Example sentences of "[noun sg] as i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I was kind of forced into that because it was only bass and guitar and I was trying to do as much rhythm as I could , but stab a few notes in here and there to make it sound like there was more than there really was . |
| 2 | Yes , that 's right in That 's er , that 's where it was , my lad and that was the entry as I used to get access from remembering it ai n't quite like it was now , my lad . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm just curious , ’ I said with as much innocence as I could muster , ‘ but of course , if you 're scared of the place … ’ |
| 4 | You see , I did n't dare make a scene as I should have done if I 'd been married . |
| 5 | The contributions to this issue have been mainly from the London staff but this should be more balanced next issue as I 'll be chasing you lot in Canterbury for contributions . |
| 6 | There followed as fierce and nasty a little campaign as I can remember in the time I spent with the health service . |
| 7 | Erm , now I will give you as much help as I can with that , but not the actual subject of it , erm , you can determine what the objective is yourselves . |
| 8 | Can I buy an off the shelf loom ; which side of the engine do I mount an alternator as I would like to raise it above the dynamo position which is too near any deep water ; is it possible to fit halogen headlamps . |
| 9 | I carefully clear as much of the debris as I can . |
| 10 | I mean , I 've made her look as much like a boy as I can so she can play her pipe , but there 's a limit to how much you can cheat the public . |
| 11 | I do not see how I can answer the question as I could not see properly the document that the hon. Member was waving . |
| 12 | Erm I 've circled , Have you qualified sales by telephone as I ca n't believe you have n't |
| 13 | Er , mine died when I was nine and my mother has been my mother and a father to both myself my brother and sister and I feel she 's done just as good a job as I could of as my father could have done . |
| 14 | That 'll change on the next record as I 'll have a say in the writing . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ We are emerging from just about as difficult a period as I can remember in over 37 years in the business , but we are emerging with capital ratios still among the strongest of any of the world 's banks — ready and willing to lend for any viable purpose , and desperate for the chance to show both personal and corporate customers that the personal , flexible , friendly service which we have tried to give in the past and which I hope has given us the privilege of enjoying your company tonight — that same service is still very much on offer today . ’ |
| 16 | My phone number is not the one listed on this article as I may have moved to a new address by the time you read this . |
| 17 | It was a smashing walk on a beautiful day and sitting listening to the bands playing in the sunshine was as near to heaven as I 'll probably ever get . |
| 18 | I 'm not ashamed of my body as I used to be . |
| 19 | I 'm speaking here of the period of conventional warfare by the way , this is not the case with nuclear war as I shall show in a later lecture . |
| 20 | But a lot more , I feel sorry for my grandchildren , where they ca n't have as much fun as I used to have , kicking a tin . |
| 21 | And , when some other retired persons says in my presence ‘ I do n't know how I found time for work ’ , I no longer inwardly cringe with scorn at the well worn cliche as I used to do but instead I enthusiastically and of course sagely nod my head in hearty agreement . |
| 22 | Never get , you know , as big a selection as I 'd like to get in there . |
| 23 | I took it regularly and pored over it every week for two months , but search and phone as I might , I could n't find a decent barn owl . |
| 24 | Erm , the programme if you like , you will know that er , those of you who 've been here before is that , that , certainly when I 'm running the course , there is an agenda and that 's what we actually do , erm , now on this occasion , I think , I will try and cover as much of the agenda as I can , because frankly this is , it is a good course . |
| 25 | Then the other argument as I can see is that they 've led me to believe , I don I know you said that it 's automatic twelve month ban , but we just accepted that because I was led to believe that my job was safe . |
| 26 | I am not as good a pupil as I should be . |
| 27 | I have chosen as perfect an example as I could muster of each stage of that evolution , but it is inevitably a personal choice rather than a textbook one . |
| 28 | She 's very good to us , her elderly parents , even though I have n't always been as good a father as I should have been . |
| 29 | But apparently people insisted that one stand up to do one 's piece , and I — successfully acclimatised to the horizontal by this time — refused to pander to this sort of nit-picking , and so passed my turn on to Cousin Josh with as much good grace as I could muster . |
| 30 | Lastly , I should not choose this manner of writing , wherein knowing myself inferior to myself , led by the genial power of nature to another task , I have the use as I may account that of my left hand . ’ |