Example sentences of "as i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I drank them in , a roar of engines sounded . |
| 2 | As I drank my tea , I heard her answer the phone : ‘ Terrible morning , can I help you ? ’ |
| 3 | But more surprises were in store as I unearthed my first Roman coin . |
| 4 | As I finished my meal an entire flotilla of portly Bavarians waddled out , having consumed vast quantities of beer with their enormous meal . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , I can , ’ he said as I finished my meal and leaned back , wiping my mouth on the back of my hand , more to annoy him that anything else . |
| 6 | ‘ I managed to punch my boilie out to the edge of a gravel bar about 60 yeards out , but I had to play the fish towards the top as I brought it in because there are a lot of boulders on the bottom , ’ explained Lee . |
| 7 | Well , as soon as I realized I stopped . |
| 8 | A shiver ran up my spine and into my scalp , as I realized he was singing ‘ Mary from Dunloe ’ . |
| 9 | As I munched my bun , Richard said ‘ you are involved now ’ . |
| 10 | If he/she fails to comply promptly , say , ‘ If you do not do as I asked you immediately you will have to sit on the chair in the hall . ’ |
| 11 | Would you had brought Undry to me as I asked you ! |
| 12 | As I clicked my stopwatch at the start line it began to rain . |
| 13 | It is hard to describe the feeling I had as I persuaded her scaly old feet on to my finger and gave her a dose of my very own medicine . |
| 14 | Rather as I feared they would , babies have started showing up in Tod 's dreams . |
| 15 | I would make the most accom-plished tart , as well as Hero 's Muse , I thought , as I relieved his tension as expertly as a doctor lancing a boil . |
| 16 | So much so in fact that tonight , as I filled my cat 's litter tray with ‘ Sophisticat ’ , I noticed a distinct similarity to standard aquarium ammonia remover . |
| 17 | I hung my head , which I also nodded sombrely as I hung it . |
| 18 | As I disentangled myself from the green wool , I had been linked not only to these women beside me , but to those in Canaan and all the other women through the centuries who have wept over the death of the gods of life , of love , and of hope , whom they tried to revive with their tears . |
| 19 | I was sure the triptych mirror was one of her own treasures and I opened it carefully to see myself as I brushed my hair and applied a quick dab of lipstick , the red paint which marked me as a Westerner as surely as my blue eyes and blondish hair . |
| 20 | ‘ You 're too proud , ’ I scolded him as I brushed his black hair . |
| 21 | As soon as I stiffened them my stroke improved . ’ |
| 22 | As I looked I was sure that I saw Boris , my bear , wink at me . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm sorry to bring the baby , but I had to , as I 'd no-one to leave him with . ’ |
| 24 | At the ship 's office I was informed that Sir George Clerk , the British Ambassador , had sent a message that as soon as I landed I was to call on him at the Embassy . |
| 25 | The organist and I finished more or less together and I turned to him for reassurance as I announced my next song : ‘ And now , ‘ ’ Summer Time' ’ . ' |
| 26 | Poor old Elsie , I thought as I killed her off , but I felt fairly satisfied with my work . |
| 27 | By a supreme effort I managed to feed a few inches back into the vaginal opening but as soon as I relaxed it popped quietly out again . |
| 28 | As I relaxed I took a look around to see what was going down , just as we pulled away from the lights and turned left . |
| 29 | The Rising Star and Half Moon began to shine as I wended my way back over the Skerne Bridge . |
| 30 | As I flung myself at it , pounding footsteps were behind me . |