Example sentences of "and as [pron] [verb] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Public Prosecutor pointed Zen out with one finger , and as everyone turned to look he slipped through the suddenly passive ranks to the safety of his office , closing the door firmly behind him . |
| 2 | They had nowhere else to go because this is closed and as they 've said you ca n't pay the mortgage on a single engine two seater aeroplane and you ca n't get rid of , to sell one of those things , there business in liquidation . |
| 3 | The Romans were great organisers , and as they needed to feed their legions to survive , they soon improved the way in which farming was done . |
| 4 | It is my view that when you look at all the locational criteria contained in policy H two and as we 've discussed them , you 'll reach the conclusion that there is one corridor that best meets those criterion , is the A sixty four northeast of York , sector six . |
| 5 | Her kindness broke the ice and as we began to chat I discovered that instead of feeling awkward I was eager to talk to her . |
| 6 | ‘ My lord , ’ said Hugh heartily , ‘ the king 's peace , such as it is and as we manage to maintain it , is very much your business , and your experience in it is longer than mine . |
| 7 | But we were losing and as someone had to get him off his backside I thought it might as well be me . ’ |
| 8 | That , for some reason , almost made him give up , not the pain , but the familiar bit of furniture , the bed he had slept in for fifteen years , now hopelessly astray and as it seemed attacking him . |
| 9 | And yet the personal bitterness still rankled in the heart of the fire , and as it had kindled it , so might it sour it and put it out . |
| 10 | One day , one of the mares cut her leg , and as it required stitching she was separated from the other horses and shut in a stable without more ado . |
| 11 | And as I had told you before on the previous er chat we had , how my father took over er when when I was two years old we moved up . |
| 12 | So in conclusion adoption of the M R C follow up follow up policy would have resulted in targeting of cystoscopic follow up to higher risk group patients , a two percent increase in the cystoscopic resources required and delayed diagnosis of tumour progression in one patient , and as I 've said I I think that G three P T one tumours should be excluded from er this type of protocol . |
| 13 | Surely the needs of the members should come before the administrative easiness of putting people into sections for the Union and as I 've said who better to judge where they need to go and what their needs are than the members themselves . |
| 14 | Modern attempts to classify political regimes have begun for the most part from some general theory of society , and as I have indicated they were strongly influenced at the outset ( and again in recent decades ) by conceptions of social evolution or development . |
| 15 | yes that 's right any way I shoot off and as I say hope you 'll soon be a bit better both of you |
| 16 | My canoe had turned side on to the river and against the flow and as I turned to see what the noise was I realised that I had hit a log sticking out of the water . |
| 17 | But she avoided my lips , so that I brushed her cheek , and as I tried to find her mouth she said , ‘ No , Kit . |
| 18 | The strong-bodied American , with his rugged features , had spoken with a quiet simplicity ; and as he 'd watched him and heard him , Morse thought he could well have enjoyed a pint with the fellow . |
| 19 | I — ’ The ringing of the telephone cut him off , and as he went to answer it Leith , while coping with shock , began to get furious . |
| 20 | Then Carrie jumped aside as a passing bus threw up some slush from the gutter , and as she brushed her hands down over the bottom of her coat , she said , ‘ You 'd think they did it on purpose , ’ and as he went to assist her she stayed his hands , saying , ‘ It 'll only make it worse . |
| 21 | In spite of Amritsar , he announced himself willing to co-operate with the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms which were unveiled at the end of the year , and only changed his mind as the degree of Dyer 's support in British public opinion was borne in upon him , and as he began to find himself isolated by the more radical elements in Congress , who had either already lost their faith in the British , or had never had any . |
| 22 | And as he struggled to make himself understood , there was n't a dry eye to be seen . |
| 23 | He let himself think , as he had not done for many years , of Célestine , of their year together in London , and as he had known it would , the memory made him deeply unhappy . |
| 24 | She was glad to dive into her own room and as he had promised her little balcony faced the Sierra Nevada . |
| 25 | He 'd looked as though he was really pleased to see her , not awkward or evasive , and as he continued to watch her she hastily dragged her mind back to the matter in hand . |
| 26 | He looked sort of sternly amused , if there was such an expression , and really rather imposing , and as he continued to regard her she saw there was a glitter in his eyes , which could have been amusement , she supposed , if one were very optimistic . |
| 27 | But on other occasions , to use a phrase of Nietzsche , ‘ a thought comes when ‘ it ’ wants , not when I want ’ , explodes and opens out too fast in in too complex ramifications to be disciplined , takes bold analogical leaps in defiance of logical rigour ; the problem on which it centres is obscure , defining itself in the process of being solved , and as he struggles to formulate it the thought is running in another direction , yet he yields to the flow out of a vague intimation that it will circle back ; for the final effort to force the argument into a coherent and publicly testable form — the only assurance even for himself that he is illumined and not deluded — he waits until the time comes to complete it on paper . |
| 28 | One of our favourite shipmates was Sub Lieutenant Cherry Yankee RN , as he called himself , and as he has called his autobiography . |
| 29 | Before the Secretary of State rattles on yet again about European figures , our minimum wage policy and our alleged doom and gloom , and as he has proved himself completely unable to say anything constructive , will he today at least ask the Prime Minister to chuck it in now , call an election and let us get on with the job ? |
| 30 | Julia tried to obey , as she tried to do everything he demanded of her over the next few days and as she tried to keep her misery and pain and fear from all of them . |