Example sentences of "as [pron] [was/were] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Never was I so glad to see anyone as I was to welcome the return of Gordon Hilker and Yehudi Menuhin later that evening after the concert . |
| 2 | I packed my things , and as I was manoeuvring the car I reversed it into a ditch from which it would not shift . |
| 3 | Now as I was picking the ivy for this , I 've got a cherry a standard cherry tree and the starlings get on my fence and they queue up to get on that cherry tree , you know you can hear them chattering away . |
| 4 | WHEN pressed to name some rich and famous people who are customers at his London restaurants , Viscount Linley replied : ‘ As I was telling the Queen the other night , I just hate name-dropping . ’ |
| 5 | The woman I 'm staying with comes from a mining family , and as I was watching the news I heard the ironing board creaking in the kitchen . |
| 6 | As I was watching the sparks bounce off the curved perspex , I suddenly remembered part of a nightmare I 'd never remembered before . |
| 7 | I heard two loud bangs as I was watching the television . ’ |
| 8 | But , sad as I was to leave the arena of Ultra , for me there was no choice . |
| 9 | As I was leaving the house Pat shouted after me , ‘ Piper , your friend Taff who shares the trench with you in the orchard has been transferred to one of the Commando units around the village . |
| 10 | As I was leaving the front of the house two jeeps arrived with wounded aboard , one of whom I recognised straight away . |
| 11 | Just as I was leaving the studio , I was summoned back . |
| 12 | On the fifty-ninth minute of the twenty-third hour , as I was leaving the country , I finally achieved the contract . |
| 13 | As I was leaving the room , however , he entered . |
| 14 | ‘ What happened was this : a dog ran out in front of me as I was leaving the car park , and I had to swerve in order to avoid it . |
| 15 | Oh dear , you 'd say this would be me as I was leaving the travel agents I heard a woman say my friend and I want to get away from it all , can you recommend somewhere completely unspoiled with a really nice shopping area . |
| 16 | Frankie appeared as I was filling the kettle and offered to do it for me . |
| 17 | I was sitting in a friend 's garden where I had gone to seek the Lord , and as I was reading the words of Jesus I knew , with a peace and a joy which passed understanding , the call of God . |
| 18 | ‘ But as I was packing the stuff into a carrier bag at the check-out I missed the butcher meat and sat a carrier bag on top of it by mistake . ’ |
| 19 | As I was reviewing the material to be used here I had certain issues in my mind which concern the structure and meaning of the support given , based upon the ideas developed by anthropologists and sociologists who have studied kinship in Britain and elsewhere . |
| 20 | As I was tellin' the others , by the time I leave , I 'll either be fit or dead . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Well , as I was tellin' the others , I 'll either be fit or dead by the time I get out of here . ’ |
| 22 | And as I say , the middle one had a sling on his arm , so , as I was opening the outside door one of them says , well if you 've not got cigarettes , you better give me a tenner or I 'll thump you ! |
| 23 | As I was obtaining the number , I remember squinting at the view of Russell Square to my left . |
| 24 | She came to me , quite timidly for her , as I was cleaning the mirror in the hallway that afternoon . |
| 25 | as I was climbing the hill I thought , Oh gosh , this trolley seems to be coming up here no problem . |
| 26 | As I was examining the cannon , the bandsmen began to play some Bavarian tune in a slow , swinging waltz time , all drums and brass and oompahing sentiment . |
| 27 | During a lull in the shouting I made the tea , and as I was pouring the cups out Mum asked Dad what she should do . |
| 28 | As I was putting the thermometer back in its case the calf suddenly toppled over and went into a frothing convulsion . |
| 29 | Well I went outside and I shut my gates and they saw I mean , er I was looking at them as I was shutting the gate , there 's only three of them ! |
| 30 | I felt I had gained enough experience and as I was having the baby it all tied in together . ’ |