Example sentences of "[noun] as i [verb] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | I looked at her card as I did my hair . |
| 2 | He was petrified with fear as I held my knife in front of him . |
| 3 | Thirty pairs of eyes stared with unwavering concentration as I dipped my hand into the all-too-familiar breakfast of slightly sour rice and salted fish . |
| 4 | My fish is quite tame and I hand feed him , although as he ( or she ) gets larger I will stop this practice as I value my fingers . |
| 5 | I take a look in the file as I make my way down to the main entrance . |
| 6 | I saw a lot of both her and John in those days as I saw my parents most weekends and they often went round on Sundays as well . |
| 7 | A man wearing an anorak was walking his dog , and the terrier trundled past me on its lead as I rubbed my hands together , trying to keep warm . |
| 8 | I felt the blood racing through my veins as I put my bodystocking on . |
| 9 | ‘ I knew your name as I knew my own . |
| 10 | Summoning up all my courage , I entered San Esteban and its overpowering gilded Churriguera altar seemed to welcome me like a long-lost friend as I dipped my hand in the holy-water stoup at the door and knelt to pray in front of Claudio Coello 's heavenly blue painting . |
| 11 | All three stared in astonishment as I tossed my kit bag on to the floor . |
| 12 | Cue loadsa windy sound effects from the rest of the ZZAP ! crew as I type my review of the new Williams pinball table . |
| 13 | The mixture of sugar and weedkiller sizzled and glared ; the intense light seared through me and clouds of smoke rolled up and around my head as I held my breath and my eyes watered . |
| 14 | Or is it the merest coincidence that Kyle is sitting back in his chair , with the receiver to his ear , stroking the bald patch on the back of his head as I explain my business ? |
| 15 | ‘ Just enjoying the taste of the rum , Corporal , ’ I replied , getting to my feet and swilling out the mess-tins and empty mug as I made my way through the drizzle to my now very muddy slit trench . |
| 16 | But more surprises were in store as I unearthed my first Roman coin . |
| 17 | He pushed a book towards me , and raised an eyebrow as I signed my name . |
| 18 | ‘ Eh , gracias , eh , señor , ’ I half spat at the small man as I turned my back on him and left . |
| 19 | At the sight of him I would smell the dust of the confessional and remember the mixture of boredom , shame and relief as I said my penances . |
| 20 | Already I had had presentiments of the satisfaction I would feel when I eventually got the bag home — the huge relief as I unpacked my treasures . |
| 21 | I sat on the quay with my hands down beside me and my fingers over the edge as I put my feet in the boat , ready to get in . |
| 22 | Lee picked up the vibes and looked with wide-eyed apprehension as I held my breath and waited . |
| 23 | I caught it with the catapult , the thick black tubing of the rubber twisting once in the air as I scissored my hands and fell back , letting the buck go over my head and then kicking with my legs and turning myself so that I was level with it where it lay , kicking and struggling with the power of a wolverine , spreadeagled on the sand slope with its neck caught in the black rubber . |
| 24 | I felt a strange sensation in my stomach as I made my way down the sloping gangway and on to the tarmac , If I had felt like this on the morning of the 6th June , Lord Lovat would probably been going ashore without his bagpipe music . |
| 25 | There was a warm wind on my face and hands as I made my way towards Mr Marr 's place . |
| 26 | Assure you , my good liege , I hold my duty as I hold my soul , Both to my God and to my gracious King ; And I do think , or else this brain of mine Hunts not the trail of policy so sure As it hath used to do , that I have found The very cause of Hamlet 's lunacy … |
| 27 | The white tube , the cork-effect filter , the solid hot flare of the match and my lips tell me of my lungs as I make my own smoke , with its blue drifting and acrid smell . |
| 28 | And , miraculously , there was little resistance and I stared in disbelief as the great organ disappeared gloriously and wonderfully from sight I was right behind it with my arm , probing frantically away up to the shoulder as I rotated my wrist again and again till both uterine cornua were fully involuted Ben I was certain beyond doubt that everything was back in place I lay there for a few moments , my arm still deep inside the sow , my forehead resting on the floor . |
| 29 | At the Scotland-Wales match I was severely reprimanded by a steward 30 years my junior for daring to place one foot on the hallowed turf as I made my exit from the ‘ schoolboys ’ enclosure ’ . |
| 30 | I was rewarded by several admiring looks as I paid my sizeable bill and blundered out , sweating , into the fog . |