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 . |