Example sentences of "i as i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | And it 's it 's on the economic front that regeneration has the highest priority in Leeds and not on the housing front , as I as I 've previously described . |
2 | ‘ She 's dead , I know ! ’ he called to me as I came closer . |
3 | There was a layer of grey-blue smoke in the room at about shoulder level , and a big wave in it , probably produced by me as I came in through the double doors of the back porch . |
4 | Several people nodded and smiled at me as I went past , so I had no inkling of what was going to happen . |
5 | Maybe it had some bearing on Uncle Fred 's last words to me as I went off to do my National Service in the army . |
6 | As ever , little was done to conceal anything from me as I went in and out of the various rooms in which these gentlemen sat deep in discussion , and I thus could not avoid gaining a certain impression of the general mood at this stage of the proceedings . |
7 | The stink of the place hit me as I went in . |
8 | On the way I passed the rabbit I thought had escaped , lying just before the sparkling clean water of the stream ; blackened and contorted , locked into a weird , twisted crouch , its dead dry eyes staring up at me as I passed by , accusatory . |
9 | ‘ You would n't have thought so if you 'd heard him shouting after me as I ran away , ’ Sarah said . |
10 | I enjoyed Richard who was a casual , almost brutal lover , his desire rising and spending itself as impatiently as mine , so that I did not have to suffer all that tedious , preliminary business of fondling and stroking , and I enjoyed my baby , which surprised me as I had not expected to . |
11 | By now dear old Monty , resigned to losing me as I got more ambitious , had pushed my salary up to nearly £10 a week . |
12 | But what amazed me as I said before was their antagonism to strangers . |
13 | Sister Paul would pretend not to see me as I hung about outside around the staffroom to see her pass by for the third time that day . |
14 | A cordon of stagehands appeared from nowhere and surrounded me as I stepped out of the car . |
15 | There was no one around in the hall to see me as I stepped inside . |
16 | Bitter thoughts assailed me as I lurched forward once more . |
17 | ‘ See you later , Boyo , ’ he shouted after me as I set off , rifle over my shoulder , through the trees in the direction of Brigade H.Q |
18 | He did n't even look at me as I walked over to him . |
19 | As on Friday , no one seemed to notice me and certainly no one challenged me as I walked through to Patterson 's office whistling cheerfully ( a Tommy Smith riff which I wished I could transfer from his tenor sax to my battered trumpet ) and holding a plan of the air-conditioning system out in front of me . |
20 | Rickie was literally dancing in circles around me as I walked down the dock towards his sister , but then he paused in his frenetic progress to light one cigarette from the stump of another , and I wondered just what perverted fate decreed that such a boy should receive a legacy of six million dollars . |
21 | It was this image that accompanied me as I walked down the rue de Fleuve , stopping for a final coup d'oeil at the squat church crouching on its gravel ground . |
22 | A sudden misery enveloped me as I drove over to the gate leading into the field . |
23 | He was thinking of settling in this land of freedom , he told me as I sat down opposite . |
24 | Then suddenly I got a bit more confidence , I felt better about my weight , my husband encouraged me as I started out in various career directions , and goals actually began to emerge . |
25 | This mighty work has moved me as I have not been moved since I discovered the symphonies of Gustav Mahler some 35 years ago . |
26 | When my hon. Friend has been returned with an increased majority in his marginal seat , he will no doubt wish to make representations to me as I carry on with my present job . |
27 | you tell me as I look in on my way to bed |
28 | She came in to me as I knelt there and raised me up , and said we must never quarrel and that she would never , ever , give me cause to doubt her , and I must not suppose she could . |
29 | Charlie cantered after me as I hurried back to the Dressing Room . |
30 | On this occasion , in fact , a reply of sorts did occur to me as I stood up there on the ladder ; a reply to the effect that those of our profession , although we did not see a great deal of the country in the sense of touring the countryside and visiting picturesque sites , did actually see more of England than most , placed as we were in houses where the greatest ladies and gentlemen of the land gathered . |