Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as I can tell , we have some sort of unspoken agreement that I keep quiet about not officially existing in return for being able to do more or less as I like on the island and buy more or less what I like in the town . |
| 2 | I started shaking and my shoes squeaked with apprehension as I shuffled on the lino . |
| 3 | I wonder if I may offer some thoughts on this theme as I reflect on the situation facing Catholic Christians in our Church today . |
| 4 | Now the areas that I 've identified are the same ones as I put on the board last week . |
| 5 | It was only as I rapped on the open door of his office that I realized the plan was upside down . |
| 6 | He slipped through the door and pulled up a stool as I lay on the bed . |
| 7 | It 's something , as I said on the programme , that I can not be all starry-eyed and bushy-tailed about . |
| 8 | But if you 've got the right attitude and right , as I said on the notes , right voice and the right er personality , it it 's just the same as having somebody face to face . |
| 9 | As I said on the second reading , I do believe that some areas will need to have larger authorities because of their size , or indeed their particular problems , geographical and otherwise . |
| 10 | As soon as I came on the pitch the Rovers defenders were trying to push me inside . |
| 11 | I heard a terrible pounding in my ears , my heart thudding like a drum , my stomach lurching as I swung on the end of the rope . |
| 12 | The cool water is around my ankles as I sit on the bank , basking in the warm sunshine . |
| 13 | As I sit on the bus going westward I realize this could be the last I see of this manor . |
| 14 | Occasionally he produced a camera and pointed it at me , as I played on the lawn with my limber chestnut friend , Katrina ( who would later drop out of high school and become a porno star in Paris ) , or at me alone , mainly alone . |
| 15 | Sometimes the slaps and punches were for real now , and my mother would cry up the stairs in alarm whenever she heard a sudden thump as I fell on the floor or bumped into the furniture . |
| 16 | Er if you couple that with the action of Eastern Arts who I understand have cut the subsidy er for this er theatre I think that 's correct , erm , as I understand on the grounds that a not enough they mean imaginative or progressive which to me means weird play to put on . |
| 17 | She did n't shake hands — it would have been difficult for her , anyway , sitting in the car — but as I pondered on the word ‘ princess ’ and bowed slightly , she said , ‘ So you are Doctor Masters ? |
| 18 | As I suggested on the phone your best route is probably Hereford , Leominster , Ludlow , Bishop 's Castle , Church Stoke , Welshpool . |
| 19 | As I float on the surface of sleep , I put my Knights to work . |
| 20 | As I squatted on the grass at the entrance to the trench , the stillness of the evening was shattered by the most awesome sound . |
| 21 | Would n't leave me all through the following night as I worked on the glass . |
| 22 | The board has the same switches on it as I have on the rack , so if Bryan presses the board they light up for me too , so I can see what he 's got on . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's very important for me to have the same people around me as I did on the first album … it 's a community thing , it means I can keep the same vibe as I had before , ’ he says . |
| 24 | There were a few anxious moments , but as soon as I pulled on the glove she came straight at me , low and very fast indeed , much swifter of course than she could have done if she had still been carrying the equipment . |
| 25 | In this notebook , recording my random thoughts day after day as I work on the big glass , I can keep my distance from the big glass . |
| 26 | I can not tell you my thoughts as I sat on the stand and watched the Arsenal playing far below their proper form . |
| 27 | And as I sat on the beach , I idly picked up some of the myriad stones lying on the shore , and one of them surprised me with its remarkable colours — it was pure marble glistening and sparkling with mica particles imbedded in it . |
| 28 | As I sat on the riverbank , in an expanded state of consciousness after the session , I ‘ knew ’ beyond doubt that all wisdom and knowledge was available to me . |
| 29 | That night , as I sat on the edge of my bed , contemplating the tatter of pop posters sellotaped to the flower-patterned wallpaper of my bedroom , I found myself shaking . |
| 30 | ( Before I went to work in the morning I would take a bucket of water and a scrubbing brush and deal with the black-and-white chequered marble shop doorstep — in my memory it is a glittering affair , although cold on frosty mornings — because at that time of the day the rising sun often shone full down the High Street where we lived and on me , as I knelt on the cobbled pavement plying my scrubbing-brush . ) |