Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] as i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole restaurant cheered me on as I fought my way out into the night . |
| 2 | The wind and waves pushed me along as I struggled to keep my head above water . |
| 3 | Lili watched me thoughtfully as I put on my skirt and blouse . |
| 4 | ’ She told it to them much as I 'd told her myself . |
| 5 | I 'm very glad you clarified that Mr because certainly I not as I heard it er and I 'm very pleased that was clarified and I think others would have felt likewise . |
| 6 | But I know what 'll happen to me soon as I put my face round the door . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | While Uncle Ted sat outside in the car Jean charged straight into the bedroom , pushing me aside as I tried to protect my parents ' privacy . |
| 9 | I should like to reiterate those comments to you now as I believe they remain relevant : 1 ) Control the duration of play by an ice hockey-type clock to prevent time-wasting. 2 ) Players to have their names on the back of their shirts . |
| 10 | I hobbled over to collect the missing shoe and the dress detached itself a press stud at a time , disengaging itself completely as I bent — bottom to camera — to retrieve the shoe . |
| 11 | It cheers me up as I come up in the lift and stagger out blinking in the daylight . |
| 12 | I went and sat in a field and experienced that great bubbling up of love for the Father and for Jesus which I expressed alternately in English and in this new language which I did not understand but which I knew was to be addressed to God and which built me up as I used it . |
| 13 | But I could make that one back as I had it . |
| 14 | ‘ Hey , Stu , ’ he heard himself say , ‘ thought of a good one today as I reclined in my boudoir . ’ |
| 15 | blinked at me blearily as I told him we had better ring the hospital . |
| 16 | The safety-belt held me back as I jerked forward and at the same second heard the ghastly clash of metal hitting metal . |
| 17 | I often think of them now as I share a strawberry daiquiri with Morrissey and Loz from Kingmaker in the Hyatt Buenos Aires . |
| 18 | This is one hell of a river — it sucks me under then spits me out as I hurtle downstream . |
| 19 | Thought of him tonight as I walked down to the river . |
| 20 | The giant palms lining the road inspected me disinterestedly as I coasted along trying to find the Alcade Apartments . |
| 21 | He chuckled and looked at me assessingly as I stood in his doorway . |
| 22 | I could n't see myself doing it so as I said I was n't going to make a fool of myself by putting my name as being nominated forward er as a candidate etcetera lose interest that 's the first thing that happened because they knew I was an outspoken bloke . |
| 23 | Erm here I 've got some formulae calculating production figures er we 've got different quarters formulae found are somewhat similar er there 's a so that I can copy one to any of the other adjacent cells outside will work I do n't have to edit the formula or do anything to it soon as I copy it , it 's alright for that cell . |
| 24 | Well I noticed it soon as I got to there . |
| 25 | It is not surprise therefore , that I heard the story there and I related it exactly as I remember hearing it . |
| 26 | I stroke it gratefully as I raise a counter-objection to Lesser 's counter-proposals . |
| 27 | I knocked it off as I ran past . |
| 28 | I was making it up as I went along . |
| 29 | No sorry I 've deci , I said I 'd make it up as I went along ! |
| 30 | ( I 've done dozens of lectures now , in front of all sorts of people , and I always make it up as I go along , although I suppose I must have a rough idea about what I 'm going to say . ) |