Example sentences of "[conj] as he [verb] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He found Catherine Crane competently and tactfully assisting with operations , and as he came to stand beside her realized she was so cold that she was almost shuddering . |
| 2 | Alarm rose in response to the dark , angry glitter her defiant claim brought to his eyes , and as he began to move towards her , Maria also moved , whirling past him as he came round the desk . |
| 3 | He had the air of an aristocrat and as he turned to gaze at Blackberry from his great , brown eyes , Hazel began to see himself as a ragged wanderer , leader of a gang of vagabonds . |
| 4 | But as he prepared to switch from the more austere environs of the Treasury , where he saw out the final 16 months of the last Tory Government , Mr Mellor spoke of the importance he and the Prime Minister attached to encouraging artistic excellence and preserving the national heritage . |
| 5 | But as he tried to think of his work ( Charles had long since ceased to grace it with the name of ‘ his career ’ ) , his thoughts kept returning to the Steen situation . |