Example sentences of "[noun sg] as i [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even then I jinked from side to side as I pulled the hood back . |
| 2 | ‘ I was jumping up and down in my seat as I heard the end of the race , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Connors brought me up to date on his opinion of the guys in the car as I rolled the heap round the first intersection . |
| 4 | I tried to shake it from my mind as I shook the water from my hair , but I knew what that face felt like from the inside . |
| 5 | Nursing my mug of tea in both hands and feeling the warmth of the rum through my body , the thought crossed my mind as I watched the mortar team sitting on the grass in front of me , ‘ What if the Germans discovered where we were , and got our range ? |
| 6 | I had occasionally seen his photograph as I skimmed the financial sections of the newspapers . |
| 7 | I began to see my environment in a new light as I connected the shapes and patterns I found in it with mathematics . |
| 8 | ‘ You know , ’ Ash was saying , breathing hard and looking down the stair-well as I opened the door . |
| 9 | I clutched my daysack on my lap as I watched the clipboard make its way round . |
| 10 | like a slowly mending fracture as I thread the car |
| 11 | I collect the long-handled trowel as I pass the shed . |
| 12 | I looked up at the bedroom window as I closed the door behind me . |
| 13 | The moment passed and I slowed quickly , dropping to a trot as I approached the Bomb Circle , almost staggering into it , then flinging myself on to the sand inside to lie panting , heaving , gasping , staring at the grey sky and invisible drizzle , spread-eagled in the centre of the rocks . |
| 14 | Miss Hinkle watched with disapproval as I snapped the case shut . |
| 15 | I was the soul of philanthropy as I entered the Primrose room . |
| 16 | Springsteen circled my legs and howled a bad-tempered welcome as I opened the purple — yes , purple — envelope . |
| 17 | I almost dropped the flowers when I saw Lisabeth on the phone in the hallway as I kicked the door shut . |
| 18 | I hesitated only for a moment as I approached the shop , then walked straight in . |
| 19 | None has arrived but if his death took place as I saw the angel pass I would not hear from my sister Ellen for some time . |
| 20 | It 's dark , cold and pouring with rain as I leave the office of E. and B. Productions where I 've been discussing the pantomime orchestra with Paul , the company musical director . |
| 21 | I managed a smile as I read the page-one story : OXFORD BLUE BEATS MOSLEY THUG SAVES LIFE OF JEWISH VICTIM . |
| 22 | I could hear her giggles fading into the distance as I led the dog back into the house . |
| 23 | I was lucky in meeting a cab as I left the bank , and I went back to my anonymous room in Peel Square . |
| 24 | I began to feel myself being pulled further and further under the water , I screamed and swore but nobody seemed to hear or believe me and then my head went under and all I remember is a feeling of despair as I squeezed the tree trunk only to find that it simply crumbled in my hands . |
| 25 | ‘ The back of the sail seems to dig into the water as I raise the rig . ’ |
| 26 | The EVA wedge at the heel gives good shock absorption , but I wish it travelled the whole length of the boot as I find the balls of my feet get sore after a long day on the hill . |
| 27 | The big bonger chimed midnight as I put the finishing touches to our Bible beds ( hers has a closing lid , of course ) . |
| 28 | It was only natural that my thoughts should be on the life and work of my friend Robert W. Service as I walked the untidy streets of Whitehorse four decades after the roaring pandemonium of the gold rush days . |
| 29 | The teachers are forced to cancel the 800 metres when the other competitors all withdraw rather than be humiliated by being beaten by me and my Mum is moved to tears of joy and pride as I win the 4 × 100 metres relay race on my own . |
| 30 | Zaria snuffled and turned on her back as I put the bedside light on . |