Example sentences of "as [pers pn] go along " in BNC.

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1 There 's still some old leaves that ai n't been brushed up yet , so I kick at them as I go along .
2 The following Sunday Pat Muldoon stood in what had formerly been his local church at Gross Pointe , Michigan , and sang to the heavens , ‘ If I can help somebody , as I go along , then my living will not be in vain … . ’ without paying the slightest attention to the meaning of the words .
3 So I have to make decisions as I go along as to which points need to be spelled out , which of them can be stated sparely , or which of them do not need to be mentioned at all but can be left to be inferred .
4 ( 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 . )
5 As a matter of interest , I 'm totting up the sum of his holdings as I go along .
6 I 'm making this up as I go along , really .
7 I 'm like a great vacuum cleaner hoovering up everything as I go along , or like a catfish sucking up all the rubbish in an aquarium .
8 I work from the inside and come out and finish things as I go along .
9 I 'll get some things together and think , decide as I go along .
10 I much prefer being assessed as I go along , rather than having big exams at the end of the year .
11 I 'll decide as I go along .
12 Improvisation should not , in any way , be confused with the rather general idea of ‘ making things up as you go along ’ , which has no real purpose beyond that of entertainment .
13 Where problems do arise over cutting out narrow strips — which we have met before — it is sometimes best to cut in the background piecemeal , gluing in each subsection of background separately as you go along .
14 Try to push and lift at the same time — go on , try to get the back wheels off the ground as you go along !
15 Lift yourself off the ground as you go along .
16 It is worth your while to obtain detailed quotations at the outset and to insist upon a further quotation for any work which may be added to the schedule as you go along .
17 just do this as you go along .
18 It is like running the first 100 metres like Carl Lewis , getting into gear but pushing really hard for the whole race as you go along .
19 It 's just a matter of hoarding the tokens as you go along and exchanging them for a discount on your Enterprise 89/90 holiday .
20 You make it up as you go along .
21 Do n't try and answer something you do not understand in the hope that you can work it out as you go along .
22 The other is that it actually fosters in you in-built critical faculties , so you can actually edit and shape your work as you go along , having been taught by the master — the masters of literature — not just the professors , the great writers . ’
23 So if you are insulating with granules , then take a ruler up there with you to measure the depth as you go along .
24 Then start slowly , and build up your speed as you go along .
25 This gives you a head start , and if you are sensitive to her changing needs as she goes through the grief experience you will learn your role and recognise your cues as you go along .
26 The lines particularly can be more convenient than transfers because you can simply follow the original artwork like following a map , unwinding from the reel and sticking it down onto the film as you go along — though it can be fiddly on dense or complicated boards .
27 We change the sets often , so you learn how to do things at different venues as you go along .
28 The better you rehearse , the less you have to do as you go along , and once the tour started there were no more rehearsals .
29 As you do each of the exercises , place a hand on the part of the body that is being stretched or toned so that you can feel the benefit as you go along .
30 A blank cassette — and maybe a spare — is an obvious essential ( a ) , and you will certainly need to be able to recharge your camcorder battery as you go along , so do n't forget to take your battery charger ( b ) with you .
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