Example sentences of "[adv prt] as i [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Try not to break down as I read the roll of honour : the golden vision Alex Young , the Huyton Hercules Peter Reid , the Blackpool buzzbomb Alan Ball , the Tyneside tornado Howard Kendall , the Birmingham blockbuster Bob Latchford and the Llandudno leopard Neville Southall . |
| 2 | At Tain the ancient stones in the graveyard above the railway line looked in as I ate an apple bought in Ness in Lewis that had come from Spain . |
| 3 | My stomach turned over as I watched the ball heading for the out-of-bounds , but to my relief it looked as though it had stayed in , even if it seemed in an awful spot . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's not every day that someone wanders on to my property and , when charged at by a Dobermann who 'd shot off as I closed the door after us , goes blithely forward and greets it with the words , ‘ Hello , darling ’ , ’ he replied , reminding her , had she forgotten , that , the dog never far from his control outside of the house , he had soon been on the spot to witness events . |
| 5 | The Allied guns had just started up as I entered the orchard . |
| 6 | She stood up as I entered the room , greeting me as if we were in a drawing-room in Chelsea or Gloucestershire and not in prison . |
| 7 | I sort of toss up as I leave the house over which direction to take . |
| 8 | Running behind him just seemed effortless and when I kicked he did n't go with me and he gradually dropped back as I kept the pace up . ’ |
| 9 | When I glanced back as I opened the gate , they were standing still , in a discomfited little group : they had not meant , I suppose , to hurt the child . |
| 10 | Murmurs of ‘ It 's paste ’ went around as I read the conversation between the two women . |
| 11 | I look round as I reach a junction in the corridor and he quickly pops back into his office . |