Example sentences of "as i be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | IMPRESSED just this side of awe as I am by the Department of Transport and its fearless tackling of such problems as juggernaut lorries and EEC regulations , I must nevertheless confess some disquiet about a recent plan . |
| 32 | Trammelled as I am by ‘ the service ’ , I can only plead guilty to what it is impossible to amend without commencing de novo — for everything and everybody must find their level on board of a king 's ship . |
| 33 | I thought you 'd be as excited as I am by the idea . ’ |
| 34 | ‘ Flattered as I am by your confidence , Extremis , I 'm afraid the situation is getting complicated . ’ |
| 35 | It might help you to know that I have been writing down my dreams on waking , an accepted practice , I believe , in some circles , and perhaps of more use in my case than in some as I am by profession a writer . |
| 36 | ‘ I wish , ’ he murmured , ‘ I 'm not Superman , you know , and , flattered as I am by your assumptions , the truth is I 'm usually too busy for socialising . |
| 37 | Nevertheless , as long as I am in this world I remain a sinner , still capable of letting him down . |
| 38 | On a personal note , could you pray for me as I am in the process of getting a job in Saudi Arabia myself and will need all the prayer support I can get . |
| 39 | But really I 'm not as interested in ‘ gay ’ subject matter as I am in work that attacks the ideology of the family . |
| 40 | ‘ If , as I am in no doubt , the inference must be from Mrs. Murray 's affidavit that the Home Secretary is not obliged to accept the judicial view of tariff and may , as I have also said , impose his own view as to this , a prima facie case of irrationality and Wednesbury unreasonableness must surely arise . |
| 41 | said , 86 Cr.App.R. 59 , 82 : ‘ If , as I am in no doubt , the inference must be from Mrs. Murray 's affidavit that the Home Secretary is not obliged to accept the judicial view of tariff and may , as I have also said , impose his own view as to this , a prima facie case of irrationality and Wednesbury unreasonableness must surely arise . |
| 42 | ‘ If , as I am in no doubt , the inference must be from Mrs. Murray 's affidavit that the Home Secretary is not obliged to accept the judicial view of tariff and may , as I have also said , impose his own view as to this , a prima facie case of irrationality and Wednesbury unreasonableness must surely arise . |
| 43 | We were conservative in our working habits , Emily Lightbody and I , as I am in much else . |
| 44 | So she is as interested as I am in our surroundings : china cabinets full of dishes and ornaments inherited from the households of several unknown and long-dead cousins , armchairs with bloated cushions , a piano that no one has played in forty years . |
| 45 | Admittedly there 's nothing else as inane as the tale of Froggie and Miss Mousey among the 13 tracks on Good As I Been To You ( Columbia ) — but neither is there anything actually written by Dylan . |
| 46 | But it 's the difference between the wheezing , cracked , crumbling voice on ‘ Good As I Been To You ’ and the supine , delicate wonderment of Young 's voice on ‘ Harvest Moon ’ which marks the astonishing chasm between the two albums . |
| 47 | ‘ Honestly , I 'm as fit now as I was during the World Cup and my weight is down to what it was two years ago . |
| 48 | If I was on his staff , as I was during the election , you can have a lot of power — influence — because you can say , ‘ I think you should do this Prime Minister , I think you should do that . |
| 49 | ‘ I must say , ’ answered the pregnant girl , ‘ that I had never expected to be as tired by anything as I was during those awful nights in the Blitz when sleep seemed something one would never have again — but this is worse ! ’ |
| 50 | as I was without potent words , |
| 51 | Up to a certain point I was succeeding in both roles , driven as I was towards success by anxiety and the fear of failure . |
| 52 | I had a very lucky ‘ placement ’ , as I was between Lord King of Wartnaby and Mr Roger Moore , at James Hanson 's table . |
| 53 | Just as I was about ashore , I bent down to pick up the ball , getting a wet sleeve in the process . |
| 54 | He was as anxious as I was about our journey to Glastonbury and the next morning we went down to the palace refectory feeling heavy-eyed and sluggish . |
| 55 | There is no one here who cares for me or will look out for me and I must shift for myself in everything which is not easy now I am big with child and not well as I was with my first-born . |
| 56 | Acquainted as I was with his peculiar notions on the subject , I could not help saying , ‘ My dear sir , you must be cold , thus exposed ’ , and he said ‘ No , I have plenty of clothes on my bed , a large fire in my room , and with this pure air passing freely to my lungs , I shall live a few hours longer : but to-day , I think , is my last . |
| 57 | You know I 'd be happy on a bicycle as long as I was with you . ’ |
| 58 | I wanted you to be as much in love with me as I was with you . ’ |
| 59 | I am a self-contained person : neat and elegant : or was until I met Eleanor , who , disgraced , childless , alone , sprawled and wriggled against the shiny black sofa with the big red flowers , and I knew I would rather be her , her life out of control , than me as I was with Lou ; a woman whom an editor could describe as ‘ the mistress of controlled reportage ’ . |
| 60 | I am disappointed with the attendance in the Chamber today , as I was with yesterday 's attendance . |