Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] as i [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All kinds of thoughts raced through my mind as I waited for the explosion in our midst . |
| 2 | Images of animals huddled together for warmth , safety and companionship floated into my mind as I stood at the side of this man , watching him examine firearms . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ It was very emotional for me and I had a tear in my eye as I came across the line . |
| 4 | He said : ‘ It was very emotional for me and I had a tear in my eye as I came across the line . |
| 5 | But a large plate of bread slices , nearly invisible beneath a glossy coating of dark red jam , caught my eye as I walked past their stall . |
| 6 | It was irksome being trapped in my body as I wanted to be on the roof , in the rose bower , by the lake , in the woods , on the hills and in the valley simultaneously . |
| 7 | There was a chandelier directly overhead , and a thousand little tingles of pain edged back into my head as I looked into it . |
| 8 | Important items of equipment have mysteriously gone missing : a headtorch , which was on my head as I returned to the car at the end of a Wasdale winter expedition but was nowhere to be found when I arrived back home ; or the key , map and information to a hut in Wales for which my club had recently gained reciprocal rights — all three items vanished between locking up the hut on our departure and arriving back home in South Cumbria . |
| 9 | I , too , began to fear for my life as I stooped over the lavatory bowl . |
| 10 | I have never felt so unhappy in my life as I did on that short airlift to Dibrugarh , leaving Burma almost entirely in the hands of the Japanese , and knowing how many hundreds of people were stranded on the railway line below Myitkyina . |
| 11 | I never wanted my Mum so much in my life as I did at that moment . |
| 12 | I headed for the tube station at Baker Street and turned down my collar as I came into the Marylebone Road . |
| 13 | Sheffield , like Rome , is built on seven hills and I had to cross most of them , anger fuelling my journey as I thought of all the excuses I 'd swallowed . |
| 14 | As I stood and gazed at the now empty slit trenches , I could n't help a sinking feeling in my stomach as I pictured in my mind those who had occupied the trenches in this orchard , those who had been killed or seriously wounded . |
| 15 | I called over my shoulder as I trotted towards the car . |
| 16 | A quiver of anguish passed along my spine as I came to the last dish . |
| 17 | I felt the heat hit my face as I stared through the opening with narrowed eyes . |
| 18 | She was alone in the house and she turned her head as I walked into the kitchen . |
| 19 | He was sitting in his jeep as I turned into the driveway . |
| 20 | I had left most of my gear with the patron at Hostal America , gripping his elbow as I pointed to the shoulder-bag : ‘ Muy preciosa , señor . |
| 21 | mind you with cottage , I 've painted big cottage on the stage and , I only looked at it on me bike as I went through Salver |