Example sentences of "as i [verb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will certainly seem so to the Englishman ( as I take him to be ) , who found in the ‘ Envoi ’ to Hugh Selwyn Mauberley — Pound 's most explicit farewell to England , as he prepared to leave her in 1918 — ‘ externality : an externality which , considering what Mauberley attempts , is utterly disabling ’ . |
| 2 | I felt like a jaded casting director as I banished him to the wastepaper bin . |
| 3 | I was pleased when he asked me to do the test-flying programme for him and I had no qualms in agreeing , as I knew him to be a meticulous engineer . |
| 4 | As I followed him through the doorway the porter whispered , " Get your braces undone , sir , do n't keep him waiting . " |
| 5 | As I followed him across the road , he roared off-straight through green traffic lights and into the distance . |
| 6 | As I followed him into the little building I smiled to myself . |
| 7 | We wotchered each other as I led him across the road . |
| 8 | His brow was moist with perspiration as I reminded him of the broadcast . |
| 9 | In gratitude for what I thought God had given me , a second chance , I ignored Leon 's boredom as I talked him through the files — just as I was ignoring Muriel 's messages to call her — and I ignored his rarely appearing at meetings with agricultural reps and men from the Milk Marketing Board ; ignored his non-involvement with any of the humdrum things essential to the running of a place like Sleet . |
| 10 | Only his skin , as I inspected him from fairly close quarters , was pallid and blotchy . |