Example sentences of "as [adv] [conj] i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stayed in the cafe for as long as I felt I could and then went back outside . |
| 2 | It was frightening and exhausting for him , and as early as I dared I telephoned the doctor , who came quickly and prescribed Largactil . |
| 3 | I explained , falteringly , my motives — at least , as far as I understood them myself . |
| 4 | The Carolans were subject to much exposure in the Press , and as far as I knew there had never been any newspaper gossip which even hinted at any sort of rift between them . |
| 5 | He looked at his watch and told me , yet as far as I knew he had never heard that language before . |
| 6 | As far as I knew he 'd always been on the level , and certainly there was no harm in his treating the Fraser girl after the shock she 'd presumably had . |
| 7 | As far as I knew he 's at present on the Charlotte T. — all our ships are called something T. , as you probably know — on a trip to Hamburg . " |
| 8 | As far as I knew you were still in the study . ’ |
| 9 | You see , when Wolsey fell from power and died in Leicester Abbey , crushing my hand and whispering , ‘ If I had served my God as well as I served my king , he would not leave me to die like this , ’ Agrippa transferred his allegiance to Henry and brought those two witches over to build a special clock . |
| 10 | ‘ So , Rosie , like a fool I let him manipulate me into working twice as hard as I imagined I would . |
| 11 | It was n't really as hard as I thought it would be . |