Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was interested in how a mind works that is as analytical and calculating as his seems to be . ’ |
| 2 | as I pretend to be Ovid |
| 3 | Winner takes all , and as I intend to be the winner , shooting you would be a bit of a waste . |
| 4 | ‘ On the Friday night I had stayed up to watch the late film , and at 3.30am I decided that it was n't worthwhile going to bed as I had to be at John 's house at seven o'clock . |
| 5 | I had sought to interest some of the more enterprising newspapers , especially as I hoped to be able , if possible , to push on to Abyssinia ; but , in the end , I went in independence , as I have undertaken most excursions , both terrestrial and mental . |
| 6 | But if you think that such a belief is necessary in order for a patient to gain benefit from past-life regression therapy , you are wrong — as I hope to be able to explain in this chapter . |
| 7 | BELVILLE : [ seriously ] As I hope to be saved , 't is true . |
| 8 | It has become apparent on some of the issues , some of the comments that we made that was if I could call it the you 'll know what we 're talking about and I do n't if we are talking about the there was there was a point somewhere where talked about ing an increase or short of journey time along the ring road and this has been taken as I understand to be that we are setting out an increase of speed er traffic on the sections of road to a junction and that 's totally in force and it was either . |
| 9 | It was irksome being trapped in my body as I wanted to be on the roof , in the rose bower , by the lake , in the woods , on the hills and in the valley simultaneously . |
| 10 | ‘ You mean you want to be alone with me as much as I want to be alone with you ? ’ he enquired . |
| 11 | As they carried away a pannier of my blood , I felt almost as bad as I pretended to be . |
| 12 | Wine is intended to be drunk , as I aim to be shortly after finishing this . |
| 13 | I stop playing the pipes before we leave the town as I appear to be missing out as far as the wine is concerned ! |
| 14 | " I " m not so young as I used to was " is wrong , except that when Somerset Maughan makes a Cockney landlady say it , it makes perfectly good sense . |
| 15 | ‘ Not as sharp as I needed to be , though , ’ she said . |
| 16 | ‘ I understand you want to pop round and see me , but can you tell me what it 's about as I have to be at work on time ? ’ |
| 17 | As I have to be in London for the entire week of the General Election , I applied to Darlington Town Hall for a postal vote . |
| 18 | ‘ Dr Grant was making a round when your call came through to the hospital , and as I happened to be on duty … ’ |
| 19 | As I seem to be getting a real thing about digital clip distortion lately , this elevates the Alpha 2.0 on my list of processors to be seen with . |
| 20 | But as soon as I begin to be nice to him , a sort of self-satisfaction seems to creep into his voice and his manner ( very discreet , he 's been humility itself all day , no reproach about last night , of course ) and I begin to want to goad and slap him again . |
| 21 | ‘ Not as much of a fool as I tried to be . |
| 22 | It would be too simple to say that I was always cold and hungry , as I appeared to be , at this latter stage of the disease . |
| 23 | ‘ I hope you 'll be famous one day , as you deserve to be , with that voice , ’ I said . |
| 24 | No one could be as ignorant as you pretend to be . ’ |
| 25 | But such a trifle was not worthy of being brought by such a gentleman as you seem to be . |
| 26 | Let's hope the opposition are n't quite as bright as you seem to be , ’ he said , his words and the warmth of his smile suddenly bringing a flush to her cheeks . |
| 27 | If you can honestly visualise yourself as you want to be , you can not fail to achieve it ! |
| 28 | You can be as serious about it as you want to be . |
| 29 | And especially as you say to be humorous . |
| 30 | At the same time , Peachcake , if worries about the future are what 's been keeping him from showing his feelings for you and he 's as much in love with you as you appear to be with him , there 's to be no hasty wedding . |