Example sentences of "[verb] as i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strange the tricks that life plays , I mused as I drove home , popping the tape of madrigals into the player . |
| 2 | The wording referring to the specific location in the location description would by definition have to be drawn up the region , cos they would have intimate knowledge of the locality that er sorry and the costs would be drawn up by the region because they would know as I say intimately they would know that specific development |
| 3 | She stopped as I held up a finger . |
| 4 | My heart sank as I looked around . |
| 5 | He staggered as I clambered on , but stayed upright . |
| 6 | No nun should feel as I do now . |
| 7 | I was really deeply moved as I had only seen such a thing before in religious pictures . |
| 8 | ‘ You 'll do as I wish sooner or later . ’ |
| 9 | I would do as I do now probably and go |
| 10 | From now on I am independent and I can do as I find best for my country . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Thought you 'd backed out , ’ he muttered as I took off my damp coat . |
| 12 | ‘ So I noticed as I came through . ’ |
| 13 | No problem , I stand I stand as I did before and I accept that that 's extra . |
| 14 | I could n't look as I stood helplessly at the top of stairs listening to him bumping and thudding from step to step until he reached the bottom . |
| 15 | Well , the Old Fire Station is about three hundred seats , the Apollo seats one thousand two hundred , and we seat as I said about six hundred and fifty . |
| 16 | ‘ I heard a photocopier going as I rummaged around , ’ he said . |
| 17 | I fought it open and my feet crunched as I went through . |
| 18 | Violent blasts of rain had accompanied these rages of wind , and the day just closed as I sat down to read had been the worst day of all . |
| 19 | ‘ Pounds , ’ I replied as I wrote out my name and address on the back of the particulars and left it on the counter . |
| 20 | ‘ Nothing , ’ I replied as I scrambled out of the trench , replacing the diary quickly in my hip pocket . |
| 21 | When the honest shopper acts as I have just described , he or she is acting with the implied authority of the owner of the supermarket to take the goods from the shelf , put them in the trolley , take them to the checkpoint and there pay the correct price , at which moment the property in the goods will pass to the shopper for the first time . |
| 22 | At the end of the alley I paused , waiting , but all I saw was the end of a nose which quietly withdrew as I stood there . |
| 23 | Anyway the next day they were on the er if machine is not clean when I come in then I should not run as I did not run this morning for four hours as I might as well come in on Saturday morning and clean them myself So she in . |
| 24 | I have has to pick up what mathematics I know as I went along . |
| 25 | I was certain I would catch something in Rock Pool , and my hopes mounted as I waded silently to the perfect casting position . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ I should n't think he wants to , ’ Perkin remarked as I had n't answered in a rush . |
| 28 | ‘ Must be getting back to Brigade H.Q , Sarge , ’ I remarked as I picked up my rifle and prepared to leave . |
| 29 | My lungs exploded , imploded , exploded , imploded ; plumes of wet sand flew from my soles , rising as I sped on , falling in little curves and spattering back as I raced on into the distance . |
| 30 | I much prefer being assessed as I go along , rather than having big exams at the end of the year . |