Example sentences of "even as [pron] [verb] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am always amused by the idea that outsiders have of Whitehall as being slow-moving ; we are like a snake , whose coils seem to be lying motionless even as they flow past your eyes and are gone . |
| 2 | even as we mix against it |
| 3 | The pilot , with no diplomatic clearance number , made one up ; air-traffic control did not believe him , but he managed to weave his way towards Iran even as he argued with them . |
| 4 | Herod could not help but respect John , even as he picked on him . |
| 5 | Even as he spoke to me I felt very uneasy . |
| 6 | One that had gone even as he groped for it . |
| 7 | Father Peter watched , even as he sipped from his own bowl . |
| 8 | But even as she thought about its different feel of smooth dryness instead of stinging dampness , she suspected she had not felt a swab on her brow at all . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It seemed to tighten the tenuous link between them , even as she wept for him . |
| 11 | It was supremely indifferent , but , even as it burned into her like acid , her fingers were plunging into the midnight darkness of his hair as she invited his kiss again , the tumult of his mouth on hers and in it already a necessity , wildness running in her veins , the heavy aching beat of desire unchecked at the deep core of her womanhood . |
| 12 | Then , even as it dawned on her that the flowers had probably been placed there by lovers , so , as she looked up again into the dark eyes of the tall Czechoslovakian , she all at once knew why it was that her breath had caught a few seconds ago . |