Example sentences of "[coord] as [pron] [verb] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or as they put it in the locker-room , once you 're in , you 're in . |
| 2 | When attacking , it protrudes its long snout , and as it pushes it against the flesh of its enemy it fires a small , venom-carrying harpoon — a hollow dart formed from a tooth — that can kill a human being within a few hours . |
| 3 | When you put the pointer over a Split box it changes into a double headed arrow and as you drag it into the worksheet it drags a thick bar with it . |
| 4 | His face was beaded with perspiration and as he wiped it with his handkerchief he dislodged a few locks of his heavily greased hair . |
| 5 | That 's the dream as Theresa dreamt it and as she recounted it to us . |
| 6 | She poured out the tea , and as she pushed it across the counter to him he handed her the penny . |
| 7 | The black girl bent suggestively forward to slowly slide the lighted candle into her backside , and as she held it in her back passage , the whip effortlessly flicked out the flame . |
| 8 | She split open a newly baked scone and thickened it with butter and as she handed it to him she added , ‘ There 's rationing comin' , that 's what they say , curtailing the food ; well , it wo n't affect us , havin' cows and sheep an' chickens . |
| 9 | The first puppy was lifted out dead , and as she handed it over Robert said , ‘ What a size . |
| 10 | Painting was to become intellectual , and the painters would depict the world not as they saw it , but as they knew it to be . |
| 11 | But as she seized it in her hand , before her horrified eyes the dried petals fell away and fluttered to the floor , scattering like confetti at her feet . |
| 12 | But as he raised it to his lips the windows flashed bright again , and the heavens gave forth another stream of rumbling abuse . |