Example sentences of "as i [vb past] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My relief grew rapidly as I warmed to the theory . |
| 2 | My eyes were shut most of the time now as I blundered round the park and when I opened them a red mist swirled . |
| 3 | But as I listened to the stories of these prisoners it was difficult not to be overwhelmed with feelings of hate and revenge . |
| 4 | As I looked towards the right , however , along the other widespread arm of the building , something materialized there like a stain : light towards the dead dull end of the electromagnetic spectrum . |
| 5 | Here was the woman I wanted to marry , the woman I thought of every day as I looked beyond the cell to make plans for the future . |
| 6 | Sadly , my euphoria evaporated as I looked through the rest of the magazine . |
| 7 | As I looked through the viewer I had the feeling , momentarily , that it really was what I had dreamed about for so long , a sort of crystal ball in which I could call up everything I had ever known . |
| 8 | My blood froze as I looked at the prices . |
| 9 | Now as I looked at the tree I saw that the great things had been there all the time but I had mistaken them for the background . |
| 10 | As I looked at the faces marching past with a smart eyes right , I could n't help thinking of those who would have liked to have been on this parade ; those still manning the trenches , and all those buried in a shallow grave in the orchards around the village . |
| 11 | It 's added a certain anticipation as well to the placement job I 've been doing — ‘ Oh come on someone must have something to say ’ was a regular feeling/thought as I looked at the monitor in anticipation . |
| 12 | Something clicked as I looked at the number . |
| 13 | It was warm inside the building as I looked at the uniforms from Algeria , Morocco and Tonkin . |
| 14 | Paul was trying to catch fish in a pool as I looked at the thing . |
| 15 | We were halfway along one side of the ship , and as I looked to the left I saw Oliver about fifteen feet away , staring out into the Channel . |
| 16 | As I looked round the hut , I knew that the mysterious man must have a very strong character . |
| 17 | As I announced at the end of the trial , I am immediately doing two things . |
| 18 | As I waited at the King 's Stairs for my boat back to Venturous I was approached by two very splendidly attired and heavily braided Merchant Service Officers whom I had noticed staring at me curiously during the reception . |
| 19 | All kinds of thoughts raced through my mind as I waited for the explosion in our midst . |
| 20 | As I waited in the porch with the bridesmaids , I saw Shanti get out of the car , take her father 's arm , and walk towards us . |
| 21 | I felt the heat hit my face as I stared through the opening with narrowed eyes . |
| 22 | As I stared at the German with the white flag , I remembered ( as no doubt the five Frenchmen lying beside me also remembered ) a short time ago in Amfreville a small party of Germans had surrendered and , as the Commando patrol approached , one of the Germans had lobbed a grenade , killing and wounding several members of the patrol . |
| 23 | As I stared at the display , the reflections of myself and Mr Broadhurst in the plate-glass window came into focus as well , imposed over the vista . |
| 24 | The ward had been full , the nurses worked off their feet , but their care for me — and as far as I knew for the others — had been magnificent . |
| 25 | One of the birds shat on Gravel as I pedalled up the path to town on the Tuesday morning . |
| 26 | As I bit through the clingwrap on my sandwich , I gulped , and summoning indifference said , ‘ Oh why do you think that Brenda ? ’ |
| 27 | I started shaking and my shoes squeaked with apprehension as I shuffled on the lino . |
| 28 | I sang Lili Marlene to myself as I inched past the concrete-mixers and lorries full of sand , wondering where the Tardis might be sending me next . |
| 29 | We rolled heavily as I clung to the shrouds scanning the reef as best I could . |
| 30 | On Hazely Peat Moor Bill waited for me , grinning as I slogged through the heather in the heat . |