Example sentences of "as i [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | As I disentangled myself from the green wool , I had been linked not only to these women beside me , but to those in Canaan and all the other women through the centuries who have wept over the death of the gods of life , of love , and of hope , whom they tried to revive with their tears . |
2 | I felt exhausted : as I dragged myself up the stairs I can remember thinking that now I knew what people meant when they said they were ‘ tired to death ’ . |
3 | Someone shouted : " Lie down ! " , and as I threw myself to the ground , I felt a bullet hit me . |
4 | ‘ It 's a bomb , ’ I thought , as I braced myself against the walls of the trench waiting for the inevitable explosion . |
5 | I was not prepared to commit myself completely in every situation , as I found myself as the actor and the spectator at the same time . |