Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One evening as I was nearing Farr 's entrance , I was running , tripped , with the result that I banged my head on the pavement . |
| 2 | I began it upon leaving Tintern , after crossing the Wye , and concluded it just as I was entering Bristol in the evening , after a ramble of four or five days , with my sister . |
| 3 | I heard the cry as I was passing Mrs Ainsworth 's house . |
| 4 | One Friday , as I was passing Murchie 's door , Duncan appeared . |
| 5 | ‘ A little girl called Amy from Chester contacted me as I was providing cover for the whole of the North , ’ she says . |
| 6 | My Treatise on the Novel , with a long essay on Ivy 's novels , appeared just as I was leaving England , and she wrote her gratitude to me in Egypt . |
| 7 | As I was training Dawn more to display her than to use her to hunt , this comparative lack of interest in food was n't a problem . |
| 8 | Just as I was thanking Mrs Lewis and getting ready to leave Albert came into the room . |
| 9 | As I was making notes , measuring , and sketching in my black notebook , the guide was shuffling about behind me , impatient to leave . |
| 10 | I had only recently begun to walk much without a stick — however — after much midnight practice to a ‘ pop ’ record I did manage even the backward steps without a wobble which I felt was the least I could do as I was representing MEDAU ! . |
| 11 | In gratitude for what I thought God had given me , a second chance , I ignored Leon 's boredom as I talked him through the files — just as I was ignoring Muriel 's messages to call her — and I ignored his rarely appearing at meetings with agricultural reps and men from the Milk Marketing Board ; ignored his non-involvement with any of the humdrum things essential to the running of a place like Sleet . |
| 12 | I could not see what was happening as I was falling upsidedown and my legs obscured all view of the aircraft above me . |
| 13 | As she was seeing things in the wake of her Paris win , she plans to compete for three or four more years before having a second child and giving up the tournament scene . |
| 14 | A huge local family came in as she was drinking coffee , and suddenly there were voices and laughter as they arranged the stately grandmother at the head of the table , the boisterous children banished to the other end . |
| 15 | It was , as she was to say time and again , ‘ a true congregation of hearts and minds ’ . |
| 16 | Her assistant breezed in with some figures she wanted , just as she was taking hold of the Palmer & Pearson file . |
| 17 | Just as she was taking soup from the tureen and pouring it into her soup-plate the Hulsbys passed her table . |
| 18 | It was on Thursday afternoon , as she was passing Vass 's office , that Lisa struck her head round the door and reminded him , ‘ You 'd better give me directions to your house . |
| 19 | No they 're a bit you know long for her but they 're the same size as she was wearing Jean and the other ones were too narrow for her feet . |
| 20 | As she was leaving work , she was taken to the Police Station , where without being cautioned , she was cross-examined by Sergt. Woodhouse . |
| 21 | Nevil caught up with Maggie as she was leaving Templeton 's . |
| 22 | Now as she was getting inquiries for further ahead , it was possible to plan doing this . |
| 23 | Yet it was only as she was getting Emily ready for school next morning that she forced herself to come to a decision . |
| 24 | Somebody must be doing his mending for him , as she was doing Willis 's , and the idea gave her a stab of pain which she could n't relate to her other feelings . |
| 25 | ‘ Nelly the Elephant ’ had just been chorus-interruptus as she was saying goodbye to the thingy , and a large girl in her mother 's dirndl skirt from IIIB was attacking the string round the paper with her teeth and pretending not to hear that the music had started again , when I felt the red drain out of my skirt and into my face . |
| 26 | As she was saying good-bye to him on the last day , she knew that they would n't see each other again for a long time . |
| 27 | The general loved watching her ; she was totally insatiable , yet capable of multi-orgasms that lasted as long as she was making love . |
| 28 | I wore my trusty Scarpa Trionic Mantas ( £106 ) for the whole trek , as we were expecting snow and would therefore need the compatible Yeti Gaiters that help make the boots virtually waterproof . |
| 29 | Just as we were leaving Sir Henry 's room , he gave a cry and got down on his knees by the table . |
| 30 | As we were to take care of our own mounts during the trek , we were shown how to groom them , which had to be done morning and evening , and how to tack up . |