Example sentences of "[vb past] as [pron] [verb] [pers pn] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | His eyes shone as he opened it and took out a gold watch covered in jewels . |
| 2 | Numbly , she followed him to the ladder at the back of the yacht , then watched as he ignored it and dived powerfully into the indigo water , his body slicing cleanly with hardly a splash before he struck out with a strong , fast crawl towards the far distant shore . |
| 3 | He stole a chicken from work , and I watched as he stuffed it and sewed it up with needle and thread in his girlfriend 's flat , frowning with ponderous alcoholic severity . |
| 4 | The girl was dishevelled , her hair a mess , but she only laughed as he caught her and pulled her into another room . |
| 5 | Mrs Freer hissed as she passed her and in the dressing room the other models pointedly turned their backs on her , annoyed that an untrained shop girl should have been allowed to trespass in their territory . |