Example sentences of "as i [was/were] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Honestly , I 'm as fit now as I was during the World Cup and my weight is down to what it was two years ago . |
| 2 | If I was on his staff , as I was during the election , you can have a lot of power — influence — because you can say , ‘ I think you should do this Prime Minister , I think you should do that . |
| 3 | ‘ I must say , ’ answered the pregnant girl , ‘ that I had never expected to be as tired by anything as I was during those awful nights in the Blitz when sleep seemed something one would never have again — but this is worse ! ’ |
| 4 | as I was without potent words , |
| 5 | Up to a certain point I was succeeding in both roles , driven as I was towards success by anxiety and the fear of failure . |
| 6 | I had a very lucky ‘ placement ’ , as I was between Lord King of Wartnaby and Mr Roger Moore , at James Hanson 's table . |
| 7 | Just as I was about ashore , I bent down to pick up the ball , getting a wet sleeve in the process . |
| 8 | He was as anxious as I was about our journey to Glastonbury and the next morning we went down to the palace refectory feeling heavy-eyed and sluggish . |
| 9 | There is no one here who cares for me or will look out for me and I must shift for myself in everything which is not easy now I am big with child and not well as I was with my first-born . |
| 10 | Acquainted as I was with his peculiar notions on the subject , I could not help saying , ‘ My dear sir , you must be cold , thus exposed ’ , and he said ‘ No , I have plenty of clothes on my bed , a large fire in my room , and with this pure air passing freely to my lungs , I shall live a few hours longer : but to-day , I think , is my last . |
| 11 | You know I 'd be happy on a bicycle as long as I was with you . ’ |
| 12 | I wanted you to be as much in love with me as I was with you . ’ |
| 13 | I am a self-contained person : neat and elegant : or was until I met Eleanor , who , disgraced , childless , alone , sprawled and wriggled against the shiny black sofa with the big red flowers , and I knew I would rather be her , her life out of control , than me as I was with Lou ; a woman whom an editor could describe as ‘ the mistress of controlled reportage ’ . |
| 14 | I am disappointed with the attendance in the Chamber today , as I was with yesterday 's attendance . |
| 15 | Or am I playing some deep game , as I was with the choice of accommodation ? |
| 16 | Hope those who were watching the game on BBC1 were as disgusted as I was with Englands performance . |
| 17 | Do you think I could have been as I was with you if I was already heavily involved with someone else ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Obviously I would like to be as successful as I was at Everton , ’ he said , ‘ but you can not do that in five minutes . |
| 19 | ‘ Obviously I would like to be as successful as I was at Everton , ’ he said , ‘ but you can not do that in five minutes . |
| 20 | But perhaps I was as oblivious at school as I was at home to the sneers or the impatience of others . |
| 21 | I had never been so tempted to hit any man as I was at that moment . |
| 22 | ‘ Most important is to have the physical and mental strength to be as successful at the end of this season as I was at the beginning of 1990 . |
| 23 | as I was at my bedroom window |
| 24 | But even I could n't blame him for the phone ringing just as I was at the front door . |
| 25 | The workshop classes were a mixture of all grades of academy , and it was here that I found common ground absorbing my trade instruction ; and happily in this field I was able not to be as conspicuous as I was at school . |
| 26 | Yet , as I watched all this from the very end of the slow queue , I had thought it would be me who would have been regarded the potential menace as I was at the wheel of the most outrageously styled and priced supercar ever . |
| 27 | Your letter arrived early last week — Tuesday — and I picked it up as I was on my way out of the guest house where I 'm staying at the moment . |
| 28 | I knew I would never finish a book so long as I was on the North Shore , either . |
| 29 | ‘ She was standing outside , on the deck overlooking the lake , as I was on the phone . |
| 30 | I was split between boxing and football when I was 16 and , at one stage , I wanted to turn professional boxer and thought that , as I was on Norwich 's books and I could n't get a pro boxer 's licence till I was 17 , anyway , I 'd play football for twelve months and then steam into boxing [ he was a double ABA junior finalist ] . |