Example sentences of "and [vb base] as i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ask for , and receive as I have asked . |
| 2 | I want her to talk to me , to tell me stories about her as a little girl , to play with me and look as I play , but she drifts off into herself . |
| 3 | And if a boy did … well , I 've the knowledge here ’ ( and he tapped his head ) ‘ of where that boy comes from and where there 's brothers and sisters a-plenty to take in his place and use as I used Squit and the others before him . |
| 4 | Yes , you shall come , if you 'll be ruled and do as I bid you . |
| 5 | Obviously parents must show a degree of control here and do as I do by restricting playing time , although that is admittedly difficult with all these portable devices now on the market . |
| 6 | I checked the flotsam and jetsam as I swept over it , but there was nothing interesting-looking , nothing worth salvaging , just an old jellyfish , a purple mass with four pale rings inside . |
| 7 | They were changing their shape and form as I did so , and some , the McEnroes of the plot , were becoming very ugly indeed in their behaviour . |