Example sentences of "as i [verb] [adv] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I see the sign saying Welcome to Inverness just as I remember where I left the car and where I left from this morning and just before I turn and stamp to the nearest desk and demand in my highest dudgeon to be taken to Edinburgh on a charted Lear if necessary or limoed immediately to the highest-starred hotel within a reasonable radius for a free overnight dinner , bed and breakfast and unlimited bar tab . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll ask no leading questions , as I remember how I loathed them when I first started seeing a lot of Tom . |
| 3 | But as I whirled round I saw that she had already taken off most of her clothes . |
| 4 | Nobody came in , but as I looked round I saw my mother staring past me , her mouth open . |
| 5 | As I looked closer they began to open their wings , and suddenly it was a though purple brooches had been pinned about the bracken to catch the sunlight . |
| 6 | And as soon as I get up I say you coming ? |
| 7 | As I set off I had a fleeting glimpse of the leer of pure delight on Simkin 's face . |
| 8 | Move along ! " bawled the orderly , and as I shuffled away I gazed appealingly at the white-coated figure . |
| 9 | As I tottered away I paused and addressed the big man 's back as he prepared for his next victim . |
| 10 | As I strolled along I watched an elasticated black kid , Felix 's age or maybe older , gangle past with his pretty little friend . |
| 11 | As I eased down I glanced over at the clock ; it read 10.01 . |
| 12 | At that time erm , I was a commercial traveller and Harlow was part of my district and they reluctantly accepted the fact that because I was a commercial traveller working in Harlow that I actually did work in Harlow which was stretching a point , but I really think that the Development Corporation 's officials were getting a little tired of my being able to talk their own language and to write letters in the same vein as they could write , they were n't used to this , and , at any rate , as I said earlier we got here . |
| 13 | As I said earlier I do not think that this is an area where the district councils should be given a completely free rein to interpret the matter within their own local plans . |
| 14 | as I said earlier I do n't believe anybody should of relied purely on the brochure , they had legal advisers |
| 15 | As I went upstairs I thought how much I hated being shoved around all over the place . |
| 16 | Almost screaming , I staggered back and as I glared wildly I saw Shep disappearing at top speed towards the gate . |
| 17 | As I walked away I heard Mark 's voice , softly at first , then getting louder : ‘ Get down . |
| 18 | Bunny handed over a fiver and as I walked away I heard him whisper to Rayleen . |
| 19 | Dury , however , is a theatrical voice to be taken rather more seriously , as I discovered when I met him in his current lodgings , adjacent to the Swan Theatre . |
| 20 | But today the prostate operation is routine , as I discovered when I visited the operating theatre a few days after I had had mine . |
| 21 | Many of you may have noticed that Good Housekeeping is now on sale at the checkout in Sainsbury 's , which has gone down brilliantly with shoppers , as I discovered when I visited my local London branch . |
| 22 | However , as soon as I got here I realised that we were on a treadmill of legislation . |
| 23 | ‘ I suppose I came down on impulse , but as soon as I got here I wished I 'd stayed in the house . |
| 24 | As I got there she put her hand on the cut and actually squeezed it , so the blood ran out quite violently , all down his leg . |
| 25 | He sort of like everyone , as soon as I got there you know like that , that school or whatever |
| 26 | I walked from Holborn but as I got close I discovered the attraction of setting foot in there again had faded rather badly . ’ |
| 27 | I went back to Desmond and got myself into more trouble because as soon as I got out I wanted money . |
| 28 | As I got out I caught the enigmatic Mr Goodson sneaking in through the front door , but if he 'd seen me pull up , he did n't wait to say Hello . |
| 29 | And as soon as I got home I wrote it down . |
| 30 | As soon as I got home I rang Graham Fearnley and established that he would be at the Crystal International Tournament on Thursday , its opening day , and we arranged to meet after Jack Mason had played . |