Example sentences of "as i [verb] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found , after experimenting that I did not need any glycerine at all as I managed to get the colour to work well with just a smudge from the wet brush . |
| 2 | The wind picks up some snow , or it is snowing gently , as I snow hook the dogs to sort her out . |
| 3 | Much as I loathe using the term ‘ chops ’ , you possess them in abundance . |
| 4 | Help me to know a new start and a new strength as I seek to repair the wrong I 've done . |
| 5 | A manic grin leered down at me as I struggled to bridge the crux . |
| 6 | It was unfortunate , I thought , that at the same time as I had realised the grandeur of God I had fallen in love with a mortal , and that the two experiences should have proved to be mutually exclusive , leaving me with the sensation that I was being sundered by equal forces . |
| 7 | They began with Haydn 's Cello Concerto , which was a pleasant surprise for me as I had heard the piece only a week or two before at a concert of Mozart and Haydn 's music featuring Camerata and had liked the piece very much . |
| 8 | Suddenly I found myself moving forward and I crouched a little as I had seen the experts do in films . |
| 9 | Additional information really , is , as I had missed the train comma , but it 's , er , you 've got to have a comma after train , because it 's following that rule that was given in the top left hand corner , after I cashed my Giro comma , because of the derailment comma , it 's it 's that rule , it 's the application of that rule . |
| 10 | As soon as I had cut the tape the bottom volume dropped into my lap . |
| 11 | I had accepted a position with I.A. Wartberg Limited , which , as I had told the aunts , was a company responsible for the manufacture of the deep-bore drilling valves employed in the North Sea oil industry . |
| 12 | This peculiar state of affairs mystified me , as I had expected the presence of a local bus IDE host card to make itself felt in a big way . |
| 13 | I telephoned him as soon as I had read the article , and told him that he is facing a very heavy fine for talking to the Press without my permission . |
| 14 | But as soon as I had left the building , James and the Old Man and all the ties and affections of my ex-job began to blur . |
| 15 | ‘ As I 've travelled the universe , I 've come across the myths of many planets . |
| 16 | as I 've heard the evidence of a number of practising solicitors and Mr committed himself . |
| 17 | As I 've said the Policy Committee guideline was that we should set a budget within the range seventy two million to seventy three point three million , which means at the lower level , if you go for the lower level er to which says for ninety four five about almost exactly a million pounds . |
| 18 | ‘ As soon as I 've got the car going I 'm off . ’ |
| 19 | I 'll do it as soon as I 've finished the hen . ’ |
| 20 | As I walked to get the bus in Leeds , stiletto heels clicking , the town night enclosing me , I mused on the pavement . |
| 21 | She had let the lines go when the first brutal snap had straightened the nylon , and stood glancing back at me and staring up into the sky as I fought to control the power in the skies above us . |
| 22 | As much as I try to enjoy the album , I am overcome with nausea . |
| 23 | I must explain a bit more , for other things occur to me as I try to recall the text which is now in the wrong hands . |
| 24 | Even as I try to follow the interweaving , the world of childhood reasserts itself and Leeds and Yorkshire become again the centre of existence . |
| 25 | My heat was pounding as I began to count the strokes of the church clock . |
| 26 | I thanked the baker and begged him not to let Granpa know what I was about , as I wanted to close the metsieh before he found out . |
| 27 | Paragraph , earlier reply will be , be appreciated as I want to finalize the Aran price for the units as soon as possible , best regards , Sam . |
| 28 | ‘ But by the time I was eighteen , I realised that , as much as I loved studying the past , my greatest joy came from — well , I suppose you 'd describe it as planning things and watching them grow . ’ |
| 29 | As I start painting the statue I realise I am going to have a problem . |
| 30 | As I start painting the statue I realise I am going to have a problem . |