Example sentences of "as [pron] be [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's not as sexy as me is she ? |
| 2 | PAMELA : I wo n't take the money , indeed , sir , poor as I am I wo n't . |
| 3 | So I said , you go and I said , do n't be as biased as I am I said do n't go there thinking oh there 's no way you know she 's I 'm better off with Sue and all that because I said you do n't know I said you |
| 4 | But if you 're married as long as I am you 'd hardly call it ‘ idyllic ’ . |
| 5 | Yeah , but you 're as tidy as I am you are ! |
| 6 | You know he is my enemy , just as I am his enemy , an enmity determined by our respective natures . |
| 7 | Yeah but I was , I was on the same place as I was one behind him ! |
| 8 | Sturdy rogues intent on fleecing me , as I was them . |
| 9 | The writing over the next few months of very many letters to these poor people who were as anguished as I was myself , afforded some distraction and mitigated my feelings of isolation . |
| 10 | Just as I was myself going to be killed , the village people managed to save me and take me up to the mountain , but I had lost too much blood and died anyway . |
| 11 | She had been as insignificant in appearance as all the other girls I had seen him with : as insignificant as I was myself . |
| 12 | My mother was , I think , almost as ignorant on the subject as I was myself , having lived only in the nutshell of the English enclave , and she was silent . |
| 13 | But I was in a position to help him as I was his senior . |
| 14 | During the week he come back asking me if I forget about it and withdraw my notice but stubborn as I was I refused . |
| 15 | she , she said to me on the way o , er as I was I said look I 'm going to scoot now and she said well I hope you do n't get any unwanted company on the way back . |
| 16 | Young as I was it made a very big impression . |
| 17 | Perhaps it was important erm because as as as erm , as I 'm I 'm fond of saying that in history perhaps what you believe is more important than what actually happened . |
| 18 | Erm what I 'll do actually seeing as I 'm I get easy access to the town centre is I will go in there and see if they will agree to it , and if they wo n't |
| 19 | We discovered a mutual interest , and , as I 'm my own boss , I offered to catalogue some of his collection , and do some shopping in very pleasant surroundings . |
| 20 | I 'm as interested in what you can discover about Heather 's state of mind as you are yourself , so it 's only fair I should contribute to your expenses . |
| 21 | Look ’ — he stepped back , at the same time pushing Jessie to the side — ‘ I do n't want to knock you out , seein' as you 're her father , but by God ! |
| 22 | And as long as you 're I do n't care what star you 're following you 're not bringing those camel through my garden ! |
| 23 | He 's not as old as you is he ? |
| 24 | I do n't think he 's I do n't think he 's interested as you is he really ? |
| 25 | ‘ Though you might also think about saying sorry to Hamish and Antonia , too , as you were their guest and it was their party you brought grinding to an embarrassing halt . |
| 26 | It 's very rare that you meet a woman as fine as she is who also has a sense of humour . |
| 27 | But er I I hope that I mean Shirley as she is she 's not cooking but she will cook |
| 28 | As she is mine , I may dispose of her … |
| 29 | This man was hers , as she was his ; they were two halves of a whole . |
| 30 | She was always mine in so far as she was anyone 's , and she 's never been anyone 's and never will be anyone 's , you know . |