Example sentences of "as i [vb past] [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I approached her carefully but she leaned away as I stretched out my hand . |
| 6 | As I strode along , glaring at the ground , hating everything , I thought : I 'm not dealing with this matter a moment too soon . |
| 7 | As I hung on the phone , I ingested the sad evidence of a service which , although well-intentioned , simply had n't coped . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But as I whirled round I saw that she had already taken off most of her clothes . |
| 11 | I knew his name , and murmured it as I looked on from the supply hut , with my schnapps and my toilet paper : ‘ Uncle Pepi ’ . |
| 12 | 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. |
| 13 | As I looked up into his steely blue eyes I admit I did wonder what disparaging thoughts he was thinking about me . |
| 14 | As I looked up , I saw that water was beginning to slop in and trickle down the wall . |
| 15 | Gunga drove off over the bridge as I looked around for a suitable spot to get some practice in . |
| 16 | My heart sank as I looked around . |
| 17 | The first repelling impression I had received of the rock from seaward was endorsed as I looked around . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I wondered , as I looked round at the massed ranks of chaps , young and old . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Nobody came in , but as I looked round I saw my mother staring past me , her mouth open . |
| 23 | As I looked round in the pale dawn light , a piece of paper caught my eye . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ This is mind boggling ’ I thought , as I looked over our basecamp : two tents , brought up with the help of four porters . |
| 26 | As I looked closely , I could see it was a skull . |
| 27 | As I looked in and stiffened with surprise and horror at the scene , he appeared to be putting a handful of grey matter back into a broken skull . |
| 28 | I went back to the dining-room window , and as I looked in again , Stapleton left the room and came out of the house . |
| 29 | As I looked down at him lying there it was difficult to believe that this was Shimi Lovat . |
| 30 | I felt a lump in my throat as I looked down at the first grave , the Balmoral on the cross was torn at the front as if a piece of shrapnel had smashed its way through the badge and into the soldier 's head . |