Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had occasionally seen his photograph as I skimmed the financial sections of the newspapers . |
| 2 | My heart began to flutter as I lowered the heavy pyx into my pouch . |
| 3 | As I left the peaceful sleeping village , the mist over the marshes was rising , to show me the great unknown world I was entering . |
| 4 | ‘ Do you know , ’ I asked a market trader as I met the fine working people of Motherwell over the weekend , ‘ that this country 's public sector borrowing requirement expressed as a percentage of Gross National Product is running at a completely unacceptable level ? ’ |
| 5 | As I rounded Ardmair Bay , the sky was bright but as I reached the scattered cottages and crofts of Strath Kanaird , none with an invitation to halt or stop , ominous yellow clouds formed overhead , obviously heralding a storm , and when Stac Polly came into sight , there was a spiralling column like a tornado above it . |
| 6 | My lasting impressions of Plas-yn-Rhiw are of the great clumps of Fuchsia magellanica , its soft hazes of scarlet toning so well with the grey wall ; of an old pear tree and forsythia growing through the roof of the ruined dairy ; of the superb Magnolia campbellii mollicomata , planted by the Keatings in 1947 ; and of squeezing between box hedges down narrow grass passageways and ducking under arching pink rhododendrons and car-mine camellias as I followed the curving stone and cobbled paths . |
| 7 | Our leader was soon grunting in a semi layback posture , and as I had the appropriate page open , I could not resist reading out loud : ‘ … |
| 8 | Even as I wrote the final corrections to the first edition of this text in January 1973 , a splendid , though destructive new tear had Opened across the island of Heimaey , south of Iceland , and new oceanic crust was being formed . |
| 9 | She was right , of course ; but as I cycled the short distance home I kept worrying at the problem , juggling the pieces frustratingly in my mind , and making no sense at all . |
| 10 | But because I was in like really really tight tights , er like and then a pair of ski pants over the top er , my whole leg was like , you know , sort of soaked in and this bloke was there going , hee , that 's pretty impressive and I was like , I 'm not going to let him know I was crying and like got up and went to the top of the slope and I carried on skiing for about an extra half an hour , but like when I got home , and I just took off , my whole leg started , feet swelling as I took the like , the tight like leggings off . |
| 11 | But as I surveyed the grand vista of my 47 ft plot , one fact became clear : in their struggle for power , many of my shrubs were now far too big for their boots . |
| 12 | As I passed the palatial ship of Gharr the Gherpotean , I saw that it was shut up tight , with no sign of activity . |
| 13 | I have n't been into her bedroom though I saw some chair legs and a pair of shoes as I passed the half-open door . |
| 14 | But our affair wo n't end until desire ends , and , as I said the other night , we 've not done with each other yet . ’ |
| 15 | My inability to unbelieve in him hung on to me by the jaws , as I ascended the corporate ladder . |
| 16 | However , as I told the right hon. Member for Chesterfield ( Mr. Benn ) , there will be an opportunity in due course for the legislation that enacts the agreement to be considered in detail by the House . |
| 17 | As I told the Select Committee — I make no apologies for reminding the hon. Gentleman of it — anything going beyond that would raise huge implications for all kinds of investments . |
| 18 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : I have not yet seen a reply from the chief executive , but my understanding is that the position is exactly as I told the Hon. Gentleman in Committee . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | They helped me over the next road , me nearly tripping as I crossed the far kerb . |
| 21 | That part had been almost too easy , but I felt naked and exposed as I crossed the deserted space between the Grand and the hotels on the opposite side . |
| 22 | The secret is holding it in check , rationing it , saving the best of yourself for the night , and as I scanned the running order in the lull before the storm , I still could n't decide on a personal favourite . |
| 23 | As I cleaned the little beauty and mounted it in my new display case , I promised myself that I would do everything possible to provide it with a few companions in the months that followed . |
| 24 | ‘ I know what was happening as soon as I felt the familiar ache in my lower back and a rush of blood , ’ she says . |
| 25 | As I changed the mandatory dollars to cordobas before going through passport control , I could hear a pop song with a distinct Wham ! -like tune blasting through the airport — ‘ Esta Daniel — Daniel Ortega , Daniel , Daniel … ’ |
| 26 | When I got level with the Bunker I banked inland , slowing as I hit the soft white sand further up the beach . |
| 27 | Just as much as I disliked the lean , tanned , grinning face that he presented on the comm screen . |
| 28 | ‘ Certainly , ’ I replied , as I loaded the assembled personnel . |
| 29 | I felt like Father Christmas as I entered the front door of the cottage to be welcomed like a long-lost son . |
| 30 | My lips quivered as I entered the small , plastic roadsweeper 's hut which now acted as the home team 's changing room . |