Example sentences of "as [pron] was [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My wife had determined that I must swop my old bike for a car after I told her of an encounter with an old pupil of mine as I was toiling up the hill by the power station in Haughton Road , Darlington . |
| 2 | As I was looking through the products of many well-known ‘ British ’ firms , I was disgusted to find all were made in countries like China , South Korea and Taiwan — anywhere but Britain ! |
| 3 | So this is , what got me a bit suspicious right , well I speaking to her and all and I said , well you know , this is it and , you know she said she knows George is , is meant to be coming up and I said look and I says and I 'm gon na go down onto the floor here , and just as I was to go onto the floor there was a phone call right , and it was Alice . |
| 4 | As I was hovering near the sideboard again , straightening the china , there was a sudden commotion outside and the gardener burst in with Mrs Cartwright hot on his heels . |
| 5 | I can usually pick up a ball with one hand , but as I was laying over the ball , I had to use both hands to pick it up , and already a Cardiff forward was rushing down on me . |
| 6 | I met a Bulgarian as I was handing round the cheese dip . |
| 7 | As I was getting into the car I remembered about the Propamidine . |
| 8 | Just as I was fascinated with the reduction in inches from my own thighs when I first embarked on my special diet , I was equally interested to hear whether my trial team had benefited in the cellulite department and I included a question to this effect in my questionnaire . |
| 9 | The noise had an insistent quality — like a small animal gnawing away at something or gathering food and stopping every few minutes to listen , as hard as I was listening in the dark of Mr Marr 's house . |
| 10 | I could not see what had happened , as I was standing on the settee to reach into the tank ( on a bookcase ) and the Meth blue was n't helping either . |
| 11 | as I was going with the fourth year |
| 12 | All I can say is that someone hit me at about 40 or 50mph up the back as I was turning into the corner . |
| 13 | As I was wheeled past the linen cupboard with its shelf marked ‘ Shrouds ’ , the contents neatly folded , the bank nurse smiled . |
| 14 | My period of training took place as I was practising in the clinical area . |
| 15 | I couldent 's believe my eyes as I was shown into the delicatessen section . |
| 16 | ‘ As soon as I was introduced to the concept of the Dewhurst Tennis Academy , ’ said Mr Dick , ‘ and its sole directive to produce champions , I knew that I had to assist in this exciting initiative for British tennis ’ |
| 17 | Sharp Samson are paying me more , not as much as I was offered by the others , but I 'm satisfied because more money does n't mean I 'll be faster or happier . |
| 18 | THE other day , as I was walking along the main street of a small town in Buckinghamshire , meditating , as so often , on time and chance , and in particular on the various chances which had combined to bring me there , I suddenly heard a loud crash , followed by urgent shouts and the desperate revving of a car . |
| 19 | One evening as I was walking through the village , I heard a voice coming from the gable end of a cottage , ‘ Bonsoir , Monsieur . |
| 20 | As a result , he once stopped his car as I was walking up the track in Monaco , opened his door and said , ‘ Hop in . ’ |
| 21 | I kept a wary eye open for any of my old friends , in particular the goldsmith Waller , even as I was distracted by the sight of the apprentices throwing their caps in the air as they shouted for custom , pompous city officials in their fur-lined robes and , of course , those beauties of the night , the high-class courtesans in their satin dresses and flowery head veils . |
| 22 | As I was pulling on the worn satin slippers I thought of the new ones my sister had bought me for her wedding . |
| 23 | ‘ Each year seems to bring a new craze , anything but study ’ , he continued , as I was told of the ‘ talking about reform ’ craze in 1985 , before the student unrest ; that of democracy in 1986 ; falling in love in 1987 ; and in 1988 the preoccupation with ‘ doing business ’ . |
| 24 | And as a result of that David Phillips who as I was saying in the first half has proved himself to be a very valuable all-rounder already to Forest has slotted back in at centre back again and that Garry Crosby has come on as substitute and taken up his usual position and Phillips ' first half position on the right wing . |
| 25 | Well no , that was another thing more or less as I was coming out the door they 'd got the news thing on and this was Australia the new prime minister , I do n't know his name , he 's running down I did n't hear it properly but I heard the gist of it , erm and it |
| 26 | She applied to Newcastle council for a grant as she was living in the Newcastle area . |
| 27 | ‘ Fred ’ as she was called on the circuit , played no less than 26 Federation and Wightman Cup rubbers for Britain , before directing her sporting talents , in a competitive sense , increasingly towards golf to which she had been introduced by her devoted husband Keith , himself a former leading British tennis junior . |
| 28 | ‘ Queenie ’ , as she was called in the family , was a doctor 's daughter who saw in Michael Joyce an eligible husband and the promise of a self-made man . |
| 29 | Trusty was very serious , which impressed the Brownies very much , for Miss Truscott , or ‘ Trusty ’ , as she was called by the Pack , was a young Guider and usually very gay and jolly . |
| 30 | A female dealer at Tudorbury Securities felt the hand of chief executive Roderick Alexander Innes Hamilton , affectionately known as RAI , sidling over her bottom as she was queuing at the SEAQ screen . |