Example sentences of "as i [verb] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I warmed to my eulogy of his skills , . |
| 2 | I walked out of the champagne tent in a dream or , rather , a nightmare and put two elderly customers , who were coming towards me and were obviously intent on a reviving glass or two , in peril as I blundered into them . |
| 3 | As I listened to him fumbling for words of explanation , I wished he could have said boldly that what was thought to be so heinous today was not thought to be so then , but that looking back now , he deeply regretted what had happened . |
| 4 | As I listened to him , I thought . |
| 5 | The matter has been under negotiation , off and on , for several years now , as I remember from my time at the Home Office . |
| 6 | I felt it when I caught sight of Jean-Claude unobserved , or as I reflected on him when he was out of sight . |
| 7 | Another cup of coffee is ready as I bite into my breakfast . |
| 8 | As I settle into my piece of floor , she adjusts herself and smiles at me . |
| 9 | My worries melted as I looked at her . |
| 10 | As I looked at her , I thought of her shrinking , like someone in a fairytale , and how one day I might hold her in the palm of my hand with her little voice squeaking commands at me as if she was a mouse I 'd picked up in the garden . |
| 11 | The faces seemed to shift as I looked at them . |
| 12 | The Frenchman shook my hand and as I looked at him and his family I thought slowly to myself , ‘ What a bloody chance he is taking . |
| 13 | As I looked at him sitting opposite me on the floor of the trench , I was fascinated by his resemblance to the other Commandos I had met over the past five days . |
| 14 | I had already loosened the overcoat and was thinking as I looked at him , This very minute you are going on the longest journey a man ever takes and you have n't a frigging clue . |
| 15 | As I looked at him , it seemed I had found a brother and sisters to love and be proud of for the rest of my life . |
| 16 | For a moment I sensed his eye staring at me through the hole in the door but as soon as I looked at it the lens flashed and the cover on the other side swung quickly to rest . |
| 17 | My heart sank as I looked at it . |
| 18 | I thought as soon as I looked at it . |
| 19 | As I looked at his stern face , I knew I could go anywhere in the world with him as a colleague , but I could never lose my freedom by marrying him . |
| 20 | And as I looked at my little daughter , bright-eyed and ready to challenge the world , I could only pray that I would be ‘ good enough ’ in the new dance that was just beginning . |
| 21 | There was a look of betrayal in her small , moony eyes , and as I looked into them I could n't help feeling a sense of guilt . |
| 22 | But as I looked into her lovely face , I knew I could not live with the lie . |
| 23 | There was a chandelier directly overhead , and a thousand little tingles of pain edged back into my head as I looked into it . |
| 24 | ‘ Once you and Captain Charles are married I shall look after your babies , Lucinda , as I looked after you . ’ |
| 25 | But Miss Kenton had departed , and sure enough , as I continued with my work , an occasional footstep or some other sound would serve to remind me she was still there outside the door . |
| 26 | As I stepped past them Iain had his glasses on and was peering at a diagram the engineer had roughed out in his notepad . |
| 27 | As I stepped into my skis and shuffled to the edge of the steep snow slope , I remembered Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid , tailed to the edge of a very high cliff by the posse . |
| 28 | As I mention in my letter , a footway along this section it could help to avoid accidents and even save lives . |
| 29 | As I stared at her wondering what had caused the condition , I decided that it must be some kind of vitamin deficiency . |
| 30 | I set traps for you , and you seemed to fall into them — that is , you reacted as I longed for you to react , but you were n't supposed to react at all because you were n't supposed to feel anything for me ! |