Example sentences of "as i [vb past] [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as I whirled round I saw that she had already taken off most of her clothes . |
| 2 | Nobody came in , but as I looked round I saw my mother staring past me , her mouth open . |
| 3 | As I looked closer they began to open their wings , and suddenly it was a though purple brooches had been pinned about the bracken to catch the sunlight . |
| 4 | As I looked down I could n't believe I was being asked to attempt it . |
| 5 | Move along ! " bawled the orderly , and as I shuffled away I gazed appealingly at the white-coated figure . |
| 6 | As I tottered away I paused and addressed the big man 's back as he prepared for his next victim . |
| 7 | As I strolled along I watched an elasticated black kid , Felix 's age or maybe older , gangle past with his pretty little friend . |
| 8 | A great chance lost , for had I kept as careful a lookout in front as I had behind I should have seen her before she saw me . |
| 9 | It 's arranged that you would eat out or in small parties at the hotel , as I thought maybe you 'd want to get away from each other by then … . |
| 10 | As I eased down I glanced over at the clock ; it read 10.01 . |
| 11 | terms and conditions of engagement and as I said previously they are looking for us to provide them with spreads of expenditure of fees and , and Trevor 's looking into that . |
| 12 | At that time erm , I was a commercial traveller and Harlow was part of my district and they reluctantly accepted the fact that because I was a commercial traveller working in Harlow that I actually did work in Harlow which was stretching a point , but I really think that the Development Corporation 's officials were getting a little tired of my being able to talk their own language and to write letters in the same vein as they could write , they were n't used to this , and , at any rate , as I said earlier we got here . |
| 13 | As I said earlier I 'm getting really pissed with the tight fisted attitued of the board — Shef Utd are becomming more attractive by the minute at least they 've no pretensions of having dosh . |
| 14 | As I said earlier I do not think that this is an area where the district councils should be given a completely free rein to interpret the matter within their own local plans . |
| 15 | as I said earlier I do n't believe anybody should of relied purely on the brochure , they had legal advisers |
| 16 | As I went upstairs I thought how much I hated being shoved around all over the place . |
| 17 | Almost screaming , I staggered back and as I glared wildly I saw Shep disappearing at top speed towards the gate . |
| 18 | As I walked away I heard Mark 's voice , softly at first , then getting louder : ‘ Get down . |
| 19 | Bunny handed over a fiver and as I walked away I heard him whisper to Rayleen . |
| 20 | It was furnished with an ancient iron bedstead and a wooden table so decrepit that it collapsed as I walked past it . |
| 21 | As I walked in I was handed a leaflet bearing the image of an apocalyptic Pipeline wave and above it a line from Psalms 93:4 : ‘ The Lord on high is mightier than the mighty waves of the sea . ’ |
| 22 | I was surprised how things had changed — as I walked in I was given a big plastic number 33 ( shame I did n't turn up later as I could have stolen the number 38 to replace my house number which has seen better days ) and was given a list of reasons not to give blood . |
| 23 | In fact as soon as I walked in I was n't allowed to go to my desk until I promised her I would get the computer out |
| 24 | Dury , however , is a theatrical voice to be taken rather more seriously , as I discovered when I met him in his current lodgings , adjacent to the Swan Theatre . |
| 25 | But today the prostate operation is routine , as I discovered when I visited the operating theatre a few days after I had had mine . |
| 26 | Many of you may have noticed that Good Housekeeping is now on sale at the checkout in Sainsbury 's , which has gone down brilliantly with shoppers , as I discovered when I visited my local London branch . |
| 27 | ‘ I suppose I came down on impulse , but as soon as I got here I wished I 'd stayed in the house . |
| 28 | However , as soon as I got here I realised that we were on a treadmill of legislation . |
| 29 | When I ran away I was going to the beach , but as I got near it I recognized someone I was avoiding . |
| 30 | Neil Cusforth , who 's in the haulage business in Yorkshire , chose the 1.6 Primera and is delighted with it : ‘ As soon as I got in I just felt right in it : it 's so light and easy to use . ’ |