Example sentences of "as he is [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he is dragged away by men in white coats to the Gerry Marsden Home For The Incurably Sad And Pathetic , sexy Simes appeals one last time to the kids — ‘ Do you lot think a rock 'n' roll band can ever change anything ? ’ |
| 2 | I think Imamu takes the most slack when it comes to proving himself because he is always around to hear the people who criticize him , where as although Boo is criticized , he is not there to hear it , seeing as he is locked up inside his house . |
| 3 | But hopes of seeing Dublin-born Leicestershire batman Justin Benson in action for Munster have evaporated as he is tied up with Leicestershire 's Second XI next Thursday and Friday in the hope of being selected for Leicestershire 's three-day match against Australia . |
| 4 | It is also a coincidence here that Pip 's one unselfish use of his good fortune is the only source of future blessing to him , as he is employed too by this same company . |
| 5 | END OF THE ROAD : It was Fun while it lasted — but now it 's all over for downcast David Mellor as he is driven away from Westminster after announcing his resignation |
| 6 | ‘ Jacki ’ , as he is known affectionately in Scotland , will lead Poland 's attack against England in Chorzow on Wednesday , and , having already given Terry Butcher an anxious time in the Old Firm match in August , he can approach next week 's game without the pressure of having something to prove . |
| 7 | Lévi-Strauss suggests that as a science anthropology should be attempting not to provide a definition of man as he is known experientially in our own society — an unscientific subjectivism — but should rather begin by ‘ dissolving ’ him . |
| 8 | Dega is so myopic that he never takes his glasses off-there is a nice touch when Dustin holds his hand over his spectacles as he is showered down . |
| 9 | We all wave goodbye to my father on the stoop as he is taken off in a little red car . |