Example sentences of "and [verb] as [pron] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | When , in the last days of November , a telegram arrived she knew what it must contain and trembled as she held it in her hand . |
| 2 | Maxim wondered why he was n't more shocked at the instinctive distrust implied by that decision , and sighed as he realised it was because he 'd been nearly six months in the atmosphere of Whitehall . |
| 3 | He held out the glass and watched as she raised it gratefully to her lips . |
| 4 | I took him in and watched as he studied it . |
| 5 | Maura watched as her mother checked the little girl from head to toe , shaking her head and tutting as she did it . |