Example sentences of "[conj] as [pron] come [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will therefore be looking at the range of measures on offer to ensure that as we come out of the recession they offer unemployed people practical and effective help in getting back to work . ’ |
| 2 | Finally , several servants climbed on the roof , and as they came nearer , the monkey put me down and ran away . |
| 3 | It was noon before they had completed the morning 's tasks , and as they came out from the buildings to go across to the house , the snow had ceased to fall . |
| 4 | And as they came along we used to have to hang these checks on the number you see ? |
| 5 | Late in the morning Valeria suggested we should all go down and have breakfast , and as we came down the staircase we saw to our horror that her mother was waiting for us at the bottom . |
| 6 | And as we come out I said to Rudy I feel we ought to go up and see if Wendy 's alright , cos she was a bit upset at quarter to twelve . |
| 7 | It was heading towards the castle , and as it came nearer she saw it was a skier . |
| 8 | They had these cab-drivers in Israel using taxi frequencies to pass on intelligence to Cyprus , and as it came in , so they 'd pass it up the line to the PLO office in Nicosia . |
| 9 | In my own section , towards the middle of the cloakroom , I saw to my horror two lines of girls staring at me and giggling , and as I came near , one of them asked in a sarcastic voice where I came from . |
| 10 | The night shift volunteer was standing next to me getting ready to come on to the phones and as I came off a call he started to chat to me . |
| 11 | And as I came back down this mucky road from the High Street , which , as you know , can be a pretty depressing trek home especially if you 're tired , it all seemed bright somehow , and welcoming . |
| 12 | I said and as I came back up what I call the straight path parallel with the road there were two men loitering in the bushes against the car park . |
| 13 | Oh but er they were they were built round and round and as you come up what they called the eaves of the sheaf the |
| 14 | Hawkbit was the last to return and as he came up Hazel set off at once . |
| 15 | He had been thinking about buying Lyn a kitten for her birthday , and as he came up to the great dolmen , had paused to look at it for the thousandth time , he had seen the bundle on the ground . |
| 16 | put the handbags of the and as he came round I sort of went . |
| 17 | But Henry , on the other hand , was still attired in his clerical outfit , and as he came in licking his fingers Charles cried at him , ‘ Are you still eating , man ? ’ |
| 18 | He decided to leave them to it , and as he came out on the landing he almost collided with Beryl who must have been eavesdropping . |
| 19 | She was exquisite , even in a shabby dark gown , and as she came up to him he saw the luminous eyes filled with what he most wanted to see . |
| 20 | But as they came closer she drew her sandalwood fan and waved it impatiently , certain there must be a mistake . |
| 21 | But as I came closer , I could not hear the sound of Joe 's hammer , and I noticed fresh white curtains at the windows , and bright flowers everywhere . |
| 22 | The first May I fell out my garden and put my elbow out , this , this , this one right out which makes it awkward for me to use now , you know , I , I put that right out and therefore erm I had to go at , up to hospital and put that right and the follow the following , the following May my bed caught alight with electric blanket and that blazed all up , had my , had my bed all alight my double bed , the electric blanket and I 'd only just had it serviced and that went , that was the second May and the third May we were going on an outing me and erm Arthur that was lodging with me and he , we got out of the taxi at Parndon and it , he just collapsed and died at me feet so that 's the , that was the end of that and I 've been living here you know , since he went , and erm I used to be able to get anywhere with one stick cos I had arthritis in this right hip you see , I could get anywhere with one stick in the taxi , or anywhere and I went to my son 's , er which is now coming , I 've been here about twelve years in this bungalow , er eight years erm , eight years ago in No this November gone , I went down to my son 's , it was rather slippery and he took me down in the car and I , as I got out erm the car I said to him mind it 's very slippery , he said I wo n't let you fall mother he said , so I went in , but as I came out with one stick he still had n't got anything down , you know , if it had been a , a sort of erm sand or something down I would n't of slipped and I got half way in his car and out I fell and caught this left hip on the step , on the step and I dislocated my hip and it 's right out of the socket like that , it should be , and I ca n't have it put back because I 've had several coronaries in my life time and I can not have it put back you see |
| 23 | But as she came forward he faltered , and his certainty died ; it was her , but it was n't , in a way that he could n't even have begun to explain . |
| 24 | She had elected to keep the group to women only , instead of employing a male model to act as bridegroom , but as she came out of the dressing-room she would have welcomed someone to walk by her side . |
| 25 | But as he came closer I saw that he was not asking a question . |
| 26 | ‘ The ball was headed away by Uzzell but as he came back down Blissett 's elbow was thrust into his face . |
| 27 | But as it came closer there was no mistaking the great leafy bird which flew across the road and disappeared over the top of the hill . |
| 28 | For example magnesium chloride holds water within its crystal lattice and if you dry it that water comes out , but as it comes out it also strips out the chlorine as hydrogen chloride gas for example . |
| 29 | You 'll be here for as I come back wo n't you ? |