Example sentences of "[coord] as i [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I felt it when I caught sight of Jean-Claude unobserved , or as I reflected on him when he was out of sight .
2 I did then go about the task Mr Farraday had set me with some dedication ; I spent many hours working on the staff plan , and at least as many hours again thinking about it as I went about other duties or as I lay awake after retiring .
3 Or as I see it , more sentimental .
4 Or persuade or influence , or as I say even vote with their pocket books .
5 Sometimes , when she was startled or frightened on my fist or as I approached her , it was painful to think that I might be responsible for her fear .
6 And as I continued to think about how we rarely get the measure of little children , I suddenly realized why they 'd been making so much din .
7 It turns on to its side and as I cling on for dear life I hear a startled cry from Nathan .
8 She insisted on having wine with the meal , and as I had n't had a drink in a long time , it made me feel rather tipsy .
9 We were a one-parent family , and as I had to work full-time , I felt that a dog would only add to my problems .
10 In military terms , I was called a runner , and as I had no bicycle at that time , running was literally what I did !
11 He was very drowsy , and as I had no intention of letting him wake himself up with a conversation on my private life or anything else , I said I did not believe in mixing business and pleasure , and , as I hoped , the cliché put him to sleep .
12 Our leader was soon grunting in a semi layback posture , and as I had the appropriate page open , I could not resist reading out loud : ‘ …
13 And as I had this urge to correct manuscripts as I went along , and could n't read his handwriting , and did n't know the first thing about Roman Britain , you can imagine he felt obliged to educate me .
14 And as I had told you before on the previous er chat we had , how my father took over er when when I was two years old we moved up .
15 I knew I had to get away quickly , and as I ran out of the kitchen , I saw Hindley attack Heathcliff .
16 And as I understood you
17 Once again I felt the mysterious pleasure of being in an elevated Oxford chamber at night , among cloud and star , — so that I seemed to join in the inevitable motion of the planets , — and as I saw the sea of roofs and horned turrets and spires I knew that , although architecture is a dead language , here at least it speaks strongly and clearly , pompous as Latin , subtle as Greek .
18 The eyes were faintly oriental , long , and as I saw , for Conchis put a hand over the mouth , also smiling .
19 And as I saw her a cold hand closed around my heart .
20 Cos that really got up , up my back when the , I mean tho ai n't a ba , bad bunch of old boys but I normally go down but they they clear and once we 've done our work before dinner break they all clear off and I go down to the and then I sort of walk back more or less behind them you know , to the break like and as I go past the club , I go and wash my hands , they go straight in , I go and wash my hands and I walk past the and er we should go to dinner at quarter to twelve and I go past , it 's one minute past quarter to twelve so cos when we go in there you see quarter past twelve due to go back I always give them two or three minutes and I say that 's it , that 's , ah we was late coming in , I said no you were n't !
21 I hope I have demonstrated some of the variety of ways in which Credits can be used and as I write perhaps some genius is thinking up yet another variation to deal with a particular problem .
22 Together we 've drawn up training programmes and as I write ( 22 Jan ) an eight week seminar ( one evening per week ) is in progress .
23 The recession , which we expected to fade away through the year , has hit us full on , and as I write there is little sign of light at the end of the proverbial tunnel .
24 And as I walk past I want you to turn them over so I can see if they are clean on both sides . ’
25 And as I walk back through the streets the other thing fuelling this self-criticism is that I turned up there with the gun .
26 His hands are tight across my back , then he lets go and as I walk out of the room his face goes back to the letters .
27 And as I went on not getting jobs , I felt my credibility was on the line .
28 Later on that day I was sent into the Corporals ' quarters with a mop and bucket and as I went in a Corporal came out buttoning his flies .
29 I had been born on Easter Sunday 21 years earlier and as I went into the water , I thought : ‘ Laddo , you 're going to die on Easter Sunday , too ’ .
30 Well you know where Penny 's old desk were , where she sat looking up towards the , and Jenny sat there and Joan sat there , this Janet was sitting there and on that Friday morning when the phone had rung , well I got up and I went to go upstairs to take something or a fax coming for me or something , and as I went past Lynnette hit me on my shoulder and she said it 's me Pat , Pat she said it 's me , oh Pat I said what 's , what 's going on ?
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