Example sentences of "[conj] i speak as " in BNC.

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1 I was very impressed with the film , it was brilliantly made and riveting — and I speak as one who hated director Ridley Scott 's Thelma And Louise .
2 It is mind-blowing , and I speak as an expert .
3 There 's nothing more soul- destroying ( and I speak as a seasoned dieter here ! ) than those inflexible diet regimes : no meals out , no dinner parties , no treats .
4 ‘ Sometimes , old boy — and I speak as one who has changed a good many nappies in his time and is not a total stranger to either the washing-up bowl or the kitchen stove — sometimes I wish we were still living in the good old bad old days . ’
5 One welcomes the provision that housing associations can make , and I speak as a member of the management committee of a housing association .
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