Example sentences of "as i [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The train for Dover left at Il.00 am so I bought a copy of Soldier magazine and leafed through the photos of happy-looking squaddies as I drank a cup of British Rail coffee , which tasted hot and disgusting . |
| 2 | I shall make an announcement as soon as I reach a decision . |
| 3 | I look round as I reach a junction in the corridor and he quickly pops back into his office . |
| 4 | As I take a step forward I say not to worry , I am not police . |
| 5 | Perhaps somebody 's working at Kingston , as long as I get a trial . |
| 6 | I hope so , as long as I get a sleep at night , I do n't care what you 're giving me . |
| 7 | Squeeze them in sure we 'll find somewhere for them to go , vacate , so long as I get a kiss from everybody apart from the boys and |
| 8 | As soon as I get a draft I 'll I 'll let you know what the perfections are . |
| 9 | It is cool outside as I throw a log on the gently breathing embers . |
| 10 | As soon as I heard a journalist say , ‘ John McCartney ? |
| 11 | As I identified a minute or two ago , our approach to computerizing accounting applications fits hand in glove with the concept of relational database . |
| 12 | There were plenty of Garda around , and there ought to have been plenty more , as I saw a group of wild children steal chocolates from a shop and then run off down the road . |
| 13 | I stroke it gratefully as I raise a counter-objection to Lesser 's counter-proposals . |
| 14 | We spotted our first reindeer lying down in a hollow by the roadside some distance ahead and , as I had a telephoto lens on the camera , the others encouraged me to have a go at stalking it . |
| 15 | They 'll say I took advantage of a widow 's grief to marry her for her money , then cold-bloodedly ditched her as soon as I had a chance . |
| 16 | I parked the jeep under a tree and then , looking at my watch , I decided that as I had a couple of hours to spare I would take a walk across to the other bridge where I had noticed a café on our first day into Normandy . |
| 17 | ‘ Thank you for coming so quickly , ’ I said to the man as I wrote a cheque . |
| 18 | But , I told myself as I took a service elevator up to the roof , I should not think in the past tense . |
| 19 | As I took a pace or two to my right , starting to run towards that taint dull promise of escape , a vision distantly revealed itself . |
| 20 | So I was mentally on my toes as I took a floater into the city and then left it , mingling with all the pedestrians thronging the walkways . |
| 21 | I 'm particularly concerned about the lack of the service on 27th June as I received a letter from Mr J L Gould of Ribble dated 3 June saying the errors in their scheduling had been rectified . |
| 22 | As I said a moment ago , I will wait until I have the facts , but I have already undertaken to review co-operation with Indonesia in the light of the response by the Indonesian Government . |
| 23 | As I said a moment ago , there is only one way to create long-term stable employment . |
| 24 | As I said a moment ago , even in the national health service that policy would cost £400 million to £500 million a year . |
| 25 | We then came up against a stop , and as I said a moment ago , our choice was between that budget , as negotiated , and the Labour budget , and I 've just shown you one hole in that budget . |
| 26 | As I told a couple of surveyors I met at the ground earlier today , ‘ Building on here would be like trying to wallpaper a Slumberland mattress . ’ |
| 27 | As long as I told a teacher I was alright . |
| 28 | as far as I know a thrift to be a large mongoose inhabiting the |
| 29 | I think as I as I reveal a bit more you 'll get it . |
| 30 | There is the unity of the moment : different tactile and proprioceptive sensations amount to a coherent body image ; different visual sensations cohere to a visual field ; and sensations from different modalities converge to a general sensory field , an organized moment-by-moment presence of a world , so that the feeling in my hand as I hold a stone , the sight of the sea and the sound of the seagull behind me are all not merely present but co-present . |