Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] as [pron] [verb] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I watched smiling as they owled and pussy-catted along the beach . |
| 2 | She knew that his Gothic romance and glossary were being turned down by publisher after publisher and he grew despondent as he rewrote and rewrote again . |
| 3 | The lights went yellow as he approached but he just managed to squeeze through , to a chorus of horn blasts . |
| 4 | The dinner became noisier as it progressed but , because most of the shouted conversation was in Yek , Rostov confined himself to his food . |
| 5 | The petrol tank split open as it rolled and most of the gas spilled out over the hill . ’ |