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

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1 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 .
2 ‘ I 'll ask no leading questions , as I remember how I loathed them when I first started seeing a lot of Tom .
3 But as I whirled round I saw that she had already taken off most of her clothes .
4 Nobody came in , but as I looked round I saw my mother staring past me , her mouth open .
5 As I looked down I could n't believe I was being asked to attempt it .
6 As soon as I get indoors I 'll just have to ask again — ask Mum once more .
7 And as soon as I get up I say you coming ?
8 As soon as I get home I shall give it him back . ’
9 As I set off I had a fleeting glimpse of the leer of pure delight on Simkin 's face .
10 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 .
11 Because as soon as I go upstairs I 'm wide awake .
12 Move along ! " bawled the orderly , and as I shuffled away I gazed appealingly at the white-coated figure .
13 As I tottered away I paused and addressed the big man 's back as he prepared for his next victim .
14 As I strolled along I watched an elasticated black kid , Felix 's age or maybe older , gangle past with his pretty little friend .
15 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 .
16 As I eased down I glanced over at the clock ; it read 10.01 .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 as I said earlier I do n't believe anybody should of relied purely on the brochure , they had legal advisers
20 As I went upstairs I thought how much I hated being shoved around all over the place .
21 Almost screaming , I staggered back and as I glared wildly I saw Shep disappearing at top speed towards the gate .
22 As I walked away I heard Mark 's voice , softly at first , then getting louder : ‘ Get down .
23 Bunny handed over a fiver and as I walked away I heard him whisper to Rayleen .
24 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 . ’
25 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 .
26 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
27 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 .
28 But today the prostate operation is routine , as I discovered when I visited the operating theatre a few days after I had had mine .
29 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 .
30 ‘ I suppose I came down on impulse , but as soon as I got here I wished I 'd stayed in the house .
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