Example sentences of "[vb past] as i [verb] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Thought you 'd backed out , ’ he muttered as I took off my damp coat . |
2 | ‘ Pounds , ’ I replied as I wrote out my name and address on the back of the particulars and left it on the counter . |
3 | ‘ Only a rose — ’ I began as I held out my offering to my husband and I was just about to start on the second line when a Yorkshire pudding with onion gravy flew past my head and stuck with a plop on the ceiling . |
4 | ‘ Must be getting back to Brigade H.Q , Sarge , ’ I remarked as I picked up my rifle and prepared to leave . |
5 | I would make myself some tea , I decided as I packed away my papers , then walk over to the post office to make my call to Crispin . |
6 | It was furnished with an ancient iron bedstead and a wooden table so decrepit that it collapsed as I walked past it . |
7 | Edward watched as I kicked off my shoes and socks , unbuckled my jeans and let them fall . |
8 | They smiled as I hammed up my exhaustion , then carried on effortlessly climbing . |