Example sentences of "and as [pron] [verb] [pron] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Exactly , and as they took him back to his room , not his cell , but his room , he turned to my , my mate who was with me and said er , I do n't want an operation I like having sex with little girls , he said now I 've got two little girls and I had to turn and walk away |
| 2 | A cow once kicked me nearly to the other end of the byre and as I picked myself up the farmer said unemotionally , " Aye , she 's allus had a habit o' that . " |
| 3 | To use it like an Alice band ( the Danni and Kylie way ) , wrap your Flexi Comb around your head and as you push it back it raises the hair in front of it . |
| 4 | And as you pull it down , it 's the leverage that cuts the , the steel . |
| 5 | The difficult part about this one is that people all have odd shaped heads , now and you find that if you put them on too high they squidge off like that , and you 've got to think of bandaging an egg basically , if you had an egg with a little hole in one end and you 've got to put a bandage round you 'd have to put it very carefully round the widest bit would n't you for it to stay firm and that 's the secret , everyone 's heads different and as you put it round you 've got to see where you can get it , where , sometimes it 's over the ears , sometimes it 's above the ears according to the peoples ' shaped , different shaped heads everyone 's different , anything else ? |
| 6 | She asked to be taken home and as he dropped her off he said cryptically : ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 7 | And as he walked her out to hail a taxi she felt a strange lightness invade her heart . |
| 8 | The strengths of Adorno 's basic approach — the stress on mediation , on music 's social content , on the importance of the systemic nature of the production process , on critique rather than description — are real ; and as he works it through , there are many specific insights . |
| 9 | The studio was shaded with heavy blue curtains and as he drew them back so that she could see to read more easily , a shaft of sunlight struck across her hair . |
| 10 | Although the PM had only recently arrived in Downing Street , she had already boned up on its history and as she led us round she spoke of Pitt and Walpole , Disraeli and Gladstone , and of their connection with this tapestry or picture or that room . |
| 11 | And as she pulled it out from between the stems the little rose-bowl motif in the corner of the envelope seemed to spring out at her , drying her mouth in trepidation . |
| 12 | He followed her up the stairs to her flat and as she let them in he said , ‘ If only real life were as uncomplicated as Belinda 's world . ’ |
| 13 | Catherine sounded suddenly exhausted , and as she gave him back the cup she turned towards him , letting him see that she had been crying , but without looking him in the face . |
| 14 | A sigh escaped her , and as she gave herself up to the pleasure of his embrace her arm rose to entwine about his neck . |
| 15 | ‘ She lifted her arms and as she put them down she squeezed her sister Jackie 's hand and that was it . ’ |
| 16 | George came back with her coat , and as she put it on , grimacing at the discomfort of its dampness , he said a little awkwardly , ‘ Anyway , thank you , Marjorie . |
| 17 | Millie had come into the room carrying a tin tray , and as she put it down on the table , she looked from one to the other and said , ‘ What are you talkin' about , closed schools ? |