Example sentences of "[pron] as i [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | It occurred to me that as I had met nobody as I walked through the gate and went upstairs , there was no need to encounter anyone now , going down , and I moved my chair from the window . |
2 | I think they 're perhaps , if anything too generous because er , I will remind you as I said of the , at least three hundred companies who are doing pretty effective work in this area . |
3 | Now , my natural caution exerted itself as I stared round the banqueting hall . |
4 | I waved back at him as I cruised down the drive . |
5 | ‘ I saw him as I ran into the glade . |
6 | I think I thought I wanted to be part of that companionship too but knew it would conclude with my entry But that did n't have to happen because he was closing the kitchen door behind him as I arrived in the passage . |
7 | In order to believe in the Devil we must rid ourselves of unhelpful images of him ( though we do not need to wax philosophical about him as I did for the doubting lady ! ) . |
8 | I was so glad of it as I ran from the admission ward to my office and back . |
9 | The board has the same switches on it as I have on the rack , so if Bryan presses the board they light up for me too , so I can see what he 's got on . |
10 | I sang Lili Marlene to myself as I inched past the concrete-mixers and lorries full of sand , wondering where the Tardis might be sending me next . |
11 | Going to the first GLF meeting brought together these two aspects of myself as I saw for the first time the emotional need to have a context where I could be open and proud of my gayness , as well as the political context where my sexuality would seem relevant to all the other things that were going on around me at work and in the country at large . |
12 | I smiled to myself as I let in the clutch and moved off I would stop at the shop and tell the little man that he could collect his pans without the slightest fear of being torn limb from limb , but my overriding emotion was one of relief that I had not cut the sparkle out of the big dog 's life . |
13 | I grinned to myself as I flipped through the rest of the paper . |
14 | They caught me as I came through the lounge door . |
15 | He nodded and did not follow me as I got off the train . |
16 | I would often see her watching me as I played in the fields . |
17 | Ricardo shows great patience with me as I reach for the dictionary or , using a book and his long fingers , he makes the rituals clear to me . |
18 | He looked at me as I walked through the door and looked to the Gendarme as if to say , Is this him ? |
19 | He was moody all the time , with a flashing temper , and when Changez was at home , nursing his bad arm , Anwar came to me as I worked in the store-room . |
20 | ‘ It 's very important for me to have the same people around me as I did on the first album … it 's a community thing , it means I can keep the same vibe as I had before , ’ he says . |
21 | German flares were lighting up the sky behind me as I hurried along the road , keeping close to the houses and in their shadows as much as possible . |
22 | Employing a lounge-lizard gait , he swaggered towards me as I stood at the bar waiting for my Coke . |
23 | And then he was pushed roughly on , and suddenly , inexplicably my mind was filled with a vivid picture of Christ looking down at me as I stood at the foot of the cross . |
24 | Sunlight smashed into me as I pulled onto the top of a little pinnacle below a very steep , friable slab . |
25 | Erm improving market share , well all of our businesses have improved their market share during this recession and I 'll , I 'll mention them as I go through the individual companies . |
26 | The car was still with us as I slid into the kerb just short of the hotel entrance . |