Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [vb past] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Miss Kenton had departed , and sure enough , as I continued with my work , an occasional footstep or some other sound would serve to remind me she was still there outside the door . |
| 2 | As I struggled with my heavy bag at Navan , a strong old man ran to help me . |
| 3 | But to me as I struggled with his detoxifying diet , he was a disembodied , stern sounding voice , a god who had handed down the law . |
| 4 | But at once , for very fear that the bearded man who had reached out as I struggled with my hamper ( ‘ No , no , I do very well , thank you ’ ) might follow me and find out everything , I hailed a porter and then a cab , assuming a confidence I did not feel . |
| 5 | That morning , as I lay with my teeth chattering in anticipation on the wooden floor of the supply hut , I heard five more explosions . |
| 6 | I must say I agreed with them as I agreed with some of the misgivings expressed by our German colleagues , too . |
| 7 | Right just one last thing that we need to think about is that as I said with the with the learning styles , there 's no right or wrong |
| 8 | It was a large field and I could see the barn at the far end as I walked with the tall grass brushing my knees . |
| 9 | I hope they will never feel as frustrated with their parents as I felt with mine . |
| 10 | In very much the same way as I suggested with my analogy of the German and English rowers ( Chapter 5 ) . |
| 11 | ‘ As I dealt with the conditions and consequences of affluence , ’ he explained , ‘ under which the existence of the poor had been buried , the poverty I had set out to write about got pushed further and further towards the back of the book . |
| 12 | She left this house to us , and an allowance to Emily so long as she did n't marry , and one to me so long as I stayed with her . |
| 13 | As I tussled with Christianity and to order the world in my head , I became conscious of an oscillation of temperament . |
| 14 | A Plymouth dockyard labourer 's daughter lived across the road ‘ as much with grandma as I did with mother . |
| 15 | But I should say that if I had to buy them , I would do as I did with the ones I have — buy from a breeder . |
| 16 | Perhaps the best way to write this kind of story ( or even the equivalent of the detective novel at short story length ) is to do as I did with the first crime short story I ever wrote . |
| 17 | Inevitably , the image of his father , the image of his family , the image of his class , were at the forefront of this searing reappraisal : When my father was fifteen years old , he did not go for holidays on beaches , as I did with his money . |
| 18 | I do n't same as I did with them . |
| 19 | I listened to this tale of woe and as I dug with my tiny spade , wondered what I might find , an arm or perhaps a leg , but the only discoveries that I made were small pieces of coal washed up on the beach . |
| 20 | But as I sat with my legs dangling over the edge , looking out on to the quiet water meadow , the anarchy of Delhi seemed far away and I began to see why in all the most sensible cultures , Paradise was envisaged as a walled pleasure garden . |
| 21 | One became a pitbull Poodle as I approached with a coat , and Bizzie ( pictured here ) just froze . |
| 22 | Erm , as I mentioned with the group visitors we 've started up a branch action group fo specifically focused on the sort of branch issues . |
| 23 | How sorry I felt for them as I stood with my images of a future of crackling kindling and bringing the pine logs hither and other rustic carry-ons . |
| 24 | As I stood with my hands resting on the stone of the bridge , the door of the hotel was again thrown open . |
| 25 | And you , she thought , are playing with me , just as you played with me in France . |
| 26 | To draw a pie chart you first need to convert the information you want to present into percentages ( as you did with your personal budget on page 148 ) . |
| 27 | ‘ I wedged it into the pine-needles , as you did with yours . |
| 28 | I feel you should have maybe said , ‘ Yes , Eric , okay , that 's really relevant , ’ and then edited the comment out just as you did with the rest of my letter . |
| 29 | Once the report is ready for distribution I hope Planning and Co-ordination will be able to give us some assistance as you did with the first plan . |
| 30 | Do n't shut her out and turn to me , as you did with Isabelle . |