Example sentences of "i [verb] as [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked as we picked up our overnight bags and moved towards the exit . |
| 2 | I asked as I stirred up the tea-bags . |
| 3 | I asked as I stood up to go to the bar . |
| 4 | And I mean as they went down we got the the diver , so there was a few of them there . |
| 5 | erm I mean as I said before , I do n't have relatives out in the Gulf , but I feel immensely for these men that are out there , men and women , and also for the news reporters , I mean nobody 's actually said what an awful job it must be for these news reporters and sort of camera crews that are actually erm doing this sort of wonderful job of bringing us back here all this information . |
| 6 | I mean as I say now , how can you turn round to a to a bloke who 's , well does n't matter what his on , eh , what , what ever his , his rate of pay is , how can you turn round to him and say you ca n't have more than seven per cent , and his got , his got something like a about twenty five , thirty per cent . |
| 7 | I mean as I say very very good . |
| 8 | I say I do n't take them for sake I mean as you see how many you prescribed for me , ca n't you ? |
| 9 | ‘ Crilly , ’ I say as we lie together , ‘ when the nurse gave me the anaesthetic , she jabbed me so deep that I could feel it throbbing in my veins like an explosion , and it hurt like anything . |
| 10 | ‘ You told me ’ , I say as we bounce along the ever-dwindling road , ‘ that you thought of marrying Lady De Marr . |
| 11 | Strange the tricks that life plays , I mused as I drove home , popping the tape of madrigals into the player . |
| 12 | Can I assume as you did not reply to Pat Gaudin 's memo of 28 June 1993 that you want the Infosheet on Services to People with Mental Health Problems withdrawn from the Infopack ? |
| 13 | ‘ So I noticed as I came through . ’ |
| 14 | I noticed as he moved forwards , that he swung his head slightly from side to side . |
| 15 | ‘ Pounds , ’ I replied as I wrote out my name and address on the back of the particulars and left it on the counter . |
| 16 | ‘ Nothing , ’ I replied as I scrambled out of the trench , replacing the diary quickly in my hip pocket . |
| 17 | No problem , I stand I stand as I did before and I accept that that 's extra . |
| 18 | ‘ Only a rose — ’ I began as I held out my offering to my husband and I was just about to start on the second line when a Yorkshire pudding with onion gravy flew past my head and stuck with a plop on the ceiling . |
| 19 | I have has to pick up what mathematics I know as I went along . |
| 20 | ‘ Must be getting back to Brigade H.Q , Sarge , ’ I remarked as I picked up my rifle and prepared to leave . |
| 21 | I protested as we walked back to the flat . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll never moan about hard work again , Jacko , ’ I lied as I set off to make a packed audience laugh like drains , with a face the colour of one and stomach that sounded like one . |
| 23 | I would make myself some tea , I decided as I packed away my papers , then walk over to the post office to make my call to Crispin . |
| 24 | I watched as we went by . |
| 25 | From under the chair I watched as she scooped up the mess into a cloth , and dropped it in the bin . |
| 26 | What am I saying as we sit here talking about this rather strange difficulty that we find ourselves in ? |
| 27 | I counted as they twittered past . |
| 28 | So I thought as we 've still got the biggest guarantee I would go to it . |
| 29 | How extraordinary , I thought as we talked together , that this man 's theological understanding of justification by faith — in which he believed passionately — had no echo whatsoever in his life . |
| 30 | Fair enough , I thought as I walked home . |