Example sentences of "as i [verb] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Twenty-three years in the business has all been the build-up for this , as I take on my most challenging role ever — bloody prompter ! ’
2 I see the sign saying Welcome to Inverness just as I remember where I left the car and where I left from this morning and just before I turn and stamp to the nearest desk and demand in my highest dudgeon to be taken to Edinburgh on a charted Lear if necessary or limoed immediately to the highest-starred hotel within a reasonable radius for a free overnight dinner , bed and breakfast and unlimited bar tab .
3 ‘ I 'll ask no leading questions , as I remember how I loathed them when I first started seeing a lot of Tom .
4 I approached her carefully but she leaned away as I stretched out my hand .
5 But as I whirled round I saw that she had already taken off most of her clothes .
6 Nobody came in , but as I looked round I saw my mother staring past me , her mouth open .
7 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 .
8 ‘ This is mind boggling ’ I thought , as I looked over our basecamp : two tents , brought up with the help of four porters .
9 As I looked down I could n't believe I was being asked to attempt it .
10 As soon as I get indoors I 'll just have to ask again — ask Mum once more .
11 And as soon as I get up I say you coming ?
12 As soon as I get home I shall give it him back . ’
13 ‘ As soon as I get back we 'll go and eat .
14 As I set off I had a fleeting glimpse of the leer of pure delight on Simkin 's face .
15 Erm there 's a sense in which y'know kind of when I go to concerts erm there 's y'know kind of there 's loads of blokes who take their shirts off and er wrestle around together and build human pyramids and do all that kind of , lots of body contact , lots of grasping one-another and all that kind of thing and yet erm y'know presumably to them , on the assumption that they 're heterosexual , as I assume probably they are , it 's it 's one of these things that erm y'know is kind of again maybe it even occurs at the same time as they 're quite homophobic in some cases .
16 I leave it all up to Rob as I blank out my mind and hang on to my sanity .
17 So , as I go round I 'll show you erm , how to use the mouse er a as as and when it becomes er appropriate .
18 Because as soon as I go upstairs I 'm wide awake .
19 Move along ! " bawled the orderly , and as I shuffled away I gazed appealingly at the white-coated figure .
20 As I tottered away I paused and addressed the big man 's back as he prepared for his next victim .
21 Now , as I put down my pen , I bring the life of unhappy Henry Jekyll to an end .
22 As I strolled along I watched an elasticated black kid , Felix 's age or maybe older , gangle past with his pretty little friend .
23 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 .
24 ‘ Pounds , ’ I replied as I wrote out my name and address on the back of the particulars and left it on the counter .
25 ‘ Thought you 'd backed out , ’ he muttered as I took off my damp coat .
26 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 … .
27 As I eased down I glanced over at the clock ; it read 10.01 .
28 And well I remember hearing about it and and saw it probably as I grew up myself .
29 Okay well as I said previously what I 'm gon na do is go away and then I 'll prepare some figures for you and perhaps I 'll come and see you next week , okay ?
30 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 .
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