Example sentences of "as i [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I warmed to my eulogy of his skills , . |
| 2 | My relief grew rapidly as I warmed to the theory . |
| 3 | So long as I stuck to squawks and Pretty fucking Polly , I was fine ? |
| 4 | I walked out of the champagne tent in a dream or , rather , a nightmare and put two elderly customers , who were coming towards me and were obviously intent on a reviving glass or two , in peril as I blundered into them . |
| 5 | My eyes were shut most of the time now as I blundered round the park and when I opened them a red mist swirled . |
| 6 | The connection between girls suffering from eating disorders and violently hating their own bodies , and sexual violence in society , struck me more and more powerfully as I listened to girls talking about periods , body shape and size , and how they feel about their bodies . |
| 7 | But as I listened to the stories of these prisoners it was difficult not to be overwhelmed with feelings of hate and revenge . |
| 8 | As I listened to passages of Scripture read aloud , or to the Preaching of the Word , ( very important in non-conformist chapels ! ) |
| 9 | As I listened to him fumbling for words of explanation , I wished he could have said boldly that what was thought to be so heinous today was not thought to be so then , but that looking back now , he deeply regretted what had happened . |
| 10 | As I listened to him , I thought . |
| 11 | ‘ Did you have a good time ? ’ my mother asked Robert as I whispered to Lili that I found old age unclean and a disgrace . |
| 12 | He trotted breathlessly beside me as I strode like a madman through the snow , back to that accursed manor . |
| 13 | I felt it when I caught sight of Jean-Claude unobserved , or as I reflected on him when he was out of sight . |
| 14 | As I looked towards the right , however , along the other widespread arm of the building , something materialized there like a stain : light towards the dead dull end of the electromagnetic spectrum . |
| 15 | Here was the woman I wanted to marry , the woman I thought of every day as I looked beyond the cell to make plans for the future . |
| 16 | As I looked through the viewer I had the feeling , momentarily , that it really was what I had dreamed about for so long , a sort of crystal ball in which I could call up everything I had ever known . |
| 17 | Sadly , my euphoria evaporated as I looked through the rest of the magazine . |
| 18 | The Frenchman shook my hand and as I looked at him and his family I thought slowly to myself , ‘ What a bloody chance he is taking . |
| 19 | As I looked at him sitting opposite me on the floor of the trench , I was fascinated by his resemblance to the other Commandos I had met over the past five days . |
| 20 | As I looked at the faces marching past with a smart eyes right , I could n't help thinking of those who would have liked to have been on this parade ; those still manning the trenches , and all those buried in a shallow grave in the orchards around the village . |
| 21 | I had already loosened the overcoat and was thinking as I looked at him , This very minute you are going on the longest journey a man ever takes and you have n't a frigging clue . |
| 22 | And as I looked at Jimmy Boyce , ex-industrial tiler , ex-foundry worker , ex-redundant foundry worker , I realised that it really was the law of the jungle here tonight . |
| 23 | As I looked at this mounting pile of equipment I thought that there was no way this was going to fit into the spare bedroom . |
| 24 | As I looked at the few stones that remained of the castle , I learned from the magazine that the Irish-built castle of the local kings , the O'Rourkes , had once towered over the local countryside . |
| 25 | My blood froze as I looked at the prices . |
| 26 | For a moment I sensed his eye staring at me through the hole in the door but as soon as I looked at it the lens flashed and the cover on the other side swung quickly to rest . |
| 27 | The faces seemed to shift as I looked at them . |
| 28 | Now as I looked at the tree I saw that the great things had been there all the time but I had mistaken them for the background . |
| 29 | ‘ As I looked at the magnificent vehicle I could not help thinking of the historical ‘ Experiment ’ of the Stockton and Darlington Railway , or of the Exhibition excursions of 1851 , when the GW nailed rough boards across their permanent way trucks at Didcot to accommodate their third class passengers ! |
| 30 | It was warm inside the building as I looked at the uniforms from Algeria , Morocco and Tonkin . |