change of use then it had to go before the committee , erm but erm |
| 18 | But then , I mean a actually I mean as I said , Lesley ai n't that bothered because of what he 's giving her |
| 19 | but I mean as I say |
| 20 | erm I mean as I said before , I do n't have relatives out in the Gulf , but I feel immensely for these men that are out there , men and women , and also for the news reporters , I mean nobody 's actually said what an awful job it must be for these news reporters and sort of camera crews that are actually erm doing this sort of wonderful job of bringing us back here all this information . |
| 21 | I mean as I say if the queen came I would talk how I |
| 22 | I realized as I turned its pages that this was probably telling me more about the country and its people than my actual visit . |
| 23 | I realized as I said it that this could sound a little tactless . |
| 24 | I decided long ago Never to walk in anyone 's shadow ; If I fail , if I succeed At least I lived as I believe , And no matter what They take from me , They ca n't take away my dignity . |
| 25 | ‘ I know , ’ I agreed as I shone a table she had just aerosolled . |
| 26 | What I experienced as I fell on my knees was a metaphor — I saw the technological society into which I had been born as a Frankenstein body from which the spirit was missing . |
| 27 | I trembled as I felt his power over me already . |
| 28 | ‘ Listen , ’ I say as I creak to my feet , ‘ can I help with the washing up or something ? ’ |
| 29 | And as I say as I say I do n't ken how long it had been there but that see that likely about the same time as the as the mill was heightened and er the kiln would 've been putting on . |
| 30 | Strange the tricks that life plays , I mused as I drove home , popping the tape of madrigals into the player . |