Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] for [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I search for it on the pavement , one of the girls says , ‘ Look at the yid licking the gutters for pennies . ’ |
| 2 | As she searched for them in her pocket , Oliver could not wait any longer and ran into her arms . |
| 3 | ‘ Ah , David , ’ said Julia , sighing as she waited for him on the pavement . |
| 4 | Her left elbow was tingling too and as she felt for it with her right hand she found that the sleeve of her blouse had been torn . |
| 5 | He chattered at her , sleepy and indignant as she dived for him among the dirty linen , the old letters , a moth-eaten scarf . |
| 6 | He dialled out , and as he waited for it to be answered he knew he was using a line more private than anything set up between the Kremlin and the White House . |
| 7 | As he waited for it to be answered he drummed lightly on the desk top . |
| 8 | ‘ Mr Tunney , ’ he gasped — mistaking me for someone else ? as he reached for me with a flailing hand . |
| 9 | The priest finally concludes that the sheepskin is properly his , as he paid for it in goods not services . |