Example sentences of "as i [be] leave " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , sad as I was to leave the arena of Ultra , for me there was no choice . |
| 2 | As I was leaving the house Pat shouted after me , ‘ Piper , your friend Taff who shares the trench with you in the orchard has been transferred to one of the Commando units around the village . |
| 3 | As I was leaving the front of the house two jeeps arrived with wounded aboard , one of whom I recognised straight away . |
| 4 | As I was leaving I made a big show of asking to see the guitar one more time . |
| 5 | ‘ New York called just as I was leaving . |
| 6 | The news about him only arrived just as I was leaving . |
| 7 | Daisy was about to say ‘ by women ’ , but hastily changed it to ‘ by members of the congregation as I was leaving , and I had to get back for Ethel 's heart . ’ |
| 8 | My Treatise on the Novel , with a long essay on Ivy 's novels , appeared just as I was leaving England , and she wrote her gratitude to me in Egypt . |
| 9 | Just as I was leaving the studio , I was summoned back . |
| 10 | On the fifty-ninth minute of the twenty-third hour , as I was leaving the country , I finally achieved the contract . |
| 11 | And , as I was leaving , just on the off-chance I asked , ‘ Well , fine , Anastasiya Pavlovna , but how about these things ? ’ . |
| 12 | " Well , she waylaid me as I was leaving after seeing your Toby , and asked me to give you a message . |
| 13 | She seemed very thoughtful , and as I was leaving , she placed a ring on my finger . |
| 14 | The boxer romped down the drive after me as I was leaving and the old man looked at him with undisguised admiration . |
| 15 | But when Siegfried drove away , the activity stopped abruptly and as I was leaving with my pockets stuffed with the equipment for my round I glanced into the sitting room and saw the young man stretched in his favourite chair . |
| 16 | Then one day a couple of months ago he returned , just as I was leaving assuming I 'd missed him . |
| 17 | Then , as I was leaving , my informant added what he thought was a rather amusing story . |
| 18 | As I was leaving the room , however , he entered . |
| 19 | ‘ What happened was this : a dog ran out in front of me as I was leaving the car park , and I had to swerve in order to avoid it . |
| 20 | ‘ Two policemen simply turned up at my rooms as I was leaving , without any appointment or anything , and insisted on interviewing me . |
| 21 | As I was leaving one of the doctors said : ‘ Do n't think this is over . |
| 22 | Oh dear , you 'd say this would be me as I was leaving the travel agents I heard a woman say my friend and I want to get away from it all , can you recommend somewhere completely unspoiled with a really nice shopping area . |
| 23 | ‘ I can assure you , ’ he told Tom Driberg , ‘ that if I was left as free a hand in French Indochina and the Netherlands East Indies as I was left in Burma , I could solve both these problems by the same methods ; though it is heartbreaking to have to leave the political control to other nations when we are really in military control . ’ |
| 24 | I ca n't promise what time I 'll be there , I 'll have to ring you as I 'm leaving work . |
| 25 | On a personal note , this is the last issue of Q magazine which I will edit as I 'm leaving ICI soon . |