Example sentences of "as i [verb] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( I used the royal ‘ we ’ as I had not asked yet ! ) |
| 2 | A home is a great thing , as I had not courage to say to Mr Robinson , if it is certainly one 's own home , as our little house is . |
| 3 | I enjoyed Richard who was a casual , almost brutal lover , his desire rising and spending itself as impatiently as mine , so that I did not have to suffer all that tedious , preliminary business of fondling and stroking , and I enjoyed my baby , which surprised me as I had not expected to . |
| 4 | He put his hands on her shoulders and kissed her , then held both her hands and smiled down at her as I had not seen him smile since I mentioned her name that night in the subway . |
| 5 | This demonstrated that I was not yet a legionnaire as I had not been awarded my white képi , and as such was still an ‘ engagé volontaire ’ or recruit ; it went on to say that I had one month 's service in the Legion , and that I was part of the Squadron commanded by Capitaine Duransoy , in the section of Sergeant Major Barlerin of the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment . |
| 6 | This surprised me , as I had not thought of him as someone who would favour me , and in any case I presumed that he would support Willie Whitelaw . |
| 7 | She insisted on having wine with the meal , and as I had n't had a drink in a long time , it made me feel rather tipsy . |
| 8 | ‘ I should n't think he wants to , ’ Perkin remarked as I had n't answered in a rush . |
| 9 | Just as I had n't minded when asked if I would like to take care of Jeffrey Bernard for a few days while he was in Sydney to promote the play about himself , Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell , which is currently playing here . |
| 10 | If they did n't get a move on , I would miss my gig and lose vital cash — as I had n't come in my own car , I was stranded . |
| 11 | As I had n't been invited to that , I had to conclude that I was there to work , wearing my professional hat . |
| 12 | We were taken off for a shower — which was welcome as I had n't washed properly since the night before I left London- and then shown our beds in the barrack rooms on the second and third floors . |
| 13 | It seemed a rather difficult thing to do , somehow , which surprised me , as I had n't realized I still had some atavistic buried fear of him because he was black . |
| 14 | I got up quickly , as I had n't really started to drop off when it went , and ran down to get there before my father . |
| 15 | You know , as I had n't brought the model to show him . |
| 16 | I hope this is right as I 've not seen many . |
| 17 | They did not look as though they were suckering in the baleful way that the ordinary stag's-horn sumach does , but as I have not grown either myself yet , I can not vouch for their good behaviour . |
| 18 | As I have not yet heard back from you since then , I wonder if you could confirm that you are still interested in receiving a copy of the tape ? |
| 19 | I went up to my bedchamber and prayed , as I have not prayed — from desolation — since I prayed to leave Mrs Teape 's house and thought I should never be answered . |
| 20 | As I have not had any personal experience of prostitution , I obviously want to get my fact right . |
| 21 | This mighty work has moved me as I have not been moved since I discovered the symphonies of Gustav Mahler some 35 years ago . |
| 22 | As I have not kept the programme I can not be sure about this . |
| 23 | He was now much more friendly and jaunty — " I am thinking of taking up dancing lessons again , " he told a reporter from the Daily Express , " as I have not danced at all for some years " . |
| 24 | AS I HAVE not attended a Booksellers Association conference since Eastbourne 1987 , I was surprised by the fact that the 1993 conference was somewhat inward-looking and said so little about the consumer . |
| 25 | For instance , before the war , it was reported that he was heard to say over the telephone , in reply to an invitation from a leading London hostess , ‘ I should especially like to come , as I have not been to Hampstead since 1916 ’ . |
| 26 | Policeman On Duty tickets may have been unique to the line , as I have not seen examples from any other railway . |
| 27 | As I have not heard from you since sending the Information memorandum on the above group . |
| 28 | ‘ You need not , ’ said Llewelyn , ‘ as I have not forgotten him . |
| 29 | I do view this as one of the ‘ great classics but I do not know if I would say it is the greatest book ever written in English as I have not yet read widely enough but I would definitely say that for all the above reasons that it is a great book . |
| 30 | am not when I came to die seeing as I have not lived . |