Example sentences of "i [vb past] [adv prt] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then Mum went over and I gazed on as she replaced the sheet and then rolled Granny onto her side and began feeling under the mattress . |
| 2 | Well , Gav and I met up as planned and had an ‘ interesting ’ drive to the match . |
| 3 | I got up as usual at seven o'clock to make Dad his cup of tea and his bread and cheese for dinner . |
| 4 | ‘ I came over as I said I would , ’ Susan smiled at Maggie . |
| 5 | When I glanced back as I opened the gate , they were standing still , in a discomfited little group : they had not meant , I suppose , to hurt the child . |
| 6 | The end came rather suddenly , so I could n't have got back in time to see her , but I flew over as soon as I was free , to see what had to be done . |
| 7 | I looked round as I went , checking there was nobody about . |
| 8 | I looked round as we crossed a road ; I saw the sign for Union Street where it was fixed to a low wall . |
| 9 | I looked back as we powered away up the hill through the trees , heading for Edinburgh . |
| 10 | And , ’ I went on as he tried to interrupt , ‘ so as you do n't get lost if the sun goes in , you can paint the trees as you go with luminous paint . |
| 11 | That afternoon , while the same wind , now freshened , still blew across the island and off into the North Sea , Esmerelda and I went out as usual , and stopped off at the shed to pick up the dismantled kite . |
| 12 | I went in as usual , took off my greatcoat and tunic and tie and made some small pancakes and dipped them in boiling fat — used to take me a quarter of an hour every night . |
| 13 | All I materially knew of the war was the thick squat block of the air-raid shelter at the end of the garden which as a child I took over as my own little house . |
| 14 | Molly 's mother , Lady Braithwaite , kept her eye on us all , I took over as Secretary/General Dogsbody , and Hila Hyam looked after our funds which ( I am sure she wo n't mind me telling ) she kept hidden in an old teapot ! |
| 15 | Well , this was a cue for music and more sherry , and I gave up as Boy Darren wiggled his hips , and my Basil and Jan swapped dressmaking hints . |
| 16 | Dad followed her and I slipped out as well and heard him talking softly to her . |
| 17 | I stood up as the Sergeant approached . |
| 18 | Susan and I stood back as he splatted with a thump onto the steps . |
| 19 | But , ’ I jumped in as he was about to interrupt , ‘ I think I can do something for you . ’ |