Example sentences of "as i [verb] [prep] my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I warmed to my eulogy of his skills , . |
| 2 | The matter has been under negotiation , off and on , for several years now , as I remember from my time at the Home Office . |
| 3 | Another cup of coffee is ready as I bite into my breakfast . |
| 4 | As I settle into my piece of floor , she adjusts herself and smiles at me . |
| 5 | But Miss Kenton had departed , and sure enough , as I continued with my work , an occasional footstep or some other sound would serve to remind me she was still there outside the door . |
| 6 | As I mention in my letter , a footway along this section it could help to avoid accidents and even save lives . |
| 7 | We must have been closer friends than I recall , for as I go through my library 40 years later , I find quite a number of splendid books inscribed ‘ in friendship ’ from Andrew in his scrawling hand , including Henrik van Loon 's ‘ Book of Lives ’ , ‘ One Men 's Meat ’ by E.B. White , ‘ Women in Love ’ by D.H . |
| 8 | Even where contact is frequent and based upon mutual affection , that does not mean necessarily that mothers and daughters are significant sources of support for each other , as I indicated in my discussion of emotional support . |
| 9 | An inner excitement gripped me as I saw in my mind 's eye an image of Clare trying to hobble round her bedroom . |
| 10 | Lili watched me thoughtfully as I put on my skirt and blouse . |
| 11 | As I related in my Opus article , in 1979 1 indeed recorded two of those three mechanical organs , the undated organ ( Teubner ) and that of 1793 ( Veyder-Malberg ) , at their slowest speeds . |
| 12 | But at once , for very fear that the bearded man who had reached out as I struggled with my hamper ( ‘ No , no , I do very well , thank you ’ ) might follow me and find out everything , I hailed a porter and then a cab , assuming a confidence I did not feel . |
| 13 | As I lay on my back and tried to visualize those brigades of white cells marching to my rescue , all I saw were those other cadavers so plentiful in our ancient cathedrals . |
| 14 | But I suppose I must have told them how things were between me and Richard because as I lay on my bed , in my old room , I heard Aunt Lilian telephoning . |
| 15 | Everything went smoothly so long as I lay on my tummy , but when they turned me on to my back I was assailed with a searing pain there . |
| 16 | I also know he was never tired of gazing at me as I lay on my front . |
| 17 | With that remark I took my leave and made my way through the orchard and onto the road leading to Brigade H.Q That evening as I lay in my trench I thought about the events of the first seven days in Normandy . |
| 18 | We have owls in our garden ; they cried softly last night as I lay in my glass coffin , Snow White waiting for the fairy to wake her into feminism with a kiss . |
| 19 | As I feasted on my drink I sensed the hum , the confectionery of a feminine presence . |
| 20 | I mean , as I said to my hubby later on , we did n't scrimp and scrape to send her to Hutchy Girls so she would grow up to give us grandweans saying merr , flerr and sterr . |
| 21 | As I said to my husband only last night ( just after I had eaten my miserable Lean Cuisine but just before I finished the box of Black Magic ) : ‘ Is n't it terrible the way we allow advertisers to manipulate us ? ’ |
| 22 | The whole point of this thing is that , as I said in my speech , about trickle transfer is that people should mix as much as possible . |
| 23 | It is simply a case as I said in my summary that er er C One is a policy that is applicable , because it 's a conservation area . |
| 24 | That more exact calculation has , I think , met with general approval and as I said in my statement about our proposal for council tax benefit in a written answer on 28 November , we intend to maintain that closer alignment in the wake of the changes in local taxation that are intended to take effect in April 1993 . |
| 25 | And in fact if if if if er we look along this line , at the moment we as I said in my introduction we have two districts or three districts who have expressed support for the principal , and of those of those one has given a clear indication that it would , this might be too , er high a phrase , welcome a new settlement , within its district . |
| 26 | But I think that it is even more of a pity , as I said in my article , that none of the four Documenta organisers brought the above problem of Claudio Parmiggiani 's work to Joseph Kosuth 's attention . |
| 27 | ‘ However , as I said in my letter , I look forward to constructive negotiations with employee representatives about the introduction of a new and single status structure and about pay settlements for the remainder of the year . ’ |
| 28 | As I came into my room , I saw Edward Hyde for the first time . |
| 29 | Erm well as I 've as I 've in my submission I I think we can give qualified support for the proposal that erm Harrogate have put on the table . |
| 30 | As I know to my cost , any change in the health service is controversial . |