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

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1 I got very depressed — there was no particular reason , just a lowering of spirits as I realized again that , for the foreseeable future , we were going nowhere .
2 He was a schoolboy at heart — as I realized later in life .
3 Twenty-three years in the business has all been the build-up for this , as I take on my most challenging role ever — bloody prompter ! ’
4 As I blundered on in my explanation I realised he had forgotten all about it and if I had kept my mouth shut the problem need never have arisen .
5 Imprinting , as I remarked earlier , illustrates the principle of ‘ sensitive periods ’ ; it is usually established during a specific period early in the animal 's life .
6 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 .
7 Well , in the first round we shot a 74 , two over par as I remember then .
8 ‘ I 'll ask no leading questions , as I remember how I loathed them when I first started seeing a lot of Tom .
9 As soon as I charge straight into here , what happen with it ?
10 I approached her carefully but she leaned away as I stretched out my hand .
11 The explanations are various and , as I argue shortly , rather limited .
12 As I strode along , glaring at the ground , hating everything , I thought : I 'm not dealing with this matter a moment too soon .
13 As I hung on the phone , I ingested the sad evidence of a service which , although well-intentioned , simply had n't coped .
14 Sister Paul would pretend not to see me as I hung about outside around the staffroom to see her pass by for the third time that day .
15 Only the young Swede and the attendant took a sympathetic interest and pointed helpfully as I gathered up the meatballs and deposited them in the ashtray .
16 But as I whirled round I saw that she had already taken off most of her clothes .
17 I knew his name , and murmured it as I looked on from the supply hut , with my schnapps and my toilet paper : ‘ Uncle Pepi ’ .
18 As I looked up at him he placed a steaming hot mess-tin full of what looked like Machonachie stew on the floor of the barn beside me.
19 As I looked up into his steely blue eyes I admit I did wonder what disparaging thoughts he was thinking about me .
20 As I looked up , I saw that water was beginning to slop in and trickle down the wall .
21 Gunga drove off over the bridge as I looked around for a suitable spot to get some practice in .
22 My heart sank as I looked around .
23 The first repelling impression I had received of the rock from seaward was endorsed as I looked around .
24 I could hear voices somewhere as I looked around , studying the portraits , examining the marquetry of the chairs and tables , all of which were ranged formally about the walls .
25 As I looked sadly at my hands and boots , I remembered that I was only a common working boy , and wished I could be different .
26 I wondered , as I looked round at the massed ranks of chaps , young and old .
27 I felt sure that if Mr Reed had lived he would have treated me kindly , and now , as I looked round at the dark furniture and the walls in shadow , I began to fear that his ghost might come back to punish his wife for not keeping her promise .
28 Nobody came in , but as I looked round I saw my mother staring past me , her mouth open .
29 As I looked round in the pale dawn light , a piece of paper caught my eye .
30 As I looked closer they began to open their wings , and suddenly it was a though purple brooches had been pinned about the bracken to catch the sunlight .
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