Example sentences of "i [vb past] as [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked as we turned our backs on the Pacific and began working our way back through the maze of walls and rubble . |
| 2 | I asked as I fumbled my keys out . |
| 3 | I realized as I said it that this could sound a little tactless . |
| 4 | I realized as I turned its pages that this was probably telling me more about the country and its people than my actual visit . |
| 5 | I trembled as I felt his power over me already . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's right , Corporal , ’ I replied as I snatched my very important pass . |
| 7 | I could n't do anything about Nassim 's cousin being in Pakistan , I reasoned as I rinsed my mouth for the hundredth time . |
| 8 | I discovered as I picked my way through endless encounters that , even when you are your own mistress — free of guilt , responsibility or even social obligation — the excitement of different sex with new partners does eventually pall . |
| 9 | He stole a chicken from work , and I watched as he stuffed it and sewed it up with needle and thread in his girlfriend 's flat , frowning with ponderous alcoholic severity . |
| 10 | I can still remember the humiliation I felt as I heard everyone laughing at me , and my brother laughing the loudest of all . |
| 11 | She was the first person I met when I joined the Waaf , and the last person I saw as I left it . |
| 12 | Poor old Elsie , I thought as I killed her off , but I felt fairly satisfied with my work . |
| 13 | What dreary offices we inhabit , I thought as I allowed my gaze to travel round this miniature version of my own . |
| 14 | Such a tiny little woman , I thought as I watched her , imagining her building and repairing her mental walls , her endless labour . |
| 15 | On one of these trips to London when I was at school , good when we went with the Brownies , I went two or three times and er , one time when I was a bit older , I mean the first time I went as I say I was only about seven , but , when I was a bit older I went again , they said if |
| 16 | ‘ Psst — Jack , ’ I hissed as he joined me damply in the breeze-filled tent . |
| 17 | I did as he bade me . |
| 18 | I did as he told me , eidetically filling in the missing mass of water . |
| 19 | Although Jimmy did not have the height and size of a Stan Smith , who was a top player at the same time , I saw other strengths in Jimmy 's game which I liked as I coached him . |
| 20 | ‘ Someone who wanted to do what you 've just done , ’ I said as I followed him inside . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's time you went , ’ I said as I watched him go but I did n't mean it . |
| 22 | It is hard to describe the feeling I had as I persuaded her scaly old feet on to my finger and gave her a dose of my very own medicine . |
| 23 | I revived as I felt myself go hurtling through the air and crashed down on to the wooden planks of the scaffold . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , I must confess , Controller , ’ I concluded as he showed me out . |