Example sentences of "as i come [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The phone is ringing as I come through the door of my office . |
| 2 | To each his fun in his own way , of course , but I much prefer to use my ferrets to the full , clearing each burrow in turn as I come to it . |
| 3 | Heavenly Father , thank you that as I come to you with my concerns about the conflicts in my life I come to a God who understands my humanity completely because you shared this experience fully in the life of your Son . |
| 4 | Bear with me for a moment more as I come towards it , while I read you yet more lines from another moment of the portrait , and keep in mind , if you will , from a moment ago , Stephen 's contemptuous review of the holders of wealth and power in Ireland . |
| 5 | I owe a great deal to my education many years ago , as I come from the background of a Welsh mining village , where a high proportion of us ended up with university degrees — a far higher rate than in many posher , salubrious , suburban areas . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ It was very emotional for me and I had a tear in my eye as I came across the line . |
| 7 | ‘ I threw them all away a couple of weeks ago as soon as I came across that letter from Parkin , ’ Lancaster murmured . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ It was very emotional for me and I had a tear in my eye as I came across the line . |
| 9 | Just as I had done before , I stumped around Clonmacnoise , surveying each ruined building or ancient cross as I came to it . |
| 10 | ‘ As I came to a junction , a car pulled out in front of me from a road on the left . |
| 11 | The day was moving on faster than I was now and a heat haze shimmered over the Tarn as I came to its banks to sit and eat my lunch . |
| 12 | A quiver of anguish passed along my spine as I came to the last dish . |
| 13 | One advantage of the appalling route was that it offered no temptation to diverge from it — since I could not see where I was going anyway , the only thing to do was to follow the compass , and I had waded ditches as I came to them instead of attempting to find easier crossing places . |
| 14 | As I came to the door that leads out to the garden I heard Quigley 's voice . |
| 15 | They caught me as I came through the lounge door . |
| 16 | Come on now , we 're going to be late , the others are all in there , I could hear the revelry as I came through the hall . " |
| 17 | As I came over the brow , there was nothing but a windswept plateau . |
| 18 | After this , I felt a little refreshed but as I came over the hill towards Lochinver , my legs rebelled . |
| 19 | As soon as I came on the pitch the Rovers defenders were trying to push me inside . |
| 20 | ‘ As soon as I came on board . |
| 21 | As I came into the room , he changed his expression quickly and smiled at me . |
| 22 | I headed for the tube station at Baker Street and turned down my collar as I came into the Marylebone Road . |
| 23 | As I came into the hotel I tried to project myself back into a time when I 'd have been thinking — Sunday press party , rather fun . |
| 24 | As I came into my room , I saw Edward Hyde for the first time . |
| 25 | Mrs Quigley held out her arms as I came into the hall . |
| 26 | One chair at the bottom of the table was empty , and as I came in Dr Barton , with hardly more than a nod in my direction , indicated the chair and said sternly , ‘ You may sit , Doctor Masters , while we ask you a few questions . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ One night after a gig in Whelans , I went down to The Nightrain and as I came in the door I heard this note-perfect rock music , ’ he says . |
| 28 | ‘ — I did not tell you that , on the way back , as I came round the church into the lane , I saw Alfred coming out of our back door … |