Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A sudden misery enveloped me as I drove over to the gate leading into the field . |
| 2 | They were nowhere in sight as I went through to the dining car , and Filmer seemed to have gone straight to his room , as there was a thread of light shining along the bottom of his door ; but Daffodil , I discovered , had after all not . |
| 3 | All around me voices were saying , ‘ Good luck ’ , as I walked on to the stage , but I was much too nervous to do anything but nod , grimly . |
| 4 | Thought of him tonight as I walked down to the river . |
| 5 | Ben was saying the other day that soon they would drop out as I walked down to the shops ! ’ |
| 6 | As I walked out to the front of Wolverhampton station I did wonder a little when I noticed that there was a regular service train on the monitor , due to leave at 1822 . |
| 7 | and rung the A A , so as I got through to the A A man I says erm , you know , I says I , where I was parked and all like that and where I was stood and the chap says oh I 'll get a , a van up to ya as soon as I can , but I says wait a minute , I says my car 's just arrived and Joan was the mechanic , he lifted bonnet up and touched something and you brought it down did n't you ? |
| 8 | As I turn in to the book of Genesis I read there of God coming to Abraham , and saying to Abraham , that Abraham in your family all the nations of the world are gon na be blessed ! |
| 9 | As I walk back to the motel I am relieved to see that there is no light on in the room . |
| 10 | She drums her fingers on the banister as I edge back to the lounge . |
| 11 | As I hang on to the arm-rest with white knuckles , it is clear to me that Brundle has decided not to attempt the corners but to go straight on to the escape road : the turn is impossible now ; it 's just a joke ; he 's trying to scare the shit out of me . |
| 12 | Charlie cantered after me as I hurried back to the Dressing Room . |
| 13 | They told me they were on holiday today and shyly peeped round great blocks of stone as I climbed on to the hitching post of the sun , the most sacred place in the temple . |
| 14 | I remember thinking how white and cold and still her face looked , without the breeze of thought or sentience , as I stumbled off to the tumult of the ramp . |
| 15 | As I burst on to the empty platform , the train starts to pull away . |
| 16 | As you walk up to the first Munro , Stob Choire Claurigh , the whole complexity of the Aonachs becomes clear . |
| 17 | Obvious because it stares you in the face as you walk in to the corrie , and also because you can see that the icicle has n't quite formed despite rumours that it does . |
| 18 | If , when you get on , all your weight is left on the back foot , the back of the board will inevitably sink and you will go for a swim — as you step on to the board move the weight forwards quickly . |
| 19 | Fig 51 When you place the weight over the back foot the tail will submerge , so as you step on to the board lean forwards placing weight through the front arm on to the mast foot . |
| 20 | As you went in to the head end where the roof bolts were still intact , it was hard to imagine that approximately forty six metre , fifty metre of gate had just come in one go . |
| 21 | As you edge up to the line , keep nudging into wind as this will create a small gap downwind . |
| 22 | ‘ But nothing prepares you for the blinding flash of flares and the noise of the thundercrackers as you run on to the field . |
| 23 | ‘ I think I need some advice , after all , ’ Hilary said quietly as she walked up to the little group . |
| 24 | The Land Rover engine rumbled on as she walked round to the driver 's door and waited for him to look at her . |
| 25 | Ari felt very old as she walked back to the group . |
| 26 | ‘ Bun voyage , ’ she called aloud to him , and it was possible to discern a dance of relieved joy in her step as she walked back to the limousine . |
| 27 | ‘ Come here , ’ she said as she walked back to the fireplace . |
| 28 | As she walked back to the barn she thought about what the marquis had said . |
| 29 | Lucy went — and as she walked back to the office she wondered what had got into her to cause such unruliness of her tongue and to bring her claws to the surface . |
| 30 | Praying , as she sidled along to the changing-room , that no one would ever know how utterly wrong she had been … |