Example sentences of "[adv] as i [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much as I sympathise with the plaintiffs , it would , in my opinion , be extending the implications based on the maxim … to an unreasonable extent if it were held that what has been done in this case was a breach of an implied obligation . |
| 2 | It was only as I rapped on the open door of his office that I realized the plan was upside down . |
| 3 | Thus as I look at the figures I see the question in a broader context . |
| 4 | I read , just as I had at the Moroneys , yet with the single difference in this case there was a young man , Aoin O'Heiher , a nephew of Liam O'Flaherty and he introduced me to writers like Eliot and Joyce . |
| 5 | He said I ca n't I 'm here on my own , he said get a cab and I 'll give you the money back , so anyway I rung Pauline 's husband up Steve and he said I 'll take you , I said to Steve I 've got ta get there for one o'clock cos I said I really do feel that if I do n't see him before he goes I ai n't gon na bloody see him , he was ever so good , he were here at twenty to one , got straight in the car put his foot down , went to the General and just as I got in the door Steve do n't worry about me parking , go , I 'll find you , just get in there , I ran through the bloody doors , ran up the stairs cos I knew |
| 6 | Just as I walked out the door , there was that there , and I said , Oh what 's this . |
| 7 | The interior was just as I expected from the books I had seen at school . |
| 8 | And as for you , miss , ’ she said , rounding on Theda , ‘ you 're no better than you should be , just as I suspected at the outset . ’ |
| 9 | I share the hon. Gentleman 's views in the context of the six-week-old baby , just as I do in the context of the children in the school playground who were under threat this morning when the attack was made on the taxi driver . |
| 10 | Just as I flicked off the lock , Bunny must have pulled from the outside . |
| 11 | I had hoped to slip in unnoticed but , almost as soon as I booked in the hotel , I was isolated by a dusk to dawn curfew . |
| 12 | ‘ At Everton I felt at home as soon as I walked through the door , ’ says the affable Mimms . |
| 13 | As soon as I walked onto the beach behind the resort where I was staying , I realised its potential . |
| 14 | As soon as I got to the other side of the bank I threw myself down and started to roll . ’ |
| 15 | As soon as I got to the wire I spotted a gap and ran through it , only to see Private Prescott overtake me as he charged on towards the enemy lines . |
| 16 | As soon as I came on the pitch the Rovers defenders were trying to push me inside . |
| 17 | Yes , as soon as I hear from the Factory , we 'd better have a word with Mr James Pegg . ’ |
| 18 | As soon as I disappeared up the path , Poosie Nansie-wards , he promised himself one more cast followed by a quick canter to the bar . |
| 19 | And as soon as I settled in the rue Victorie , I discovered I was very useful indeed . |
| 20 | There were a few anxious moments , but as soon as I pulled on the glove she came straight at me , low and very fast indeed , much swifter of course than she could have done if she had still been carrying the equipment . |
| 21 | Very often I sit in my chair for ten minutes or so as soon as I arrive at the water , just relaxing and taking in everything around me , appreciating my surroundings and thinking about what I am going to do . |
| 22 | I feel a victim as soon as I arrive in the salon . |
| 23 | The journey back to London went quickly as I mulled over the strange background to Froggy Davies ' death . |
| 24 | My relief grew rapidly as I warmed to the theory . |
| 25 | I missed my dad more than ever as I went into the house , ahead of the others , and climbed the drab stairs to lie on my bed , looking out at the bright blue sky above the street . |
| 26 | Now as I looked at the tree I saw that the great things had been there all the time but I had mistaken them for the background . |
| 27 | My eyes were shut most of the time now as I blundered round the park and when I opened them a red mist swirled . |
| 28 | I write now as I found at the time . |
| 29 | Okay well we 're waiting as far as I know for the money to come |
| 30 | And the , the price was thirty nine pounds and as far as I know at the time the , the pianos went down that terrace I do n't think anybody could play it properly . |