Example sentences of "as [pron] [be] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tomorrow is usually explained as I am going to the theatre tomorrow but with all the slots elided except the adjunct tomorrow . |
| 2 | I shall not take any more interventions , as I am coming to the end of my speech and many hon. Members wish to speak . |
| 3 | My wife had determined that I must swop my old bike for a car after I told her of an encounter with an old pupil of mine as I was toiling up the hill by the power station in Haughton Road , Darlington . |
| 4 | As I was looking through the products of many well-known ‘ British ’ firms , I was disgusted to find all were made in countries like China , South Korea and Taiwan — anywhere but Britain ! |
| 5 | As I was hovering near the sideboard again , straightening the china , there was a sudden commotion outside and the gardener burst in with Mrs Cartwright hot on his heels . |
| 6 | I can usually pick up a ball with one hand , but as I was laying over the ball , I had to use both hands to pick it up , and already a Cardiff forward was rushing down on me . |
| 7 | I met a Bulgarian as I was handing round the cheese dip . |
| 8 | As I was getting into the car I remembered about the Propamidine . |
| 9 | The noise had an insistent quality — like a small animal gnawing away at something or gathering food and stopping every few minutes to listen , as hard as I was listening in the dark of Mr Marr 's house . |
| 10 | I could not see what had happened , as I was standing on the settee to reach into the tank ( on a bookcase ) and the Meth blue was n't helping either . |
| 11 | as I was going with the fourth year |
| 12 | All I can say is that someone hit me at about 40 or 50mph up the back as I was turning into the corner . |
| 13 | My period of training took place as I was practising in the clinical area . |
| 14 | THE other day , as I was walking along the main street of a small town in Buckinghamshire , meditating , as so often , on time and chance , and in particular on the various chances which had combined to bring me there , I suddenly heard a loud crash , followed by urgent shouts and the desperate revving of a car . |
| 15 | One evening as I was walking through the village , I heard a voice coming from the gable end of a cottage , ‘ Bonsoir , Monsieur . |
| 16 | As a result , he once stopped his car as I was walking up the track in Monaco , opened his door and said , ‘ Hop in . ’ |
| 17 | As I was pulling on the worn satin slippers I thought of the new ones my sister had bought me for her wedding . |
| 18 | And as a result of that David Phillips who as I was saying in the first half has proved himself to be a very valuable all-rounder already to Forest has slotted back in at centre back again and that Garry Crosby has come on as substitute and taken up his usual position and Phillips ' first half position on the right wing . |
| 19 | Well no , that was another thing more or less as I was coming out the door they 'd got the news thing on and this was Australia the new prime minister , I do n't know his name , he 's running down I did n't hear it properly but I heard the gist of it , erm and it |
| 20 | yeah I 'm ge as I 'm getting into the course like I 've got ta realize that I 've got ta do it but |
| 21 | As I 'm going along the street , I feel everyone is staring at me . |
| 22 | Right now as you are going round the sun so the moon is going round you . |
| 23 | As you are lying with the books under your head , bring your feet as near to your buttocks as is comfortably possible so that your knees are pointing to the ceiling . |
| 24 | He is the sort of person who says he will come for lunch and arrives at 3.30 , just as you are heading down the road to collect the kids from school . |
| 25 | I think for a very small company this perhaps might be more complicated in computing terms than would be worthwhile , but as soon as you 're getting to the point of many orders in a week , then it can be exceedingly useful to be able to ask the computer to tell you for example what are all the outstanding orders , what are all the overdue orders , what is the stock position bearing in mind that some stock is committed for certain orders , what orders have we got with suppliers to us which are still outstanding , and questions of this sort , can make your business much more efficient . |
| 26 | Er and again , you 'll see on one of the 's photographs I 've got , it shows , just to the right hand side as you 're looking at the front of the main archway , erm it had the legend , Railway , parcels receiving office . |
| 27 | No , you know you know as you 're going down the corridor before you get to the doors to go down the next set of stairs , I mean in O S D , the last one is er for the P C that does all the man er you know all the duties and things like that , and in his office there 's a great big board with all the vehicles on , and the key 's hung up at the end and who 's got 'em out , and the bottom one is that green van , because he went up and picked 'em up , when I was there . |
| 28 | Things get harder the further you reach , and as you 're working against the clock there 's no sitting and thinking for too long . |
| 29 | She applied to Newcastle council for a grant as she was living in the Newcastle area . |
| 30 | A female dealer at Tudorbury Securities felt the hand of chief executive Roderick Alexander Innes Hamilton , affectionately known as RAI , sidling over her bottom as she was queuing at the SEAQ screen . |