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

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1 I must have made thousands over those university years , much to the annoyance of my own family , as I 'd rarely made the effort for them .
2 It was obvious from the moment she came into the house that Dawn , as I 'd immediately christened her ( after all , I 'd had three weeks to dream up the name ) , was a real character .
3 And when they hit me with the INSET thing it was the summer term , the first half of the summer term and I was beginning to fray at the edges , as far as I 'd just got things going , and it was just like something else on top of a lot of pressure already .
4 ‘ He flew away just as I 'd nearly got him . ’
5 It was about it was the same as I 'd probably got if I 'd have gone to the pit at fourteen . .
6 As I 'd already discovered that for myself , I started thinking .
7 The two halves of the heart did not ease apart as I 'd fancifully imagined , but clung desperately round one another like drowning lovers .
8 The living room was as pristine as I 'd ever seen it .
9 Professionally , this is as far as I 'd ever imagined going .
10 The floorboards had n't snapped , as I 'd originally thought : they 'd gone down into the dock with Harry .
11 It is urging me on over the years bidding me neglect those that were without Cathenne , where as I set out to tell the story of my life , the dull with the bright , the gray with the green , all the Sundays Mondays and Tuesdays of it at least sufficiently to suggest them .
12 ‘ I 'll never moan about hard work again , Jacko , ’ I lied as I set off to make a packed audience laugh like drains , with a face the colour of one and stomach that sounded like one .
13 But as long as I go on improving and enjoying myself I 'll play .
14 But as long as I go on improving and enjoying myself I 'll play .
15 The thing that concerns me , as I go about describing , for the Nth time , the world 's most famous electric guitar , is that it 's all been said before .
16 I had almost forgotten about him and immediately felt depressed as I trudged off to find my car .
17 I might want to poke my tongue out at those new cameras as I slow down to pass them , but deep down even I know that they 're there for my protection .
18 Sometimes , just as I drifting off to sleep , I can see Dan Rogers running the length of the pitch to slip the ball past Bob Wilson , or Allan Clarke 's diving header past Geoff Barnett in 1972 , or Willie Young presenting Ipswich Town 's Roger Osborne with an unmissable chance in 1978 , or Nigel Winterburn 's penalty miss ten years later , or Seaman palming Lineker 's cross-shot into the corner of the net in last year 's semi-final .
19 All of a sudden , I found myself in a festive gathering , as I had absent-mindedly gatecrashed an exhibition launch at the Gallery of Photography .
20 He put his hands on her shoulders and kissed her , then held both her hands and smiled down at her as I had not seen him smile since I mentioned her name that night in the subway .
21 ( I used the royal ‘ we ’ as I had not asked yet ! )
22 I enjoyed Richard who was a casual , almost brutal lover , his desire rising and spending itself as impatiently as mine , so that I did not have to suffer all that tedious , preliminary business of fondling and stroking , and I enjoyed my baby , which surprised me as I had not expected to .
23 This surprised me , as I had not thought of him as someone who would favour me , and in any case I presumed that he would support Willie Whitelaw .
24 ‘ I should n't think he wants to , ’ Perkin remarked as I had n't answered in a rush .
25 It seemed a rather difficult thing to do , somehow , which surprised me , as I had n't realized I still had some atavistic buried fear of him because he was black .
26 We were taken off for a shower — which was welcome as I had n't washed properly since the night before I left London- and then shown our beds in the barrack rooms on the second and third floors .
27 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 .
28 Just as I had n't minded when asked if I would like to take care of Jeffrey Bernard for a few days while he was in Sydney to promote the play about himself , Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell , which is currently playing here .
29 You know , as I had n't brought the model to show him .
30 If they did n't get a move on , I would miss my gig and lose vital cash — as I had n't come in my own car , I was stranded .
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