Example sentences of "[noun] as i [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | The configuration of lights speed up , broaden , and throw different shadows into the car as I pull up a freeway ramp . |
| 2 | The draft position paper goes sliding over the edge of the desk into the waste-paper basket as I snatch up the receiver . |
| 3 | Lots of kids had yelled with delight as I ran up and down , whooping like a Red Indian . |
| 4 | The guns a short distance away along the river bank were shelling the German positions as I started up the bagpipes in a fairly secluded thicket , the sound of the drones and the pipe reed easily drowning the noise of the guns . |
| 5 | Mick 's head disappeared from the entrance to the trench as I sat up and listened to a shell burst close by . |
| 6 | I also failed to complete my 1000 runs for the season as I clocked up yet another ‘ did not bat ’ when only 968 runs short . |
| 7 | A series of falls hidden from immediate view follows the gill on the left-hand side and one May morning as I walked up the gill the falls were roaring after the heavy rains of the week before . |
| 8 | This was not how I had imagined the conquering of my childhood dream peak , and I was muttering and tutting under my breath as I clambered up towards them . |
| 9 | Declaring that he wishes to offer to the public ‘ the very Journal which Dr Johnson read ’ , he says he will not ‘ expand the text in any considerable degree , though I may occasionally supply a word to complete the sense as I fill up the blanks of abbreviation in the writing ’ . |
| 10 | The whole operation was developing like a Grahame Greene novel as I walked up a dark country lane to the waiting car . |
| 11 | Preparations were being made to evacuate the farm as I picked up my rucksack , slung it over my shoulder , and joined the others outside on the road . |
| 12 | Dad taught me a lot as I grew up . |
| 13 | I put the branch two-handed over my right shoulder as I run up to them , jump over a small bush and then as I land at their side bring the branch swinging down . |
| 14 | For my part , I sometimes think of the film Psycho as I walk up the bleaker staircases to people 's homes in Hackney . |
| 15 | But also — ’ I flipped the keys a couple of times as I stood up — ‘ because I think he enjoyed doing it . ’ |
| 16 | A pale autumnal sun played over Etive as I gazed up the beckoning folds of Spartan Slab with another partner , watching the leisurely antics of an American climber and his female ropemate on this classic VS . |
| 17 | I got an elbow in the face as I went up for a header and I remember putting my head down and running straight into Bull 's back . |