Example sentences of "as i [vb past] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 'd done as I asked and left me alone then none of it would have happened . ’ |
| 2 | I slipped as I landed and fell against the bulkhead . |
| 3 | I closed my eyes and watched the sheets of warm colour that came as I relaxed or increased the tension of the lids . |
| 4 | I lit a cigarette as I waited and turned to find her leaning on the doorway , arms folded . |
| 5 | AS SOON as I heard that voice the decades fell like playing cards . |
| 6 | As I said when answering the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland ( Mr. Wallace ) I have written individually to the chairmen of the 100 largest companies urging them to pay close attention to settling their debts on time . |
| 7 | Just occasionally , textual fossils come into their own again , as I experienced when writing this book . |
| 8 | At first it was part of a dream , which vanished as soon as I woke and knew that I was alone on the broch island , lying on the turf in a sleeping-bag , with my head pillowed on my rolled-up sweater , but seemingly connected with the earth itself , from which , apparently right below my head , came a sound every bit as strange as the mermaids ' song of the seals . |
| 9 | I did one short sprint , just to shake my head as I ran and get some of the sand out of my hair , then relaxed to a trot once more . |
| 10 | I well remember that night , as I tossed and turned , unable to sleep ; for try as I could , that length of wall refused to fit into my jigsaw . |
| 11 | But as I raved and grew more fierce and wild |
| 12 | I take it you did as I suggested and got hold of a paper . ’ |
| 13 | It was just a fantasy I nurtured for a few years as I puffed and panted my way through the ten-foots and alleyways of downtown Hull . |
| 14 | My aching muscles were slow to obey as I soaped and towelled myself and pulled on my shirt . |
| 15 | I wished for a new dress as I washed and ironed my old yellow home-made mini for the hundredth time . |
| 16 | As I considered whether to smash her and throw her down on the mountainside , I caught her scent . |
| 17 | As I emerged and joined up with two French Commandos , there was a short round of applause . |
| 18 | I do n't know how long I lay there , pushing , relaxing , pushing again as I gasped and groaned and the sweat ran steadily down my beck . |
| 19 | There were a few Commandos resting in the barn , they looked up as I entered but showed no recognition . |
| 20 | Erm however erm it it does sound as though it 's one of these policies where as I suspected and said earlier today that it really does n't have any effect on anything and it 's probably something that could be erm crossed out and nobody would even notice it had gone . |
| 21 | For once in my life there was no need to believe as I did or act as I chose for any reasons other than that I was personally convinced it was right . |
| 22 | Will my hon. Friend do as I did and haul the leading debtors among large firms before him , to tell them that unless they jolly well pay their debts , Government legislation to force them to do so will follow ? |
| 23 | Do not do as I did and arrange to work only to find that the childminder changes her mind within the first few days . |
| 24 | My father feared my mother as much as I did and wished me to please and agree with her always , for when I did not she would complain to him of my behaviour and I suspected that when this happened his new wife would complain in her turn that he paid too much attention to us and too little to her and her own children . |
| 25 | He has n't done as I did and chopped his house in half . |
| 26 | I was even more pleased to find that all of them could see me almost immediately , and the one I chose inspected the car as soon as I arrived and had the quote dropped through my letterbox the next morning . |
| 27 | Mr Palmer seemed incapable of speech , and his mouth remained wide open as I turned and walked out of the office . |
| 28 | I still remember the feeling of hopelessness as I sat and looked at a board covered with arrows and lines , the words ‘ tacking ’ , ‘ rigging ’ , ‘ wind direction ’ and ‘ points of sailing ’ floating around in my head . |
| 29 | Whyte ( 1955 ) agrees : ‘ As I sat and listened , I learned the answers to questions I would not have had the sense to ask if I had been getting my information solely on an interviewing basis . ’ |
| 30 | She smiled as I watched and copied her , carrying my tools the local way . |