Example sentences of "[to-vb] as i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the last thing I needed to know as I prayed it would miss us . |
| 2 | I must be absolutely free to work as I like and I can not compose in public . |
| 3 | Several people turned up , apparently , but only one person agreed to come as I remember it : Alan Chapman , an unposh boy with a big blue scar down his nose . |
| 4 | My heart and stomach seemed to collide as I heard a rapid panting noise come over the phone behind Eric 's muttering . |
| 5 | but you do have to remember as I say |
| 6 | My heart began to flutter as I lowered the heavy pyx into my pouch . |
| 7 | It is that is a paper from somebody , I know not who , but can I just explain , if we 're having one franchise passenger service next year , which is pretty well all you can do because you do need to have that record , track record , the business operating as a separate business before bidders can bid , if we 're having one next year , to suggest as I think the quote was , that the that would cost about one point two billion pounds is ridiculous , it 's ridiculous , a single , a single , |
| 8 | ‘ I must go , clearly , because I can not defend a policy I candidly dislike , ’ he wrote on 4 November , having already told Sir Walter Monckton , the Paymaster General , on 1 November that ‘ I felt I might have to resign as I thought the policy bad and disastrous . ’ |
| 9 | The crowd had enjoyed the race — they always appreciate it more when somebody comes through to win as I had done . |
| 10 | Except that my anger less controls me , but becomes more an energetic response to injustice that I choose to use as I see fit . |
| 11 | On your return , ask your child quietly : ‘ Are you ready to do as I asked ? ’ |
| 12 | I never said that land was mine to do as I chose . |
| 13 | They analysed it and found that it was mud , a piece of clay , y'know , but them not being all-forgiving , they suspected that I was using drugs , y'know , so they kicked me out of home and I went to live with my grandmother and then I had more freedom there to do as I pleased and hence started going to pop festivals and things and enjoying them and getting off on them and mixing with that whole subculture if you like . |
| 14 | She will have no choice except to do as I ask her — and then , once the murder is done , she will be in my power for ever ! ’ |
| 15 | I kept a set of clothes at my Mother 's house — she treated me as a contemporary , so allowed me to do as I wished — and on Friday afternoons , I 'd catch the bus from school to spend the week-end there . |
| 16 | Nobody knew Hyde , however , and in his body I was free to do as I wished . |
| 17 | " You 're paid to do as I say . " |
| 18 | For the moment , at least , you 're going to do as I say . ’ |
| 19 | He 's holding his hand out to me , yelling at me , but I 'm stuck there , terrified , screaming , and I do n't know what to do , ca n't think what to do , even while he 's yelling at me to help him , come out to him , get a branch , but I 'm petrified at the thought of setting foot on that white , treacherous surface and I ca n't imagine finding a branch , ca n't think what to do as I look one way towards the tall trees above the hidden gorge and the other along the shore of the loch towards the boat-house but there are no branches , there 's only snow everywhere , and then Andy stops struggling and slips under the whiteness . |
| 20 | I played outside , running around in a pair of shorts and — I imagine-quite happy to have the whole pregnancy thing going on because it gave me more freedom to do as I liked about the house and garden , free from my father 's supervision . |
| 21 | I do realise , though , that I can hardly advise people to do as I did . |
| 22 | Perhaps the best way to write this kind of story ( or even the equivalent of the detective novel at short story length ) is to do as I did with the first crime short story I ever wrote . |
| 23 | As silently as I could , I began to move away , and as soon as I was clear of the trees , began to run as I had never run before . |
| 24 | For once in my life there was no need to believe as I did or act as I chose for any reasons other than that I was personally convinced it was right . |
| 25 | The thrill turned to fear as I looked down from my splendid but insecure perch and the animal began to move . |
| 26 | After my drunken afternoon with Al I do n't feel the same need to offload as I did before , and I ca n't decide whether I ought to involve Yvonne or not . |
| 27 | How could a man be sane who has to live as I do , hunting across the worlds for safety ? |
| 28 | To finish as I started — ‘ Le monde moderne menaces my mellowness and mobility — Medau movement maintains me . |
| 29 | The faces seemed to shift as I looked at them . |
| 30 | You can imagine my reluctance to call as I did n't think that they would be too pleased to say the least . |