Example sentences of "and as [noun] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as Morse opened his passenger door , he stood for a while looking up at the Pole Star , and asking himself the question he had been asking for the past two hours : was there any way in which Downes could still have been the murderer after all ? |
| 2 | And as Stavrogin describes his search after new and ever stronger and more bizarre sensations , and as he laments his boredom , and as suicide is touched on , tracts of Crime and Punishment open up again : but without the astral , feathering humour of America , anatomy , and ordinary ghosts . |
| 3 | And I w was telling Bill about him and as Bill said it 's a waste driving an ambulance . |
| 4 | His thumbs explored her ears as his fingertips soothed the back of her neck and as Jenna moulded herself closer his hands moved to her body , tracing her spine and then sliding down to her hips to hold her against him . |
| 5 | One pulse beat higher and harder and faster than any other , and as Damian touched it she gave a gasp of shock , staring at him , and he arched above her , the expression on his hard face making the blood roar in her ears . |
| 6 | I would n't say they were lucky against Oldham , but everything ran for them today , the underside of the crossbar and the post saved Charlton on a couple of occasions and as Simpson said I think ‘ Bolder on a couple of occasions really knew nothing about the saves he 'd made , they were point blank , and he just happened to be there . ’ |
| 7 | Because they had both anticipated , not a fight , but a long , hard ride neither of them was wearing a hauberk and as William levelled his lance Richard suddenly saw the danger he was in . |
| 8 | Anna uses essential oils in her bath as well as for skin-care and as perfume to uplift her spirits . |
| 9 | So I think inevitably that steps taken to try to reduce manpower as much as one can , unfortunately , and as Paul says I think the problem is trying to or adapting to the new situation . |
| 10 | They landed well over the ditch and as Artemis gathered him up , she looked ahead and saw that hounds , her father and his huntsmen were all swinging right and heading towards a line of big hedges in the Vale . |
| 11 | Somebody might not have collected them , so you might have to And as work changes it would er , then the method . |
| 12 | Sweat had stained his shirt and as Doyle approached he could smell the effort on the man 's body . |
| 13 | Millie burst out laughing , and as Ben pulled him self up on to the cart , she said , ‘ You know , you are funny , the things you say . ’ |
| 14 | The two dogs were in the hallway , and as Robbie entered they started up , a low growl escaping the Dalmatian . |
| 15 | The letter was dated almost a week previously , and as Merrill read it she realised with dismay that Richard was already in the area and was suggesting that they meet in the lounge of Frobishers ' at seven o'clock on Saturday — this evening . |
| 16 | Len Seager had been conscious throughout the entire rescue operation and as Rachel joined him briefly in the back of the ambulance and covered him with an extra blanket he managed another smile . |
| 17 | And as Bodo made his way back to him he ordered two from the stout waitress who did n't stop and joke with him . |
| 18 | Christmas is a natural time for us to indulge ourselves , free from the constraints of commissioning clients , and as calligraphy lends itself admirably to the creation of ephemera such as greetings cards , most of us have a large collection of those many of our distinguished colleagues . |
| 19 | We need to inform and to educate our members and as Duncan said we need to get the resources down to local level . |
| 20 | But it also raises the visibility of the Christians , and as people enquire what 's going on they can be informed that a new congregation will soon be started . |
| 21 | Later Justices of the Peace were appointed and as time passed they were given administrative as well as judicial duties to perform . |
| 22 | Unnatural conditions became natural and as time passed it was more and more difficult to believe that there was any other life beyond that which went on inside the wire . |
| 23 | But it slowed her up considerably , and as time passed she found herself casting furtive glances over her shoulder . |
| 24 | He describes a ‘ good-enough mother ’ ( i.e. , a mother as good at being a mother as any of us can expect either to have or to be ) as someone who ‘ starts off with an almost complete adaptation to her infant 's needs , and as time proceeds she adapts less and less completely , gradually according to the infant 's growing ability to deal with her failure . ’ |
| 25 | When it flared up he put the coal on , small lump by small lump as Auntie Lou always did , and as Carrie watched him , doing Auntie Lou 's job , all the anger went out of her . |
| 26 | When are we gon na have rules revisions , there 's a long way to go and as the , the er General Secretary said , be careful , because I 've been to talks with , on , from the Regional Committee with the T & G yes we got on lovely with them , they 're fine , they , they gave us a nice big er commemorative medal of the dockers ' strike and it 's got my granddad and my great granddad on it cos they was there in the other union mind you while we 've done all the striking and that they stood by , but nevertheless they 're not bad lads anyway and as John said we must be careful that we are not the ones that are gon na be taken over , because I remember that old song of the fifties , never smile at a crocodile |
| 27 | The county at first stage did try of course to produce some exceptions and and I think all the districts found ones they liked and ones they did n't like and I think quite reasonably the county said well er possibly the role of E two is simply to produce this broad policy goal and er this will er and as Richmondshire see it it 'll be er for us to refine it as we see fit at district level . |
| 28 | With IBM Corp 's stock in the cellar and as hopes dim it will ever again return as the flagship of the US stock market , The New York Times last Sunday 20th was searching around for a successor and came up with — you guessed it — Microsoft Corp . |
| 29 | had a girl from another troop Lynn somebody ca n't remember her last name any way her first name was Lynn and as rumour had it , she 'd had everybody in the bedroom |
| 30 | He was as tall as his father , and as Benjamin took his namesake into his arms , he felt the strength of him . |