Example sentences of "as i [be] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am sure that all my colleagues are as delighted as I am to support this excellent Bill , not least because it builds on the firm foundation organised during the passage of our privatisation measures . |
| 2 | He was celebrated at court for the eloquence of his sermons , and in 1683 Lord Dartmouth , who commanded the large fleet which was to visit Tangiers and evacuate its garrison , implored him ‘ For God 's sake , and as I am to answer for the preservation of so many souls as he hath put under my care ’ , to join the expedition as his chief chaplain . |
| 3 | I am staying for a few days at the Dale End Hotel while I explore the district , and I 'd like to know about the Brownies ' Bridge , as I am to do with Brownies . ’ |
| 4 | Does the hon. Gentleman accept that , if he is as keen as I am to provide a level playing field for road and rail , he should recognise that , when motorways were built around Greater Manchester , of three footpaths that crossed the motorway , one was closed or diverted and bridges or underpasses were put in for the other two . |
| 5 | And as for my technique — well , my friend , loath as I am to admit it , I do n't think I have one . ’ |
| 6 | Unless someone has a better solution , can I ask the many thousands of WCM readers who are as infuriated as I am to write and complain to the BBC 's Head Programme Scheduler . |
| 7 | I do n't know if Andre reads Tennis World , but if he does , I 'm sure he will be as delighted as I am to hear your continuing support . |
| 8 | Never was I so glad to see anyone as I was to welcome the return of Gordon Hilker and Yehudi Menuhin later that evening after the concert . |
| 9 | I 'd driven over , and could n't believe a country so beautiful could harbour such violence as I was to see then and year after year ever since . |
| 10 | So this is , what got me a bit suspicious right , well I speaking to her and all and I said , well you know , this is it and , you know she said she knows George is , is meant to be coming up and I said look and I says and I 'm gon na go down onto the floor here , and just as I was to go onto the floor there was a phone call right , and it was Alice . |
| 11 | But , sad as I was to leave the arena of Ultra , for me there was no choice . |
| 12 | Naturally I was disappointed that the most notable name of which we could boast had to be excluded : and although I knew that he disliked re-reading his prose works , I was as sorry that he felt the essay to be below standard as I was to regret his later repudiation of After Strange Gods . |
| 13 | It 's a long day out , but a most rewarding one , as I was to discover . |
| 14 | Contacts : yes , these , as I was to discover , were of prime importance : they were part of the game . |
| 15 | She was , nevertheless , an expert dressmaker and as I was to learn later , was the only reason that we lived with some decree of plenty during the Kaiser 's War . |
| 16 | But it was soon apparent that there was far more at stake , as I was to hear . |
| 17 | I 'd been having to dig my nails into the palm of my hand very hard in order to stop the tears streaming , which I could n't let happen as I was to speak next and needed to keep steady . |
| 18 | But in a brand new fitted dress into which I 'd climbed only two hours earlier , and in which I 'd never attempted the sitting position let alone … well to cut a long and visually absurd story short , I was about as likely to have a pee in that dress as I was to share a bagel with Adnan Kashoggi . |