Example sentences of "as i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My heart gave a jump , then resumed something like its normal beat as I registered the fact that even in an empty house there were draughts , and doors moved and creaked with no one to push them . |
| 2 | As I drank my tea , I heard her answer the phone : ‘ Terrible morning , can I help you ? ’ |
| 3 | The train for Dover left at Il.00 am so I bought a copy of Soldier magazine and leafed through the photos of happy-looking squaddies as I drank a cup of British Rail coffee , which tasted hot and disgusting . |
| 4 | As I drank them in , a roar of engines sounded . |
| 5 | But more surprises were in store as I unearthed my first Roman coin . |
| 6 | As I finished my meal an entire flotilla of portly Bavarians waddled out , having consumed vast quantities of beer with their enormous meal . |
| 7 | ‘ As I finished selecting these 200-odd titles which reflect the continuing excellence of writing for children , a document was leaked which made it clear that the authorities which are controlling the education of the next generation had , at a stroke , obliterated the ‘ golden age ’ of children 's literature — at least as far as reading in schools is concerned . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , I can , ’ he said as I finished my meal and leaned back , wiping my mouth on the back of my hand , more to annoy him that anything else . |
| 9 | No , , it 's just a but he was , you know , I was fairly slow , and then I went on , I followed erm , I ended up slightly , as well , erm , then I went to college up to the age of eighteen , erm , and as soon as I finished college he made me a department manager . |
| 10 | ‘ I managed to punch my boilie out to the edge of a gravel bar about 60 yeards out , but I had to play the fish towards the top as I brought it in because there are a lot of boulders on the bottom , ’ explained Lee . |
| 11 | As soon as I managed to put them on him — which was n't easy ! — he tore away at his legs like a thing possessed and ripped off most of his lovely white leg feathers in the process . |
| 12 | I found , after experimenting that I did not need any glycerine at all as I managed to get the colour to work well with just a smudge from the wet brush . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , I was struggling to unfasten myself , but just as I managed to pull my left arm free of the ropes , I felt a hundred arrows land on my free hand , and more arrows on my face and body . |
| 14 | A shiver ran up my spine and into my scalp , as I realized he was singing ‘ Mary from Dunloe ’ . |
| 15 | I got very depressed — there was no particular reason , just a lowering of spirits as I realized again that , for the foreseeable future , we were going nowhere . |
| 16 | He was a schoolboy at heart — as I realized later in life . |
| 17 | Well , as soon as I realized I stopped . |
| 18 | As I warmed to my eulogy of his skills , . |
| 19 | My relief grew rapidly as I warmed to the theory . |
| 20 | As I munched my bun , Richard said ‘ you are involved now ’ . |
| 21 | If he/she fails to comply promptly , say , ‘ If you do not do as I asked you immediately you will have to sit on the chair in the hall . ’ |
| 22 | On your return , ask your child quietly : ‘ Are you ready to do as I asked ? ’ |
| 23 | He looked at me hard , realized I was being honest , and did as I asked . |
| 24 | Would you had brought Undry to me as I asked you ! |
| 25 | I was n't able to hide my eagerness as I asked , " What did he say ? " |
| 26 | Just briefly as I asked Mr were you saying harbouring situation , or are you saying hostage situation or are you saying neither ? |
| 27 | If you 'd done as I asked and left me alone then none of it would have happened . ’ |
| 28 | How strict Tata had always been with me as a child ; even taken the strap to me on a couple of occasions , once for pinching ‘ fress ’ , or buns as Mother called them , behind his back — he did n't mind how much I took from the shop as long as I asked — and once for saying ‘ Damn ’ when I cut my finger peeling an apple . |
| 29 | So long as I stuck to squawks and Pretty fucking Polly , I was fine ? |
| 30 | As I blundered on in my explanation I realised he had forgotten all about it and if I had kept my mouth shut the problem need never have arisen . |