Example sentences of "[verb] i as i [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | A sudden misery enveloped me as I drove over to the gate leading into the field . |
3 | He was thinking of settling in this land of freedom , he told me as I sat down opposite . |
4 | Then suddenly I got a bit more confidence , I felt better about my weight , my husband encouraged me as I started out in various career directions , and goals actually began to emerge . |
5 | you tell me as I look in on my way to bed |
6 | As on Friday , no one seemed to notice me and certainly no one challenged me as I walked through to Patterson 's office whistling cheerfully ( a Tommy Smith riff which I wished I could transfer from his tenor sax to my battered trumpet ) and holding a plan of the air-conditioning system out in front of me . |
7 | A cordon of stagehands appeared from nowhere and surrounded me as I stepped out of the car . |
8 | The stink of the place hit me as I went in . |
9 | It was this image that accompanied me as I walked down the rue de Fleuve , stopping for a final coup d'oeil at the squat church crouching on its gravel ground . |