Example sentences of "[coord] as [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of all the Soviet nationalities , the Baltic nations looked the most likely to establish ( or as they saw it , resume ) their independent statehood in the 1990s ; their opportunity to do so came soon after the attempted coup when ( in September 1991 ) the USSR Council of State formally approved their independent status and they were admitted into the United Nations and other international organisations . |
| 2 | Low rejected this , but agreed that a Yugoslav officer would be permitted " to visit all camps in which there were CROATS , or as he called them , Yugoslav Quislings " . |
| 3 | And finally , it brought on that rich cast of wooden-topped rustics , the Starkadders , with Aunt Ada Doom in the star part , not to speak of the simpleton whose main pleasure in life was doing the washing up , or as he called it , clettering the dishes with his liddle mop . |
| 4 | Or as he put it elsewhere : " the Deposing Doctrine , and placing the Power in the People , is but the Spittle of the Papists and Jesuits , which our Whigs and Dissenters have Lick't up " . |
| 5 | Sometimes , when she was startled or frightened on my fist or as I approached her , it was painful to think that I might be responsible for her fear . |
| 6 | Clouds of steam would rise as they scooped beneath the surface of the warm fermenting heap , and as they carried their loaded baskets through the frosty morning air . |
| 7 | He laughed , and as they began their walk he put his arm very lightly round her shoulders . |
| 8 | And as they weaved their way from the stores lining the streets he explained what he had in mind . |
| 9 | Exactly , and as they took him back to his room , not his cell , but his room , he turned to my , my mate who was with me and said er , I do n't want an operation I like having sex with little girls , he said now I 've got two little girls and I had to turn and walk away |
| 10 | Fen seemed to know a great deal about the area , and as they ate their sandwiches , served with a generous helping of salad , he talked continuously , so unlike his normal taciturn self that Robbie suspected he was steering clear of more personal and controversial topics . |
| 11 | And as they marched they 'd joyously sing , |
| 12 | As they played and as they sang and as they danced they made no mark on the sand at all . |
| 13 | They rehearsed the scene over and over again and as they repeated it Willie believed more than ever that he was the old man . |
| 14 | A quickening trot now , and as they neared their target he could see the puffs of smoke from the little houses , stone walls and trees ahead , as French and Russians fought for possession of the village they called Telnitz . |
| 15 | Well , the answer is , giraffes tried to eat food on higher branches of trees , strained upwards , and as they strained they stretched their necks and they passed on their stretched necks to their , to their descendants . |
| 16 | ‘ Most of us were standing by the control tower when the Fortress guns opened up to the Northward , and coming through the Flak we saw a series of black dots approaching directly towards us and as they closed we recognised them as yellow-nosed Me109s . |
| 17 | At the end of the tunnel there was another crossroads , and as they entered it Jotan appeared , sword in hand . |
| 18 | He had the expatriate knack of being lent things and getting himself looked after on his return to the native land , and as they talked it became apparent that we were to be entertained to lunch by the gallery owner . |
| 19 | When we reached Auckland we had no plan of action at all , and as we knew no-one there was no-one to meet us . |
| 20 | As we had referred to Turkey and the fact that Margaret and I had met there , and as we knew he took great interest in genuine peasant culture , we showed him some Turkish embroidery and in particular two typical Turkish saddle-bags , which we had transformed into cushions . |
| 21 | Then we were walking back towards the carriage , and as we passed I heard Mr Jonesy say to the preacher , ‘ I 'll give 'im the devil when I get 'im 'ome . ’ |
| 22 | If the mountain is beautiful from the shore , it is mouth-watering from the top of Ben Damph , and as we retraced our steps through the snow , elated at having finally swapped slippers for boots and crampons , we knew that nothing would keep us from it . |
| 23 | It was a starry night , and as we swam there was light in the water , sparkling , rippling , starlight playing on our fingers and the smooth seal-like lines of our bodies . |
| 24 | One night he put a Belgian chocolate inside her and as it melted he licked away the cream . |
| 25 | And he said to me , he 'd marked my , my sum and , and as it happened they was right , all of them . |
| 26 | I remembered what you 'd said about settling down , and as it happened I met a very nice young man from Berlin , a train driver . |
| 27 | I was seven and I was I went to a neighbour 's house and as it happened I was looking through the blooming window when the funeral went past so I was no better off you know . |
| 28 | I do n't have any view erm er on that , if I understand your question , because I think it realistic to assume that post two thousand and six one of the options that we could be reasonably expected to consider , together with the District Council , is the possibility of a further , shall we say , how addition to , a a further phase er onto the new settlement , erm so that the new settlement erm would evolve , if that was the chosen option , and as it evolved it may well be that more of Mr David Curtis 's higher level facilities er would be added . |
| 29 | And as I understood you |
| 30 | And as I saw her a cold hand closed around my heart . |