The phrase "as I select" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an action or process that occurs simultaneously with the act of selecting something.
Example: "As I select the options, I will keep track of my preferences for the final decision."
Alternatives: "while I choose" or "as I pick".
As I select primroses, forget-me-nots, stitchwort and sprigs of blossom to adorn the wedding cake, the earworm I've hosted for days starts up again: Andy Williams singing It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Christmas bells and all.
It will need a lot more to come through - especially in central defence as I select Smalling with no real conviction - to even think they will make any serious impression.
That's what I tried to do as I selected my favourite summer tipples.
The discussion continued in this vein for another minute or two, as I selected the type of bread, cheese, and condiments I'd like.
They stared at me at the airport, at the train station, on the tube and on the bus, and as I selected bread rolls at the supermarket.
However, as I selected my classes this semester, I felt a pressure to look for classes that would somehow encapsulate my "Princeton Experience" or capture the spirit of my time here.
I'd written into the gallery a few references to the Occupy Wall Street protest in Manhattan after being struck by the off-putting contrast between the values of that nascent movement and the oblivious celebrity ostentation I was seeing as I selected images.
I used to get them from travel agents on the high street and hoard them at home, spending hours flicking through them as I selected my perfect package holiday (always in the hotel with the most extensive and elaborate waterslide system).
As I selected my classes this semester, I felt a pressure to look for ones that would somehow encapsulate my "Princeton Experience" For many of my friends and classmates in the Class of 2019, next semester our last semester unlike previous ones filled with distribution requirements and departmentals, is an opportunity to explore new, exciting courses, disciplines and departments.
I was smiling as I selected "yes" to feeling happy.
As far as instrumentalists, I selected my old friend and collaborator David Krakauer and the American String Quartet.
