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

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1 As I warmed to my eulogy of his skills , .
2 My relief grew rapidly as I warmed to the theory .
3 Ricardo shows great patience with me as I reach for the dictionary or , using a book and his long fingers , he makes the rituals clear to me .
4 So long as I stuck to squawks and Pretty fucking Polly , I was fine ?
5 I walked out of the champagne tent in a dream or , rather , a nightmare and put two elderly customers , who were coming towards me and were obviously intent on a reviving glass or two , in peril as I blundered into them .
6 My eyes were shut most of the time now as I blundered round the park and when I opened them a red mist swirled .
7 The connection between girls suffering from eating disorders and violently hating their own bodies , and sexual violence in society , struck me more and more powerfully as I listened to girls talking about periods , body shape and size , and how they feel about their bodies .
8 But as I listened to the stories of these prisoners it was difficult not to be overwhelmed with feelings of hate and revenge .
9 As I listened to passages of Scripture read aloud , or to the Preaching of the Word , ( very important in non-conformist chapels ! )
10 As I listened to him fumbling for words of explanation , I wished he could have said boldly that what was thought to be so heinous today was not thought to be so then , but that looking back now , he deeply regretted what had happened .
11 As I listened to him , I thought .
12 ‘ Did you have a good time ? ’ my mother asked Robert as I whispered to Lili that I found old age unclean and a disgrace .
13 One feels that two hours spent in one or other of the jammed little rooms — there are four as far as I remember at this instance , two down , one up , and one in the cellar — will be rewarding , refreshing , and never questioned by the owners .
14 The matter has been under negotiation , off and on , for several years now , as I remember from my time at the Home Office .
15 However , as I argue in the final section , the extent of sexual dimorphism will depend not on the extent to which reproductive success varies in the two sexes but on the comparative effects of particular phenotypic traits on the breeding success of males and females .
16 He trotted breathlessly beside me as I strode like a madman through the snow , back to that accursed manor .
17 I felt it when I caught sight of Jean-Claude unobserved , or as I reflected on him when he was out of sight .
18 Another cup of coffee is ready as I bite into my breakfast .
19 As I settle into my piece of floor , she adjusts herself and smiles at me .
20 As far as I can tell , we have some sort of unspoken agreement that I keep quiet about not officially existing in return for being able to do more or less as I like on the island and buy more or less what I like in the town .
21 I can not do as I like in the house .
22 I smile at Ma and my sister as I totter towards the compost heap beyond the garden shed .
23 as I pretend to be Ovid
24 As I looked towards the right , however , along the other widespread arm of the building , something materialized there like a stain : light towards the dead dull end of the electromagnetic spectrum .
25 Here was the woman I wanted to marry , the woman I thought of every day as I looked beyond the cell to make plans for the future .
26 As I looked through the viewer I had the feeling , momentarily , that it really was what I had dreamed about for so long , a sort of crystal ball in which I could call up everything I had ever known .
27 Sadly , my euphoria evaporated as I looked through the rest of the magazine .
28 The Frenchman shook my hand and as I looked at him and his family I thought slowly to myself , ‘ What a bloody chance he is taking .
29 As I looked at him sitting opposite me on the floor of the trench , I was fascinated by his resemblance to the other Commandos I had met over the past five days .
30 As I looked at the faces marching past with a smart eyes right , I could n't help thinking of those who would have liked to have been on this parade ; those still manning the trenches , and all those buried in a shallow grave in the orchards around the village .
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