Example sentences of "as i used [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I 'm not as young as I used to be . |
2 | ‘ It is n't that he has totally gone away , it 's just that I ca n't see him as I used to . ’ |
3 | I wanted to cut my hair short , and they allowed it for a while , until they discovered from a ‘ friend ’ that I am a lesbian , and then they tried everything they could to stop me dressing as I used to . |
4 | She 's not as soft as I used to be … |
5 | Not as young as I used to be ! |
6 | ‘ Give me a hand son , ’ Bert grunted , ‘ I 'm not as young as I used to be . ’ |
7 | If , as I used to , one cracks walnuts by banging two of the things together , and keeps the uncracked winner to go forward the next round , will one inevitably finish Christmas with the hardest nut to crack in one 's hand ? |
8 | I do n't use as many effects as I used to ; it 's pretty much straight guitar sound with delay . |
9 | I 'm not ashamed of my body as I used to be . |
10 | I no longer stand helpless before nature , as I used to . ’ |
11 | I do n't work as hard as I used to . |
12 | Not as strong as I used to be . ’ |
13 | I do n't heal as quickly as I used to . |
14 | I treat him badly , as they used to do to me , and he suffers , as I used to . |
15 | I can not start to live again as I used to . ’ |
16 | ‘ I 'm not as strong as I used to be . |
17 | ‘ Valencia , Alicante , Gandia — you should see the beach at Gandia , as white as I used to be — ’ |
18 | I do n't play at as many events as I used to but I still enjoy playing my musical instruments and entertaining people . |
19 | I now have a hell of a lot more time for people but at the same time I do n't seem to tolerate fools as well as I used to . |
20 | as I used to . |