Example sentences of "as [pron] was [verb] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I shook my head and bent back to my work , but every now and again , as I was writing or just thinking , a niggling little side-track thought would distract me , and I 'd find myself remembering Janice 's words , and wondering what exactly Uncle Rory might have hidden within his later work ( if he really had hidden anything ) . |
| 2 | They could only see Blefuscu 's warships coming closer , as I was swimming and my head was occasionally under the water . |
| 3 | The boxer romped down the drive after me as I was leaving and the old man looked at him with undisguised admiration . |
| 4 | I did as I was bid and sat down again . |
| 5 | I was in charge of what is known as the governor , which I felt might be an error , but I did exactly as I was told and all went well . |
| 6 | I did as I was told and flopped down on a chair , but it gradually got worse and worse , and I felt as if I was going to be sick . |
| 7 | So being just do as your told , did as I was told and up we went , onto this crane overhead and the job was running up and down th er picking the boxes up , whatever the chappies want , the , and lowering them and doing exactly what they wanted . |
| 8 | Donna did as she was asked and stood beside her sister , peering through the rain and darkness . |
| 9 | Still , reluctant as she was to aid and abet her curious cousin in any way , she found herself asking with careful casualness , ‘ What 's his mystery ? ’ |
| 10 | The 1920s girl did as she was told and came home . |
| 11 | As for Selene , she was already doing as she was bidden and making over the dresses till new ones could be bought . |
| 12 | There one met at each other 's homes for dinner , one eye on the clock on the way — cursing the traffic , having to watch the drinks as one was driving and must n't be too late as Nigel had to be up early for work . |
| 13 | In other words , FTC would be quite happy to share coverage of the game with the BBC and ITV , so long as there was give and take . |
| 14 | Perhaps the most convincing illustration of the power of the monarchical idea and the extent to which it was still unchallenged is the way in which almost everywhere opposition to rulers , insofar as it was formed or organized at all , tended to centre around the heir to the throne or at least some member of the royal family and to use him as a figurehead . |
| 15 | They provide us with a first-hand and unique record of cooking as it was understood and practised in the kitchens and still-rooms of aristocratic houses of the first half of the seventeenth century . |
| 16 | This stretch on the Urner See to Fluelen is called the Axenstrasse , as it was blasted and tunnelled through the rock faces of the Axenberg . |
| 17 | It is as it was designed and made to be , for the artist has had leisure to add beauty to use . |
| 18 | She had clung terrified to her hiding-place as it was carried and dropped with several others just like it . |
| 19 | He heard the bolt whirr as it was loosed but , instead of hitting the door , Maltote sent it crashing into an unfortunate chicken , which collapsed , squawking , in a pool of blood and feathers . |
| 20 | The merged ‘ Norfolk and Suffolk Polled ’ could be any colour as long as it was polled and it was not until the Red Poll herdbook was formed in 1874 that the colour of the breed was formally agreed as red , preferably deep in colour , with a red udder ; white touches were permitted only in the tail switch , or on the udder and just in front of the udder on the inside flank . |
| 21 | I stopped to take a photograph of one estancia that I knew belonged to a Scottish family who had lived there for five generations : even from two miles away I could hear the rhythmic clattering of the tin roof as it was lifted and dropped by the gales . |
| 22 | Unfortunately this legislation has proved to be totally ineffective both as it was drafted and as it has been put into practice . |
| 23 | and so it 's very much as he was thinking and it should be in the old testament really cos it was written you know , before Jesus |
| 24 | Later , as he was dressing and Helen was in the kitchen frying bacon , he shouted : ‘ You see , it adds up to nothing . |
| 25 | There was an almost equally dramatic sequel to the race when Carroll House , who is known to be a highly strung individual , lashed out several times as he was returning and almost caught well-wishers patting his quarters . |
| 26 | The concourse was packed and he struggled to control his temper as he was jostled and shoved by passengers rushing for the boarding gates the moment their trains were announced over the Tannoy . |
| 27 | One passenger put a rope round his neck as he was driving and another robbed him . |
| 28 | We lined up behind old ‘ Beachie ’ as he was known and off we went around the City streets . |
| 29 | He had already done his instrument checks as he was taxiing and the only warning-light that had not flickered was the right thrust-reverser one . |
| 30 | Halfway down the length of the tunnel a patten caught an advancing man under the chin so that his alarmed cry was cut off short as he was lifted and carried for a distance of several paces before he fell away . |