Example sentences of "as [pron] got [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I got up Terry looked at me as if I 'd just announced I had a private income . |
| 2 | As I got up to take it from him , there was a sharp rapping at the front door . |
| 3 | As I got up , the man from the radio came over and asked me what it was like as he was getting forced into doing it later on . |
| 4 | So I told them what I would do , but once again I 've never been in the situation but this is what I 'll do , said as if they were me own parents make them as comfortable as I could while I 'll cleaned up and give them a bed bath or if they could shower , shower them and erm and get everything back to normal as quick as possible , fine , that were all fine she , and then as , as I got up from it they all said thanks a lot Joy it has been great you really have been great you 've made it easy , we 've got an easy day in front thanks to you , you know you 're bubbly and all this and then when she phoned me on the Sunday she said hello Joy it 's Sue here and I , I said will you let me know one way or the another cos I said I hate being left up in the air |
| 5 | Well , it 's as fast as I got round |
| 6 | and rung the A A , so as I got through to the A A man I says erm , you know , I says I , where I was parked and all like that and where I was stood and the chap says oh I 'll get a , a van up to ya as soon as I can , but I says wait a minute , I says my car 's just arrived and Joan was the mechanic , he lifted bonnet up and touched something and you brought it down did n't you ? |
| 7 | Neil Cusforth , who 's in the haulage business in Yorkshire , chose the 1.6 Primera and is delighted with it : ‘ As soon as I got in I just felt right in it : it 's so light and easy to use . ’ |
| 8 | I had intended to try and ring Jo as soon as I got in , to find out what the hell was going on , but I never made it for the house was in turmoil . |
| 9 | A policeman had come while I was out and had asked her to tell me to call at his house as soon as I got back . |
| 10 | As soon as I got back they 'd start about Exams , Re-sits , Careers . |
| 11 | As soon as I got back to Fontanellato I went to see the doctor , who decided to take Eric to the Apennines the following day . |
| 12 | I saw him in my office at ten-thirty , as soon as I got back from the P.M. " |
| 13 | I was probably still thinking about that as I got back to Armstrong in Soho Square , which is why I reacted so slowly when the white Ford Capri screeched alongside Armstrong 's parking place and nosed into the kerb so I could n't move him . |
| 14 | Jean-Claude , exhausted by the long ride from Paris and a late night of in-toxication , moaned something unintelligible as I got out of bed , rolled over and promptly went back to sleep . |
| 15 | I went back to Desmond and got myself into more trouble because as soon as I got out I wanted money . |
| 16 | As soon as I got out of the house , I was told by our neighbours where my father was hiding , but I realized that if I went to speak to him , some SS soldier might follow me and arrest him . |
| 17 | As I got out of the car he was coming down the steps of Skeldale House and he put a hand on my arm . |
| 18 | But the thrill I felt at the strange beauty was swept away as I got out and the wind struck me . |
| 19 | As I got out I caught the enigmatic Mr Goodson sneaking in through the front door , but if he 'd seen me pull up , he did n't wait to say Hello . |
| 20 | He came racing towards me just as I got out , I had already shed my parachute in the aircraft to get out a little more schnell before he accosted me , I got the most bitter rollicking for leaving the aircraft outside his engineering hangar area . |
| 21 | The first May I fell out my garden and put my elbow out , this , this , this one right out which makes it awkward for me to use now , you know , I , I put that right out and therefore erm I had to go at , up to hospital and put that right and the follow the following , the following May my bed caught alight with electric blanket and that blazed all up , had my , had my bed all alight my double bed , the electric blanket and I 'd only just had it serviced and that went , that was the second May and the third May we were going on an outing me and erm Arthur that was lodging with me and he , we got out of the taxi at Parndon and it , he just collapsed and died at me feet so that 's the , that was the end of that and I 've been living here you know , since he went , and erm I used to be able to get anywhere with one stick cos I had arthritis in this right hip you see , I could get anywhere with one stick in the taxi , or anywhere and I went to my son 's , er which is now coming , I 've been here about twelve years in this bungalow , er eight years erm , eight years ago in No this November gone , I went down to my son 's , it was rather slippery and he took me down in the car and I , as I got out erm the car I said to him mind it 's very slippery , he said I wo n't let you fall mother he said , so I went in , but as I came out with one stick he still had n't got anything down , you know , if it had been a , a sort of erm sand or something down I would n't of slipped and I got half way in his car and out I fell and caught this left hip on the step , on the step and I dislocated my hip and it 's right out of the socket like that , it should be , and I ca n't have it put back because I 've had several coronaries in my life time and I can not have it put back you see |
| 22 | He said : ‘ As I got out of the car I could smell the gas . ’ |
| 23 | Said yeah and then I changed my mind as soon as I got out the fucking door . |
| 24 | The men worked hard and as you got on in life you just thought this was home , although you had n't the luxuries . |
| 25 | As long as you got on well . |
| 26 | As soon as you got in , and your foot crossed the threshold , you called out your number . |
| 27 | You had to set about it as soon as you got in : doing the legs if they were sweating . |
| 28 | Just but , once you as you long as you got in before twelve o'clock |
| 29 | As soon as you got out of sight , you altered direction and did a wide loop so you could sneak up behind us . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ She said to ring as soon as you got back . |