Example sentences of "as i [verb] [adv] [prep] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I looked sadly at my hands and boots , I remembered that I was only a common working boy , and wished I could be different . |
| 2 | People 's faces swung sideways as I tunnelled backwards into my cab . |
| 3 | Moreover , as I indicated earlier in my judgment , there were reasons why the justices might be particularly cautious in considering the proposal agreed between all the parties that there should now be the fundamental reversal of the future of these children , so soon after the making of the care order in 1991 . |
| 4 | As I said both in my statement and in an earlier answer , we have the option to decide at a later stage , when others enter stage 3 , whether that is the right thing for this country to do . |
| 5 | The main reason is obviously as I said earlier in my in my erm summary of my statement , to reduce congestion , reduce delays , to reduce accidents and to give scope for environmental improvements within the urban area . |
| 6 | As I sit here with my cardigan sleeves rolled up , I reflect on the two alternatives — having them unrolled and falling over the typewriter keys or ignoring the instructions and making the sleeves a more suitable length in the first place . |
| 7 | I feel , as I sit here in my own office , with my own files in front of me , a physical sense of shrinking inside my skin . |
| 8 | As I scrubbed away at my remaining teeth I reflected upon the number of obituaries of men in their early sixties which I 'd read in The Times over the course of the past few weeks , and I wondered whether the Great Reaper was running a special line in the age group for some divine , mysterious end , and if so , I thought , I might be next , and then they 'd be sorry . |
| 9 | From now on I am independent and I can do as I find best for my country . ’ |