Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb past] for the [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 Clara , as she ran for the Métro , was full of the greatest joy of her life , for she felt herself to be , at last , living ; the thick complexity of what had happened satisfied something in her that had never before had satisfaction .
2 Here is another example of BR communication photographed on Middlesbrough station as we waited for the Hartlepool train .
3 The tour subsequently went ahead , but the Wallabies did n't let the grass grow under their feet as they waited for the ANC to make a decision .
4 For most LDCs the export of primary commodities no longer guarantees economic growth as it did for the USA , Canada , Sweden , etc. , in the 1800s .
5 Less than ten yards away from Harry as he waited for the Swindon train , the same man stood examining paperbacks on a bookstall .
6 Ryder Cup star Paul Broadhurst was in confident mood as he prepared for the Mitsubishi Austrian Open , starting in Salzburg today .
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