Example sentences of "as [pron] was [adv] [verb] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 Switching her eyes to Leo , she took in the strong bone-structure , the level grey eyes , and as she was about to turn and go back upstairs she saw Ryan 's knee begin to lift as he reached out to grab Leo 's arm .
2 There was a fireplace too , as there was in Remove and the other first-floor classrooms , Six and Upper Six , and in the Staff Common Room .
3 Harry began shouting , which was not at all surprising , as he was easily provoked and was being made to look a fool .
4 Minutes later , 'Mill went further behind , when Andy Berry was caught by a cruel bounce as he was about to clear and the ball spun up viciously to strike his hand .
5 One of Scotland 's most famous artists was the ‘ deaf and dumb Geikie , ’ as he was commonly known and so quoted in a publication in 1837 called Bibliographical , Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and Scotland by Charles Frognall Dibdin .
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