Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] so " in BNC.

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1 At the Hospedaje Lisboa where Dana stayed — ‘ Camas , Comidas ’ — I looked up at his window as I had so often done on those lonely days and nights he spent away from me .
2 That had taken me a little time , partly as I was still sleepy , partly as I had so convinced myself Old Red had reported me .
3 Something inside me stretched as I walked so that at the same time I was walking on the top of those hills .
4 I required a longer rest ; and could I be driven home by someone , as I felt so tired ?
5 As I refused so soon to repeat the horrors of the afternoon , the taxi ride from the Olympik to Nove Mesto ( the New Town ) was a real treat .
6 As I feel so well now I have been able to sort out the problems with my husband and we now feel that we have got back the relationship we got married to share .
7 ‘ Yes , such a day , and to stroll along as I did so many times in the old days .
8 It was quite some time since I had last played and , inhaling huge lungfuls of air as I did so , I looked forward keenly to demolishing my opponent with my supra-sonic service , my cunning topspins , bottomspins , sidespins , every-this-and-thatspins .
9 But I can not abandon my identity now as I did so freely in those days of my youth .
10 As I did so I became aware of a youngish man with long hair looking at me from the pavemented walk on the Hammersmith side of the river .
11 As I did so , Karen unzipped my fly .
12 In a fog I crawled out of bed to pick up a blanket which had fallen on the floor , and as I did so I glanced through into the living room and made out , in the darkness , Changez Lying on his camp-bed watching me .
13 As I did so I grabbed the banister to save myself .
14 And as I did so the abuse gathered pace .
15 They were changing their shape and form as I did so , and some , the McEnroes of the plot , were becoming very ugly indeed in their behaviour .
16 As I did so , she said , nodding , ‘ Yes .
17 Normally a sucker , I sat under the piano and chewed ravenously , ripping the cellophane off the next and the next as I did so .
18 I hesitated , and as I did so a big stone that marked the outer edge of the track began to move .
19 I could walk as fast as I ever did but I tended to roll my shoulders and turn my three-toed foot in as I did so .
20 I could n't see Emily 's expression as I did so .
21 I turned back to my plate , registering as I did so that Geoff Tulloch , who was with a group of his data-processing colleagues at a nearby table , had noticed our interest .
22 I raised my eyebrows , resolving , as I did so , to let him know my side of the story as soon as possible .
23 As I did so , he got to his feet .
24 She relaxed visibly as soon as I did so .
25 There was no time to get back into the right position , take a breath and gently squeeze the trigger ; it was up and bang , and with my whole body unbalanced and both hands on the gun I fell forward , rolling as I did so to keep the gun out the sand .
26 I screamed and pulled with all my might , shaking my hands and my head and throwing myself backwards and over as I did so , banging one knee off the gun where it lay , fallen in the sand .
27 The smell of burning plastic stayed in my nose and the bright glare of the burning mixture danced in my eyes as I hurried to the next hole , glancing at my watch as I did so .
28 I held the leg to the can and took the lid away , sliding the leg over the hole as I did so .
29 I wept and I hugged my father and I even hugged Diggs , smelling his hard-blue uniform fabric as I did so and almost feeling him melt and believe me .
30 I had to get half way under the bottom strand of barbed wire to see inside properly and as I did so , my hand closed on something smooth and rubbery half buried in the ground .
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