Example sentences of "as i can [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally taking a look at the traffic on Nottingham 's roads as far as I can tell it 's all moving fairly steadily . |
| 2 | And he laughed himself as he ended , ‘ But he did n't add , ‘ and the best way you 'll learn it is to travel from one parish to another , and that 's what you 're going to do as soon as I can arrange it . ’ |
| 3 | But my mum 's pretty good you know what I mean she as long as I can arrange it round her she 'll arrange her arrangements around me sort of thing . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've got a bead on him , and as long as I can hold it I 'll have him when he moves . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm going to have a rest now , Fru Møller , and I 'll be down as near to six as I can make it . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It 's my main home as much as I can make it so . |
| 7 | As near two thirty as I can make it . ’ |
| 8 | My work this year is very much on the ground — there will be only two abstract things — or three at the most — all the rest is objective — as objective as I can make it … |
| 9 | And that 's as good as I can make it , Kirsty . |
| 10 | I 'll be there as soon after five as I can make it . ’ |
| 11 | This is an interlude — as uncomplicated an interlude as I can make it . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It means as much as I can make it mean . ’ |
| 13 | For twenty years his widowed mother had kept a small shop in a St Helens slum , only accepting an occasional small amount of money and putting off other help with ‘ the same naive reply : ‘ It 's very good of you , dear lad , and I appreciate it , but as long as I can manage it , I shall prefer to have my feet under my own fender . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm not bothered either way as long as I can read it . |
| 15 | ‘ So far as I can see it 's practically certain Mr Merrivale was in there with her early on in the night , ’ said Ethel . |
| 16 | True , the attraction of becoming ‘ British ’ is a big one , but as far as I can see it is the only one . |
| 17 | Actually so far as I can see it 's sod 's law for women , just as it always has been . |
| 18 | Er Selby have as I und as I can see it today , failed to establish any need for the bid for two hundred two hundred and fifty hectares which they 've put forward . |
| 19 | I think it 's debatable how selfish people really are , particularly when they see that their are short-term selfishness may in fact create long-term problems for themselves , for their children , for their grandchildren , for er other generations and other peoples , and really as I can see it the green message is one of enlightened self-interest . |
| 20 | As far as I can recall it was further away from the wall , there was a space for somebody to walk between the wall and the bed , it 's not as shown in that photograph . |
| 21 | As far as I can remember it has always been a hot one , in that season beloved of medieval lyricists . |
| 22 | For as long as I can remember it has always been a tidy , clean , friendly place . |
| 23 | For as long as I can remember it 's been that way . ’ |
| 24 | So , as far as I can work it out , they found it was cool to go round to Wally 's and hang out , particularly as the school was only just round the corner from his place So they 'd sit there doing very little and getting bored . |
| 25 | " You 'll have the application form in a few days as soon as I can get it processed . " |
| 26 | In all these cases the answer would be , " As good as I can get it . " |
| 27 | I 've done as much as I can to make it comfortable , but , among other things , it needs a modern bathroom , a new roof and all the windows replaced . |
| 28 | Speaking through an interpreter , Mr Usta said : ‘ As far as I can figure it out , one day before the operation the cheque was given by Dr Crockett , it was changed and the money given to me that night . ’ |