Example sentences of "as [pron] were [verb] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As you were working and you run a business , I assumed you must leave him with a babyminder . ’ |
| 2 | I immediately gestured to the Hurricanes to carry on to Malta by themselves as we were ditching and we turned for the coast ourselves , losing height all the way . |
| 3 | Individually the trusts were small , usually maintaining only about 20 miles of road , but as they were formed and linked , the basis for a coherent road network was being established . |
| 4 | But I looked at Mother as they were kissing and she had seen all right . |
| 5 | More were found over the weeks , and were removed as they were spotted and put into a rearing aquarium . |
| 6 | When they were feeling particularly spiteful , they would blindfold the ‘ two sisters ’ as they were known and , as darkness fell , leave them in some unknown part of the neighbourhood to find their own way home . |
| 7 | They did as they were told but the robber still opened fire , hitting 27-year-old Julie and narrowly missing Mr Ellis . |
| 8 | They despised the rest of the school population who passively did as they were told and called these the ‘ ear'oles ’ . |
| 9 | and they had to they had to sit in rows and they had to do as they were told and they were n't allowed |
| 10 | Sometimes , she would stare at them as they were talking and they would grow smaller and smaller , like a genie going back into a lamp . |
| 11 | Arthur Dooley 's presence deterred the opportunists , and Mallachy was content to watch Terence and his sidekicks receive the odd punch as they were passed and bundled backwards to the door . |
| 12 | I 'm not saying it 's one that the tribunal should have accepted , but , but , but what I 'm saying is th there is an element of psychological truth in that , because if Freud 's theories if er bond Freud theory group behaviour is correct , then that does seem to happen some extent that the leader as it were takes and presumably this is why some people erm presumably er feel better in groups , perhaps that they get something out of a group that their own ego can not provide , but other people are uncomfortable in groups because they feel that their ego is being alienated and they 're losing some of their some of their power . |
| 13 | One such exception concerns circumstances where a particular person does not have close relatives , where there seems to be an expectation that kin in the outer circle should give more support than they otherwise might , as it were deputizing or substituting for the non-existent children or parents . |