Example sentences of "and as i [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | And as I continued to think about how we rarely get the measure of little children , I suddenly realized why they 'd been making so much din . |
2 | It turns on to its side and as I cling on for dear life I hear a startled cry from Nathan . |
3 | She insisted on having wine with the meal , and as I had n't had a drink in a long time , it made me feel rather tipsy . |
4 | We were a one-parent family , and as I had to work full-time , I felt that a dog would only add to my problems . |
5 | In military terms , I was called a runner , and as I had no bicycle at that time , running was literally what I did ! |
6 | He was very drowsy , and as I had no intention of letting him wake himself up with a conversation on my private life or anything else , I said I did not believe in mixing business and pleasure , and , as I hoped , the cliché put him to sleep . |
7 | Our leader was soon grunting in a semi layback posture , and as I had the appropriate page open , I could not resist reading out loud : ‘ … |
8 | And as I had this urge to correct manuscripts as I went along , and could n't read his handwriting , and did n't know the first thing about Roman Britain , you can imagine he felt obliged to educate me . |
9 | And as I had told you before on the previous er chat we had , how my father took over er when when I was two years old we moved up . |
10 | I knew I had to get away quickly , and as I ran out of the kitchen , I saw Hindley attack Heathcliff . |
11 | And as I understood you |
12 | Once again I felt the mysterious pleasure of being in an elevated Oxford chamber at night , among cloud and star , — so that I seemed to join in the inevitable motion of the planets , — and as I saw the sea of roofs and horned turrets and spires I knew that , although architecture is a dead language , here at least it speaks strongly and clearly , pompous as Latin , subtle as Greek . |
13 | The eyes were faintly oriental , long , and as I saw , for Conchis put a hand over the mouth , also smiling . |
14 | And as I saw her a cold hand closed around my heart . |
15 | Cos that really got up , up my back when the , I mean tho ai n't a ba , bad bunch of old boys but I normally go down but they they clear and once we 've done our work before dinner break they all clear off and I go down to the and then I sort of walk back more or less behind them you know , to the break like and as I go past the club , I go and wash my hands , they go straight in , I go and wash my hands and I walk past the and er we should go to dinner at quarter to twelve and I go past , it 's one minute past quarter to twelve so cos when we go in there you see quarter past twelve due to go back I always give them two or three minutes and I say that 's it , that 's , ah we was late coming in , I said no you were n't ! |
16 | I hope I have demonstrated some of the variety of ways in which Credits can be used and as I write perhaps some genius is thinking up yet another variation to deal with a particular problem . |
17 | Together we 've drawn up training programmes and as I write ( 22 Jan ) an eight week seminar ( one evening per week ) is in progress . |
18 | The recession , which we expected to fade away through the year , has hit us full on , and as I write there is little sign of light at the end of the proverbial tunnel . |
19 | And as I walk past I want you to turn them over so I can see if they are clean on both sides . ’ |
20 | And as I walk back through the streets the other thing fuelling this self-criticism is that I turned up there with the gun . |
21 | His hands are tight across my back , then he lets go and as I walk out of the room his face goes back to the letters . |
22 | And as I went on not getting jobs , I felt my credibility was on the line . |
23 | Later on that day I was sent into the Corporals ' quarters with a mop and bucket and as I went in a Corporal came out buttoning his flies . |
24 | I had been born on Easter Sunday 21 years earlier and as I went into the water , I thought : ‘ Laddo , you 're going to die on Easter Sunday , too ’ . |
25 | Well you know where Penny 's old desk were , where she sat looking up towards the , and Jenny sat there and Joan sat there , this Janet was sitting there and on that Friday morning when the phone had rung , well I got up and I went to go upstairs to take something or a fax coming for me or something , and as I went past Lynnette hit me on my shoulder and she said it 's me Pat , Pat she said it 's me , oh Pat I said what 's , what 's going on ? |
26 | The night shift volunteer was standing next to me getting ready to come on to the phones and as I came off a call he started to chat to me . |
27 | One chair at the bottom of the table was empty , and as I came in Dr Barton , with hardly more than a nod in my direction , indicated the chair and said sternly , ‘ You may sit , Doctor Masters , while we ask you a few questions . ’ |
28 | ‘ One night after a gig in Whelans , I went down to The Nightrain and as I came in the door I heard this note-perfect rock music , ’ he says . |
29 | In my own section , towards the middle of the cloakroom , I saw to my horror two lines of girls staring at me and giggling , and as I came near , one of them asked in a sarcastic voice where I came from . |
30 | And as I came back down this mucky road from the High Street , which , as you know , can be a pretty depressing trek home especially if you 're tired , it all seemed bright somehow , and welcoming . |