Example sentences of "as i could [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seemed to be getting quite violent as I could feel the van sway from her leaning against it . |
| 2 | My Houy master was very interested in me , and as soon as I could speak the language , he asked me to explain where I had come from . |
| 3 | I quickly found one who agreed to supply me with a dozen apples for threepence as long as I could guarantee the same order every day for the next month . |
| 4 | I was , however , able to reassure her on this point , as I could see no prospects of my ever getting close enough to any American for him to even ask my name , never mind ask me to marry him — and in the 1940 's you did have to wait to be asked . |
| 5 | I was concerned , but as I could see no sign of disease I decided not to interfere . |
| 6 | Sitting alone in that darkened little room , I could sense the shadow of death lying over the hospital as tangibly as I could see the shadows of night in the corners of the room and outside the window . |
| 7 | At present , courses are run in bricklaying , painting and decorating , welding , and sheet metal fabrication , and as far as I could see the standard of work was generally very high indeed . |