Example sentences of "[coord] as it [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It dragged their small boat for several miles and as it struggled to get free it spat out a human torso , some pieces of wetsuit and a face mask . |
| 3 | And as it continues to do so , the link between the US and the European Community should become stronger , the issues we discuss more diversified and our common endeavours more important . |
| 4 | Now I think what te , what happened there was we er , we drifted away from setting down sc , er , er , scripts to finding good useful key words and phrases out of the paper that we could then fit into the script , and as it had gone that way , I realised it was working , and did n't see any point in trying to get it back to the way it was originally going , because it was going fine . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Toss the first ball in your right hand towards your left one and as it peaks throw the ball in the left hand towards the right and catch the first ball in your left . |
| 7 | ‘ There were a few dead sheep , which was quite unpleasant , and as it started falling dark , we heard rats . |
| 8 | Finally the tram got underway and as it started to pull up at the end of the track by the foot of Duke Street Hill Carrie was already out of her seat and waiting on the platform at the rear of the vehicle , with Fred at her side gripping her arm for fear that she would fall off before it actually stopped . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The structure of Liberal argument , both at the time and as it has come down to us in modern land law texts , is thus built upon two suppositions . |
| 11 | But as it 's got that financial package |
| 12 | The shark catches it by its feet , but as it tries to get a better grip the young bird is released and flaps into the air over the shark 's back . |
| 13 | I used to model for a hairdresser — Herberts in Liverpool — and I had my hair dyed blonde and red , it looked great — honest , but as it started to grow out I neglected it . |
| 14 | But as it has retreated towards its heartland in the Tay , Dee and Spey valleys , most sporting estates have imposed a voluntary moratorium on shooting . |
| 15 | But as it has taken five years of intensive lobbying to assemble the necessary financial support from the native industry for this interesting if rather Teutonic initiative , one might assume that creativity and innovation are still not regarded as entirely positive values . |