Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [verb] as the " in BNC.

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1 Palace were back level when , in the 66th minute , Tony Adams and Seaman hesitated as the ball bobbed around in Arsenal 's penalty area .
2 Josie switched on the lights for the department 's makeup mirror , and Lucy winced as the brightness hit her .
3 In the same timeless instant the gun bucked in the Prophet 's fist , and Curtis flinched as the passenger window imploded , lashing his right cheek with stinging fragments of glass .
4 The projection was a holographic recording and Rostov watched as the planet 's revolving image expanded to fill the centre of the viewing well .
5 This did happen but not quite as Seth intended as the casket was washed ashore near the city of Byblos on the Syrian coast , close to the base of a young tamarisk tree .
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