Example sentences of "[adj] as i [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All through the '70s I 'd wanted to be in a rock band and I ended up doing it and it was nothing like as exciting as I 'd imagined it from reading and listening to records . |
| 2 | Looking back on it I could not figure out what went wrong as I had done exactly as instructed but nobody had ever really said much about fallen trees or currents and especially not in such a small part of the river . |
| 3 | I was not perhaps as gutless as I had assumed . |
| 4 | Although this radio programme was broadcast nationally , I found it very interesting as I happened to know the area in question . |
| 5 | I sang , pondering whether my thanks were as spontaneous as I had thought or whether I was just too scared to complain . |
| 6 | It was n't as dark as I 'd expected . |
| 7 | ‘ The dragons might be there ; they might be real and they might be every bit as vicious as I 'd imagined , but I 'm a human being ; so was Adolf Hitler and he killed millions of people ! |
| 8 | And in one respect it 's not quite erm as straightforward as I 've made it appear , and perhaps after all I 'm not wrong in making the claim I did , because E P Thompson , the historian , erm was the person who really made the discovery in the first place , and it came about because he had been interested in the possible links between the Muddletonians and Blake , and this led him to ask questions which , in a roundabout way , led to the discovery of the archive . |
| 9 | The hall at Blackpool is ideally suited to rousing speeches but is totally wrong as the setting for a question-and-answer session — which proved to be just as appalling as I had feared . |
| 10 | Three young men with loop and stud earrings in one ear ( the lad on the Caledonian Canal fishing boat was not as individual as I had thought ) had three beefburgers and a pie each and then a chocolate KitKat with their tea . |
| 11 | He says I have to go twice as far , to go round the car , and it can be quite dangerous as I have to go into the road . |
| 12 | I had also never before been without a pattern to the future , and I was starting to realize that it might not all be quite so easy as I had imagined . |
| 13 | Getting into the Bristol Cancer Help Centre as a resident patient was n't quite so easy as I had imagined . |
| 14 | It might not be as soft as I 've led Richie to believe . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I am glad , at any rate , that you do not find your position here as irksome as I had supposed . ’ |
| 16 | Or at least got hold of the basic as I have said , the best way to do this , is to sit down with a piece of pencil and paper and work it out yourself . |
| 17 | ‘ It was as hard as I 've practised in a long time , ’ said the Ryder Cup player . |
| 18 | The precision of Hilaire 's placing was constantly astonishing and in an air-borne rond de jambe Guillem 's long lean line was as breathtaking as I 've seen it . |
| 19 | Everybody is contributing and the atmosphere in the side is as good as I 've known it . ’ |
| 20 | I hope you enjoyed that discussion I mean well first of all if you live in the Selby area it 's been of relevance to you and you 've managed to hear what both sides are saying but I I hope even if you do n't live in the Selby area it 's er you 've er found it as fascinating as I have to hear the pros and cons of such a complex issue . |
| 21 | Two years ago , I went on holiday to the States and witnessed scenes in clubs that made me realize women were n't as inhibited as I 'd thought . |
| 22 | As long as I remain detached from you , I see your actions as aids or obstacles to mine , as means to my ends . |
| 23 | As long as I stay confined to this moral nihilism , the single unquestioned imperative will be to act intelligently , and in particular to be aware of objective conditions , of those obstinate facts about external difficulties and my own limitations which thwart my efforts unless I recognize and adapt myself to them . |
| 24 | As long as I 've done two tapes minimum |
| 25 | as long as I 've gone by , or I 'm leaving here by eleven give me a half hour to get home . |
| 26 | I 've never ever I say this very proudly , been in debt and as long as I 've earned enough money to live , I 've never bothered to put any on one side strict , you know , strictly speaking and I 've been happy to er live and er that 's how I 've lived me life . |
| 27 | As long as I 've known you , you always give the subject of clothes the deep respect it deserves ! |
| 28 | I can sleep anywhere for just as long as I 've got . |
| 29 | Oh er as long as I 've got it Friday morning , but I lo , I need to know by |
| 30 | when we found his glasses and that and things they were all buried and , and Peter said to me I 've got this of John 's , I brought Jonathan 's , I could n't care less as long as I 've got John you know |