Example sentences of "as [pron] was [adv] [vb pp] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's wasting no time on me , Kate thought , as she was deftly served before the girl turned back to show Ace her white teeth once again . |
| 2 | However , the runner-up may have been an unlucky loser as it was later discovered that he had raced with a injured heel . |
| 3 | There were thirty-two plays in the Wakefield cycle , or Towneley cycle as it was also known when it formed part of the library of Towneley Hall in Burnley . |
| 4 | There was guarded optimism that all Cambodian factions ( the three NGC elements and the State of Cambodia ( SOC ) regime based in Phnom Penh ) would accept the UN framework , as it was widely expected that the five states would put pressure on the respective factions they supported . |
| 5 | The numbers were reduced to nine the following year , as it was generally felt that it would be better to hold them every other year and quite a few indicated they would be prepared to take part on a biennial basis . |
| 6 | This division of support had potentially serious consequences as it was commonly accepted that all four constituent groups had to be united behind a single candidate if the Democrats were to regain of the White House . |
| 7 | In the years before 1945 children with visual defects , especially high myopes ( children with severe short sight ) , were admitted to ‘ sight-saving ’ classes , as it was then considered that restricting the use of vision would help to conserve it . |
| 8 | Harry began shouting , which was not at all surprising , as he was easily provoked and was being made to look a fool . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The Leeds manager would never have been given air time on general football matters as he was always perceived as someone who was fronting an organisation that stood for the worst things in football . |