Example sentences of "even as [pers pn] was [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thanked me politely and returned to his prying , looking in all the drawers , flicking through files even as he was drinking his tea . |
| 2 | Even as he was shaking his head , Patrick could hear Tom Rooney saying to him , " You 're part of the organization now … we look after our own , " and then he remembered the young gunman 's statement , " We need people like you … if any of you feel like joining … " |
| 3 | But even as she was unslinging her canvas bag , so the group moved off to the lifts again . |
| 4 | Even as I was recording my triumphs over a hostile and alien world , I was also expressing such sentiments as , ‘ Oh , it 's not even worth writing down — the same , usual , dismal , tedious , boring story . ’ |
| 5 | Then even as I was grinding its neck into the gravel it was trying to peck my heel . |