Example sentences of "[noun] as i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An and the next day of action as I said before is on tropical rainforests erm . |
| 2 | But I intended to follow the same course of action as I had over the earlier incident : to say nothing until he gave me an opening . |
| 3 | They sing the songs of Florence Reece , who wrote Which Side Are You On , and of Sarah Ogen Gunning , author of such great songs as I Hate the Capitalist System . |
| 4 | The roar of the water coming down the gully drummed at my ears as I inched the Toyota into the bend . |
| 5 | You can feel the same oppressive sense of place at Culloden , where great numbers of Scots were massacred , and I felt a similar sense of sadness and grief as I walked through Glencoe where the Macdonalds were treacherously murdered by the Campbells . |
| 6 | A girl of about Xanthe 's age bounced up to my side as I walked slowly along in front of the grandstand , and said , ‘ Hi ! |
| 7 | I have learned to please , to gauge and sniff the air before I move off , to swing my head from side to side as I put one foot carefully in front of the other , ears and hair raised to twang on the slightest change in the atmosphere . |
| 8 | Even then I jinked from side to side as I pulled the hood back . |
| 9 | They stood to the side as I entered then the woman showed me to a chair as the man brought two glasses and placed them on the table in front of me , then said very seriously , ‘ This is my wife . |
| 10 | I looked at her card as I did my hair . |
| 11 | The skirt is lined and rustles against my legs as I move , like a comforting whisper . |
| 12 | I am sharply aware of every move I make , each crack of sound as I put down a cup , each dull ring as I move a spoon , each splash of water , squeak of the tap , thud of my shoe on the floor . |
| 13 | United were on top but it was a scrappy game , full of fouls as both sides tried to gain some sort of control ; one touch football as I say , a lot of misplaced passes and a lot of fouls , although United had a chance in the fifteenth minute when Martin Foyle almost headed home Paul Simpson 's cross from the right at the near post . |
| 14 | The hand-claps sometimes seemed to be keeping time with my leisurely steps as I wandered under the arcades in the hot night , but that was just a coincidence . |
| 15 | Moses and Monarchism is not one of those books of Freud as I expect you to read for this course , I mean I expect you to read things like Civilization 's Discontents and so on because they 're , they 're kind of central and they 're not very large books , they 're clearly er focused on our subject but erm it would be I think a little bit unreasonable for me to expect you to read this one , although , er I 'd quite like you to I mean some ways erm it 's a fascinating book , erm my guess is if it , if you do n't hate it , you 'd probably quite like it . |
| 16 | My only emotion as I went back into the box was cold rage . |
| 17 | It 's added a certain anticipation as well to the placement job I 've been doing — ‘ Oh come on someone must have something to say ’ was a regular feeling/thought as I looked at the monitor in anticipation . |
| 18 | The frown was back between his eyes as I put on the light in my room . |
| 19 | Even in winter there had been no " feel " to the soft London air and I half closed my eyes as I followed the tingle all the way down to my lungs . |
| 20 | Tears came to my eyes as I thought that this was my and Miss Louise 's fault . |
| 21 | I was rubbing my eyes as I clambered out of the trench . |
| 22 | Mum and Dad were dozing in their chairs but Dad opened his eyes as I sat down and asked if I 'd enjoyed the picture . |
| 23 | The smell of burning plastic stayed in my nose and the bright glare of the burning mixture danced in my eyes as I hurried to the next hole , glancing at my watch as I did so . |
| 24 | Because I ca n't bear to look at her eyes as I say the words . |
| 25 | It was n't the wind that brought tears to my eyes as I turned to walk along the cliff path . |
| 26 | It was as disgusting a concoction as I have seen and not particularly cheap . |
| 27 | ‘ But I know I am not going to get as many goals as I do for England . |
| 28 | It was growing dark as I walked down the pier alone , his jacket draped over my shoulders , and I wondered if I should really look for Wilde at all . |
| 29 | ‘ I was jumping up and down in my seat as I heard the end of the race , ’ he said . |
| 30 | He turned to the back seat as I swung under the arch and headed towards the Baños del Inca . |