Example sentences of "as i [vb base] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 As long as I get up in the morning .
2 As I get out of the second tube I see someone has been scratching letters off the sign above the door .
3 As soon as I get out of the Army .
4 It cheers me up as I come up in the lift and stagger out blinking in the daylight .
5 As I pull up at the back of the hotel Mr Shah is waiting with a folder full ; his expression , although friendly , contains around his mouth a little reproach that I should have been away from the action for so long .
6 As I turn in to the book of Genesis I read there of God coming to Abraham , and saying to Abraham , that Abraham in your family all the nations of the world are gon na be blessed !
7 His hands are tight across my back , then he lets go and as I walk out of the room his face goes back to the letters .
8 As I walk out into the sunlight , the grass is soft under my feet .
9 And as I walk back through the streets the other thing fuelling this self-criticism is that I turned up there with the gun .
10 As I walk back to the motel I am relieved to see that there is no light on in the room .
11 So it is with me , stuck with gloves and stick as soon as I step out of the front door .
12 As I look around at the happy faces it is difficult to realise that the German Army is only a few miles away across the River Seine where they are defending Le Havre .
13 She drums her fingers on the banister as I edge back to the lounge .
14 As I drift off into the aisle , I see Lil gliding back towards our stand , escorting a pair of avenging angels .
15 As I hang on to the arm-rest with white knuckles , it is clear to me that Brundle has decided not to attempt the corners but to go straight on to the escape road : the turn is impossible now ; it 's just a joke ; he 's trying to scare the shit out of me .
16 ‘ Sometimes I 'm in such a tearing hurry I just grab a nappy and bottle on the run as I head out of the door . ’
17 As I burst on to the empty platform , the train starts to pull away .
18 But as I read on about the growing disharmony between Mrs. Proudie and Mr. Slope , Trollope rose in my estimation and count him among my favourite authors .
19 as I pant up towards the breathless heights .
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