Example sentences of "[adj] as i be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm as good at this as I am at being chairman of the board — and you know how good I am at that … ’ |
| 2 | He did have ( and I know this as I was on his staff at the time ) some sympathy with Coastal Command in view of its flight in the Atlantic , particularly in the Western Approaches and more especially in what was called the " black pit " , this was an area in the Atlantic where the RAF could not give air cover to the convoys either from Ireland . |
| 3 | I was reminded of this , fresh as I was from reading some of the slanging that made the Bermondsey bye-election so appealing , when looking at a joint release from six trades unions . |
| 4 | It might help you to know that I have been writing down my dreams on waking , an accepted practice , I believe , in some circles , and perhaps of more use in my case than in some as I am by profession a writer . |
| 5 | The workshop classes were a mixture of all grades of academy , and it was here that I found common ground absorbing my trade instruction ; and happily in this field I was able not to be as conspicuous as I was at school . |
| 6 | So she is as interested as I am in our surroundings : china cabinets full of dishes and ornaments inherited from the households of several unknown and long-dead cousins , armchairs with bloated cushions , a piano that no one has played in forty years . |
| 7 | Whilst I believed their feelings and actions were genuine , I was also aware that they were as steeped as I was in the romance of blindness : the helping hand , God 's purpose for us all . |
| 8 | Severed as I was from Father and from Helmut , living in a foreign country , was it the fear of further severance that kept me in this unequal concurrence ? |
| 9 | Fond as I was of Margaret , I could willingly have shaken her . |
| 10 | Not half as much as I am of you ! thought Henry , as he ran his eyes down the rest of the manuscript ( she must have written it before going to sleep ) . |
| 11 | Since I , without the benefit of tax relief , am paying as much as I am for the Monarchy , I would like them to do what they have to do in silence . |
| 12 | Hope those who were watching the game on BBC1 were as disgusted as I was with Englands performance . |
| 13 | Avid as I am for details of Claudia 's personal life , I have lost interest in the details of my own . |
| 14 | Uncomfortable as I was in White Face 's company , there was comfort in the sense of arrival . |
| 15 | As sad as I am at being wrenched away from the telly , I am led to the bar . |
| 16 | Once again , I 'm stuck , as trapped as I was in that tree — and I do n't think a well-timed lightning bolt from Lil will spring me this time . |
| 17 | The reception , a buffet , so glad you could come , yes did n't she , yes I am , O ha ha Uncle Tom 's sozzled ha ha good old Uncle Tom , accustomed as I am to public speaking , a glass of champagne cider each , I give you the Bride 's parents I My own parents looking a bit sick of all the tipsy Irish . |
| 18 | Confident as I am of your Lordship 's view , the parties agreed to trial by jury ’ . |
| 19 | Admittedly there 's nothing else as inane as the tale of Froggie and Miss Mousey among the 13 tracks on Good As I Been To You ( Columbia ) — but neither is there anything actually written by Dylan . |
| 20 | But it 's the difference between the wheezing , cracked , crumbling voice on ‘ Good As I Been To You ’ and the supine , delicate wonderment of Young 's voice on ‘ Harvest Moon ’ which marks the astonishing chasm between the two albums . |
| 21 | Inexperienced as I was in counselling , I nevertheless felt it essential that the school should offer itself as a support agency through which parents could find their way into the numerous services provided by the state , by the local authority and by voluntary organisations . |
| 22 | As long as I am with you , I can be sure that you will not be led astray by the demon drink . ’ |
| 23 | Nevertheless , as long as I am in this world I remain a sinner , still capable of letting him down . |
| 24 | You know I 'd be happy on a bicycle as long as I was with you . ’ |
| 25 | As long as I was in the country I was home on a Friday night and them again till Monday morning . |
| 26 | I heard an older couple joking about it : ‘ I do n't care what kind of burial I have , ’ he said , ‘ as long as I 'm on top of her . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ As long as I 'm with you , I can face anything , ’ she said simply . |
| 28 | ‘ There 'll be no awkward customers as long as I 'm in charge ! ’ said Mary grimly . |
| 29 | The evening event was thoroughly enjoyable with several awards being made , whilst Graham Crowe delivered one of his ‘ unaccustomed as I am to making short speeches ’ . |
| 30 | When I could not think how to answer this , unaccustomed as I was to conversing with People , she went on , ‘ Do you speak English ? |