Example sentences of "[noun sg] as i [verb] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | A dipper flew up from the burn as I emerged from the hut , his white breast flashing as he darted downstream . |
| 2 | Of his picture of refuse — at once alluring and repellant — Penn writes : ‘ Evening as I walked from my studio to the train station I saw at my feet a treasure of the city 's refuse , intriguing distorted forms of colour , stains and typography . |
| 3 | Of his pictures of refuse — at once alluring and repellent — Penn writes : ‘ Evening as I walked from my studio to the train station I saw at my feet a treasure of the city 's refuse , intriguing distorted forms of colour , stains and typography . |
| 4 | Before I could say , ‘ You bastards ’ , they were specks in the mist as I huddled from the blizzard behind a boulder wondering if I wanted to be sick yet . |
| 5 | Jamie sat in silence for a while as I went from screenful to screenful of wheeling , whining craft . |
| 6 | I am interested to hear Derek Brown 's opinions on this subject as I know from discussions we have had that he shares this view , but probably has a different remedy for the problem . |
| 7 | Your first problem as I recall from my masterly analysis , is that you have nowhere to live except a hotel that 's rapidly running out of vases . |
| 8 | I tried to get a better grip but to my horror my fingers began to run down the door like melting plasticine as I watched from my perilous vantage point . |
| 9 | I hope that he and his fellow enthusiasts of today will derive as much pleasure from looking back in 50 or 60 years ' time as I do from my battered old album . |