Example sentences of "[verb] as i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Faced with the evidence that we have , any responsible Home Secretary would act as I have acted . |
| 2 | ‘ I am he that was Norman Britton when on the earth , now returned to haunt you , Albert Roger Quigley , and to tell you that you are an evil man and that you will fall as I have fallen ! |
| 3 | She was silent for a moment , and my stomach clenched as I saw her face soften , her eyes grow dreamy . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh ’ and ‘ ouch ’ I howled as I hit the alleyway . |
| 5 | Carmichael frowns as I tell him what happened on the Island yesterday . |
| 6 | It was the last thing I needed to know as I prayed it would miss us . |
| 7 | Unless there is a particular problem I would propose to delay altering the stops until moving the shelter can be organised as I think it would be confusing , not to say unpopular , to do otherwise . |
| 8 | ‘ I knew something was happening as I got to the hospital steps . |
| 9 | This is all realistic and is happening as I think it would if small boys were alone on an island . |
| 10 | A tribe of stray cats scattered as I turned into the yard where Ellen 's apartment lay . |
| 11 | Strange the tricks that life plays , I mused as I drove home , popping the tape of madrigals into the player . |
| 12 | ‘ You know , boy , ’ he mused as I hefted the heavy thing , ‘ these coins are excessively rare . |
| 13 | I did n't know till the next we er till the weekend and he made me know as I 'd swore . |
| 14 | The wording referring to the specific location in the location description would by definition have to be drawn up the region , cos they would have intimate knowledge of the locality that er sorry and the costs would be drawn up by the region because they would know as I say intimately they would know that specific development |
| 15 | It 's interesting to note that actually now we 've since made that decision the residual has as I 've said come down to nine four seven , so if we do have a new settlement of fourteen hundred we 're already ending up with a a higher level of proposed development for Greater York now , the nine seven would obviously be exceeded if we had a fourteen hundred new settlement within Greater York . |
| 16 | ’ Do n't take the girls ' minds off their tidying up , ’ I joked as I left . |
| 17 | Pa and Ms are both snoring as I watch the yellow dustcart reverse up our track . |
| 18 | I must be absolutely free to work as I like and I can not compose in public . |
| 19 | Much the funniest poll night offering — with the possible exception of Have I Got News For You ( BBC2 ) , which was still being edited as I write — was the scheduled repeat of Porridge ( BBC1 ) . |
| 20 | She never moved as I nipped hard and winkled out the offending obstruction . |
| 21 | Personally , forget as I say , I say it 's enough for me . |
| 22 | ‘ Daddy would have loved to have come as I said , but he just ca n't get any time off at all at the moment . |
| 23 | ‘ Listen , ’ I say as I creak to my feet , ‘ can I help with the washing up or something ? ’ |
| 24 | You say as I understand it that er the possible er use of this land as a strategic reserve is not the main reason er for excluding it from the greenbelt . |
| 25 | And as I say as I say I do n't ken how long it had been there but that see that likely about the same time as the as the mill was heightened and er the kiln would 've been putting on . |
| 26 | It is certainly not enough to face reality bluntly if the future develops as I describe it . |
| 27 | Holding my breath , I hauled it down , twisting as I pulled . |
| 28 | The results of my journey can not , I think , but be attended with great advantage to science returning as I have loaded with novelties in every department of zoology ; besides much entirely [ new ] information respecting the habits and economy of the singular forms peculiar to Australia . |
| 29 | The mischief in my veins cooled as I saw the fear in his eyes . |
| 30 | She stopped as I held up a finger . |