Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] as [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From then on the film is a partially credible but increasingly fantastic documentation of the relationship between the two which develops as she teaches him to read during her spare time . |
| 2 | For example , the ship has a power meter which drops as you get hit , but builds back up over a period of time , you do n't just simply die when hit . |
| 3 | I am in a little lane that runs across the front of the hillside , with a kind of broken roadway underfoot which disintegrates as I follow it into gravel studded with outcrops of manhole . |
| 4 | TIG GAG The creature most like man in the Southern Continent which smiles as it sleeps |
| 5 | In talking about the image of Mitch as a hunk , the girls construct a female gaze which mocks as it dissects . |
| 6 | This they make by chewing wood , masticating it with their saliva and then expelling it as a moist pulp which hardens as it dries . |
| 7 | It is a liquid protein that they squeeze from little nozzles at the rear of the abdomen which hardens as it meets the air . |
| 8 | She whimpers as I twist a little harder and drag her to the cloakroom , to keep out of Merchant 's way . |
| 9 | She writes as she speaks , a flow of news and thoughts in large , generous handwriting , with affectionate endings , such as ‘ Lots of Love ’ or ‘ All my love ’ — even to members of her staff . |
| 10 | She shouts as I enter her . |
| 11 | ‘ Give us a shout if you need anything , ’ she says as she goes , with a smile altogether too knowing for my taste . |
| 12 | She says as I say I 'll have to wait and see what she says , because she said , you know when weather gets better , oh I says you 're better off waiting while it gets better weather |
| 13 | Everything he draws , she sees as it unfolds thousands of miles away in Hampstead . |
| 14 | She smiles as she meets the first customers of the day . |
| 15 | How could a man who feels as I do , who writes what I have written , behave towards a woman — any woman — in ways remotely akin to the ones which have been suggested ? |
| 16 | So they stand cheerfully by the carriage window revealing in loud voices the personal secrets of the wretched traveller , who winces as he realizes that he has to travel two hundred miles with a carriage full of strangers who know his family history , how prone he is to chills if he wears a damp vest , what he has to do when he arrives at his destination . |
| 17 | She weeps as she says these words about him : |
| 18 | Tempted by his ardour , Ayesha warns him of the danger if she does as he desires . |
| 19 | I suggest that she does as I have done , pops down to her local computer shop and purchases an anti-static bracelet and strap . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh the cuckoo … she 's a pretty bird … she warbles as she flies . |
| 21 | Understand why something happens as it does and you are your own master , able to use your common sense and logic to make judgements and decisions . |
| 22 | No-one moves as he wrestles with it . |
| 23 | By moving the feet around the board try and get your wake to be as quiet as possible and watch how it differs as you move your weight around . |
| 24 | ‘ If it goes as we expect , then your task , when they are close enough , is to split me a way into the ranks of the two central battles of pikemen . ’ |
| 25 | But it goes As you notice it goes off |
| 26 | Rosenbrock objects to the " automated manual " type of system since it represents as he says " loss of nerve , a loss of belief in human ability and a further unthinking application of the doctrine of the " division of labour " . |
| 27 | For males sex may be very important , but for females reproduction may be , may be more significant if it involves as it does in the case of all mammals and certainly human beings , considerable parental investment on the part of the mother . |
| 28 | He laughs as he tells me that it was very pretentious , but that when there were eleven gardeners ‘ it was OK to live in you know , especially during the war when you had all the people from Russia and Poland and so on ’ . |
| 29 | Nigel : ‘ It beats as it sweeps as it plugs up the hole in the ozone layer ? ’ |
| 30 | He writes as he lives : with passion , elegance and humour . |