Example sentences of "just as i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In time I learnt to tell at a glance , from the decorations he wore , how often a man had killed , just as I might tell from his campaign medals where a British soldier had served . |
| 2 | ‘ I run the kitchen just as I would run it in a hotel or restaurant , ’ he says . |
| 3 | ( My dad never touched the pig , though I was sure this was conditioning rather than religious scruple , just as I would n't eat horse 's scrotum . |
| 4 | I 'm left a little cold by sampling and sequencers in general — just as I would n't consider a romantic liaison with my fridge — but I did find myself interested by it all . |
| 5 | I refer to my students by name and would never refer to any of them as ‘ a Down 's Syndrome ’ , just as I would never refer to any of my friends who wear contact lenses as ‘ a myopic ’ . |
| 6 | Just as I would with any other male acquaintance . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But one does talk , and I know Peter well enough to guess that he would n't keep me against my will , just as I would n't want to keep him . |
| 8 | In fact I ca n't remember anything about it at all , just as I ca n't remember anything before the age of three . |
| 9 | I lean against the window of the bus and watch the raindrops spatter down , just as I must have done when I was a kid . |
| 10 | I could have told you this at the height of his reputation , just as I could have predicted his downfall after a few short years in the limelight . |
| 11 | I hope they will be able to see my point of view just as I will be open to their views and opinions about this issue . |
| 12 | The concept is an enormous one for twelve-year-olds to grasp with any sense of reality , for many children of that age would regard it as fun if their family had to go away to new lands — just as I can recall at that age receiving the news of the outbreak of the Second World War with great joy ! |
| 13 | Just as I can rise above my baser instincts , so this is possible with the dog . |
| 14 | Just as I can never stop competing . |
| 15 | Then , just as I 'd half a mind to twiddle with the radio in case Marlene Dietrich was still on , there would be another lurch of the Tardis-like mood and I 'd come upon a garishly-lit motel , freshly shipped across from the West , or else be smartly overtaken by a monstrous new Mercedes doing 200 kph or more with effortless abandon , at least until the next plunge into potholes and waterlogged scree . |
| 16 | She said I was cutting her out just as I 'd cut out other people in my life . |
| 17 | Just as I 'd expect of Maurice 's sister . ’ |