Example sentences of "[coord] as [pron] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or as you look into your drawer in the morning , to find out what you need to put into your hand bag in the day , you say hello Minister , how are you ? |
| 2 | Or as it said on my school report for P E er tries hard but lacks stamina . |
| 3 | And as something flickered across his eyes , for the first time she wondered what on earth he was doing here in London . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , Christ , ’ he said again , for he was an Australian with a hangover and he shared a quarter tonner named Mrs Mangel with four other Australians with four other hangovers , and as they stirred in their sleeping bags in the morning they looked like five blind underground creatures disturbed by David Attenborough . |
| 5 | And as we saw in our review of the history of delinquency , this has been the case throughout this century . |
| 6 | When pulled tight it effectively secured her to the bench , and as it passed behind her knees , so her legs were strapped in the position where her feet were above her head . |
| 7 | Very pleased to have yours and as I said in my last it 's your money , God has been very kind to you and you must n't fly up in the face of his kindness and I wish you had not taken this step , your Uncle Steve says property 's more trouble than it 's worth . |
| 8 | That more exact calculation has , I think , met with general approval and as I said in my statement about our proposal for council tax benefit in a written answer on 28 November , we intend to maintain that closer alignment in the wake of the changes in local taxation that are intended to take effect in April 1993 . |
| 9 | And as I thought about their meaning , the tears slowed down until they stopped . |
| 10 | And as I looked at my little daughter , bright-eyed and ready to challenge the world , I could only pray that I would be ‘ good enough ’ in the new dance that was just beginning . |
| 11 | And as I marvelled at his breathtaking skiing the cost of a coffee in the Nederhutte mountain restaurant was not top of my concerns . |
| 12 | I listened to this tale of woe and as I dug with my tiny spade , wondered what I might find , an arm or perhaps a leg , but the only discoveries that I made were small pieces of coal washed up on the beach . |
| 13 | I almost floated to the car and as I settled in my seat Beamish put his face to the open window . |
| 14 | He will need my attention and as I note from his record that he is also a Roman Catholic by religion , he may also need the ministrations of Father Martin here . ’ |
| 15 | Cos I have n't said that my MP can have a pay rise , and as I vote for my M P , and you vote for your M P , they have to ask us first as far as I 'm concerned . |
| 16 | Travis had turned his back , and as he reached for his other pair of jeans she had the perfect view of long tanned , muscular legs , a taut , narrow behind and a torso that widened to an impressive width of shoulder . |
| 17 | It would have been better if he had been less conscientious , because he had broken one of his ribs against the handle of the winch and as he struggled to his feet the sharp broken edge of the bone penetrated slightly into his lung . |
| 18 | The doors opened ; she stood , and as he got to his feet , as they went out on to the platform , he grinned confidently and shook his head . |
| 19 | She walked with him to the garage , and as he got into her car she leaned forward and kissed his cheek lightly . |
| 20 | On his way back with the water , he got lost on detour around a fallen tree , and as he looked for his way through the woods , he heard a voice ask from the underbrush , ‘ Have you anything to drink ? ’ |
| 21 | So she forbore to do so altogether , even to Cedric , and as she lay in her bed that day , her arm now beginning to give her some considerable pain , she would willingly ( she knew ) have cracked two of her ribs rather than chipped a couple of her teeth . |
| 22 | A few nights later she went with Maureen to Benediction , and as she glanced at her sister , deep in prayer , Anne was conscious of how much Maureen 's faith meant to her , and how her own well-meant interference might have severed that lifeline for her beloved sister . |
| 23 | Memory of Ven Gajdusek 's furious expression of a short while ago returned , and as she waited for her room key she began to grow seriously worried . |
| 24 | She left Helen and Joanna staring open-mouthed , and as she got into her car she was as puzzled as they were . |
| 25 | She was twenty-five years old and still a virgin , and as she looked at her image in the mirror great tears welled up and spilled over as she relived Ace 's words . |
| 26 | And as she looked into his eyes , again she remembered the revelation that had so taken her by surprise . |
| 27 | Often as they talked he kept his gaze on her face , looking into her eyes , and as she stood with her hands on the handlebars of her bicycle his hand often covered hers as though by accident . |
| 28 | But as I looked into her lovely face , I knew I could not live with the lie . |
| 29 | It 's purely a matter of personal preference , but as I sat on my bed that day , stroking Dawn , I knew that she was the one . |
| 30 | But as I sat with my legs dangling over the edge , looking out on to the quiet water meadow , the anarchy of Delhi seemed far away and I began to see why in all the most sensible cultures , Paradise was envisaged as a walled pleasure garden . |