Example sentences of "and even as [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 And even as they fouled up long-held theories on what was sexy , they gave a whole new dimension to perceptions of ‘ womanhood ’ .
2 I swallowed this , and even as they walked me down the garden path and into the field where the half-built aviary was situated , I still had no idea what was going on .
3 When the old man had wandered upstairs again , with a book under his arm , Clara whispered " Who Was that ? " and even as she Whispered she realized that it could be no other than the book shops owner , and added hastily , " That must be A. I Warbley , I suppose ? "
4 And even as she prayed and wished , she knew , deep inside , that it was all useless .
5 Startled , she looked up into Dane 's sea-blue eyes , and even as she tried to strengthen herself against him she felt a rush of longing so intense that it made her weak at the knees .
6 Silas sent her a look she was unable to define , and even as she tried to fathom its meaning their gaze locked for several long moments until he reached across the table to squeeze her hand .
7 Leith yelled , and as fury which she just could not contain spiralled out of control , her right hand arced through the air , and even as she hit him with all her strength , she was still yelling , ‘ Since it seems to be taking so long to sink in , you can bank on it — whoever pays my mortgage , you 're far , far at the back of the queue ! ’
8 She also noticed that at times Silas left his table to chat with his guests , and even as she wondered if he 'd come to her table he sat in the chair opposite her , his presence making her feel warm .
9 She knew she was deliberately goading him to anger and even as she did it she was annoyed with herself .
10 She tried frantically to struggle , but his strength was far greater than hers , and even as she pushed against him she was overwhelmed by a far more desperate need to hold him , to feel his strong body pressed against hers once more .
11 His body rolled away and uncovered the blood-spattered broken body of my poor dead sister , and even as I raised my hand to my mouth to stifle the scream , I saw the vicious green lizard dart into her hair .
12 A wind was getting up , and even as I stood there , the lower stars were obscured by drifting darkness .
13 And even as I did I was astounded at myself .
14 And even as he began , a top executive from Renault-Williams tried to persuade him not to go through with it .
15 In 1927 Welford Beaton was left in no doubt that the motion picture was ‘ a throbbing , living , human thing ’ after Janet Gaynor 's performance in Frank Borzage 's Seventh Heaven and especially by her grief as her husband left for the war ; Beaton had cried at the time and even as he wrote the spell was not broken .
16 He said the men had threatened his life , and even as he drove the victim to the beauty spot where the gang waited , one had been hiding in the boot of his car with a shotgun .
17 And even as he watched it blurred .
18 And even as he gave up , as he let himself lean back against the wall , he was holding on , knowing he had backed down and it was over , but doing it gradually so we would n't see the change come over him .
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