Example sentences of "[adv prt] as i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd stamp up and down as I walked along , and up would pop the balls that had been buried in the sand . |
| 2 | The lorry-driver jumped down as I leapt out of the mini and ran to the black car . |
| 3 | I could walk as fast as I ever did but I tended to roll my shoulders and turn my three-toed foot in as I did so . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , such a day , and to stroll along as I did so many times in the old days . |
| 5 | I screamed and pulled with all my might , shaking my hands and my head and throwing myself backwards and over as I did so , banging one knee off the gun where it lay , fallen in the sand . |
| 6 | I knocked it off as I ran past . |
| 7 | Drove off as I went past . ’ |
| 8 | It cheers me up as I come up in the lift and stagger out blinking in the daylight . |
| 9 | ( I 've done dozens of lectures now , in front of all sorts of people , and I always make it up as I go along , although I suppose I must have a rough idea about what I 'm going to say . ) |
| 10 | I 'm making this up as I go along , really . |
| 11 | I tried to take over the kitchen , but in this I was thwarted by my father who had his own ideas about food , and who would keep interfering and making a mess , whereas I preferred to clear away and wash up as I went along . |
| 12 | I was making it up as I went along . |
| 13 | ‘ I said I overheard you and Tucker and also picked things up as I went along . |
| 14 | No sorry I 've deci , I said I 'd make it up as I went along ! |
| 15 | They sat up as I came in , then relaxed when they recognised me . |
| 16 | I could almost hear Werewolf 's eyebrows go up as I counted out the cash . |
| 17 | The example that I tried changed gear with a jerk and was too eager to change up as I slowed down . |
| 18 | Ben was saying the other day that soon they would drop out as I walked down to the shops ! ’ |
| 19 | This is one hell of a river — it sucks me under then spits me out as I hurtle downstream . |
| 20 | The safety-belt held me back as I jerked forward and at the same second heard the ghastly clash of metal hitting metal . |
| 21 | My lungs exploded , imploded , exploded , imploded ; plumes of wet sand flew from my soles , rising as I sped on , falling in little curves and spattering back as I raced on into the distance . |