Example sentences of "[noun pl] as i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hand-claps sometimes seemed to be keeping time with my leisurely steps as I wandered under the arcades in the hot night , but that was just a coincidence . |
| 2 | The smell of burning plastic stayed in my nose and the bright glare of the burning mixture danced in my eyes as I hurried to the next hole , glancing at my watch as I did so . |
| 3 | ‘ But I know I am not going to get as many goals as I do for England . |
| 4 | I was contemplating the truth of these words as I drove up Pukea Road , a turning off the Kam Highway past Pipeline heading towards Waimea on the hill side . |
| 5 | Jeff Richer had choreographed the salacious routine , which began with me oozing down a cat-walk in a long black velvet evening coat and sliding it off my shoulders as I turn to camera revealing the lace gown . |
| 6 | I have covered the whole year , but because January is in your shops , February already subscribed , March imminent and April only recently covered in my monthly column ( 11th December ) , I have not been as detailed with these four months as I have with the rest of the year . |
| 7 | In my child 's brain he crashed at my feet as I walked through a strange city . |
| 8 | It was what they used to call a " banger " and it exploded at my feet as I hurried along the dark passage in answer to the door bell 's ring , making me leap into the air in terror . |
| 9 | I hope they will never feel as frustrated with their parents as I felt with mine . |
| 10 | Water oozed through the sodden cardboard inner soles , hastily fitted over the holes in my cheap plastic shoes as I stood in the rain outside the courtroom . |
| 11 | Er there and er it 's therefore er the best use we can make of it , not specifically for any particular school in any particular circumstances as I read in the , that the , that the Tories proposals have been in , on , on , on the issue . |
| 12 | I had a back pocket full of readies as I planned on doing some Christmas shopping while up West and I had no intention of joining the Christmas Eve rush to the lingerie departments of the big stores , so the first thing was to get away from the temptation of the HMV shop . |
| 13 | I found it very useful when working with desktop applications as I jumped from one application to another with the minimum of fuss . |
| 14 | I finger the necklace often these days as I think of my many friends in that country . |
| 15 | Conservation and pollution were important topics as I learnt about saving energy in the home and the environment . |
| 16 | I was thinking about black holes as I got into bed one night in 1970 , shortly after the birth of my daughter Lucy . |
| 17 | ‘ That sound changes as I go from the window that I picked it up in , to a different window , or to the desktop . ’ |
| 18 | And erm they 're loyal to the society because it , they know really it 's partly through them supporting the Guilds that we are able erm I do n't know whether I would get the membership there if you 've got , you see we pay a subscription to , see it costs five Pound a year at the moment to be , to be a member of the Womens ' Guild , which we , we send dues as I say to these three sections you see . |
| 19 | Mrs Quigley held out her arms as I came into the hall . |
| 20 | I seen 'im look very confident at the non-striker 's end , I grant yer , but that 'as n't won too many matches as I knows of . |
| 21 | I discovered soon after my illness the same energies walking beneath the cliffs of Lyme Regis , in the shadow of Mary Annan and the ichthyosauruses as I do in this hamlet . |
| 22 | Little terns fished out at sea ; I could hear their squabblings as I walked across the sand hills . |
| 23 | One advantage of the appalling route was that it offered no temptation to diverge from it — since I could not see where I was going anyway , the only thing to do was to follow the compass , and I had waded ditches as I came to them instead of attempting to find easier crossing places . |
| 24 | Now , in these quiet moments as I wait for the world about to awake , I find myself going over in my mind again passages from Miss Kenton 's letter . |
| 25 | George stared at the bagpipes as I clambered into the passenger seat beside him and sat with the pipes on my lap . |
| 26 | I was glad of my stout walking boots as I squelched through bossy bits . |
| 27 | Now the areas that I 've identified are the same ones as I put on the board last week . |
| 28 | I can not tell you my thoughts as I sat on the stand and watched the Arsenal playing far below their proper form . |
| 29 | The cool water is around my ankles as I sit on the bank , basking in the warm sunshine . |
| 30 | ’ Just barely , ’ I said through gritted teeth as I struggled to my feet . |