Example sentences of "[noun pl] as i [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't the wind that brought tears to my eyes as I turned to walk along the cliff path . |
| 2 | Luckily they seemed to want , even need , to talk , so it was n't necessary for me to try to head him onto other subjects as I had felt might possibly have been the case . |
| 3 | I mean er you know , I I was went in as a mechanical fitter and er stayed as such , getting sort of bigger and more responsibl bilities as I went Grew up . |
| 4 | I no longer saw them , indeed , as legless beings on self moving pedestals as I had done at Salisbury but from being so constantly restricted in movement it seemed that they must be incapable of movement . |
| 5 | As I think I said , such noises as I have experienced have eventually found explanations . |
| 6 | I happened to have with me the journal of Dorothy Wordsworth on my trip to the Dales as I had forgotten to return it to the public library , and you have my word that I dropped it the instant I was made aware that they were harbouring a drug addict . |
| 7 | Secondly , is it possible to fit extended shackles to the rear of the front springs as I have seen on some military LWB ? |
| 8 | I am convinced that zander often shoal up or gather in great numbers when they are not hunting and to come across one of these occurrences as I have done from time to time is an unbelievably exciting experience . |
| 9 | The diabetes can sometimes disappear if you lose weight and maybe that will happen to me one of these days as I 've lost quite a lot recently . |
| 10 | It was at the time of the Bulganin-Khruschev circus and my leave was very short — not long enough to clear up my mother 's affairs as I wished to do . |
| 11 | So Wilson and I were quite chummy together , and he looked at me approvingly through his thick-lensed glasses as I sat talking with his wife about , for instance , winter tasks . |
| 12 | It was n't er , it was n't good to leave them about , you know what I mean and er oh er yes it 's been very important , if I might say so , certain things as I 've had been called upon to do and I 've been happy and proud to do it . |
| 13 | It states : I am currently looking at carpets as I need to replace the Stoddard Super Sax in my drawing room which was purchased around 28 years ' ago . |
| 14 | I held up my arms as I had seen German prisoners do in news-reels . |
| 15 | The Emissary 's Illusochamber had also been free of bugging devices as I 'd found when I 'd been fiddling with my headband , activating a mini-ceptor in one of the jewels . |
| 16 | I could n't eat , and that night " my " insects swarmed behind my eyelids as I tried to sleep . |
| 17 | The rows of hearts can be knitted continuously either in a single colour or with the colour changing every 11 rows as I have done . |
| 18 | All the appellants seek orders that , because of the Secretary of State 's failure to comply with what are said to be the requirements as I have set them out , the decisions made in relation to each of the appellants as to their respective tariffs should be quashed . |
| 19 | I think erm most of the points as I 've said before , have probably been made and I do n't want to make them any more but I would just make one other when we 're talking about means tested it 's interesting that you 're advocating means testing in that way . |
| 20 | I did n't try algicides as I 've heard too many horror stories . |
| 21 | He said : ‘ It 's not nice to have threats and letters as I have had when you have a wife and family , and kids at school . |
| 22 | The impression I have from such documents as I have seen is that the obvious hardship to the residents of Bridge and Medway Roads was somewhat played down and the employment and general economic benefits were underlined . |
| 23 | I must add here that I do not use any ready-made greens as I prefer to mix my own colours : azo yellow light , cadmium yellow medium , and titanium white mixed with my blues for this , with the addition of burnt sienna , yellow ochre and Vandyke brown for the earth colours . |
| 24 | Thus a note might reach the union committee asking for exemption from the quarterly meeting ( to avoid a fine ) such as the one from Mrs K. who in 1922 said " I wish to be exempt from Society meetings as I have to attend to my children in the evenings " . |
| 25 | Or have you got the same blanks as I 've got . |
| 26 | Never before at all the meetings that I have attended have I seen such enormous attendances as I have seen during this campaign and that is illustrated by this packed audience tonight . ’ |
| 27 | On 4 August 1989 solicitors acting on behalf of the relatives wrote to the coroner repeating the facts as I have summarised them and requesting that an inquest be held to inquire whether or not the death had been caused or aggravated by failures of the emergency services to respond to the calls and to attend in proper time . |