Example sentences of "even as [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Likewise , she expects the children to operate intuitively in their make-believe , but she believes the intuition can be a refined instrument , accompanied by a high degree of awareness , at its best , bringing about reflection on what one experiences even as one experiences it . |
| 2 | They admired him even as they reviled him . |
| 3 | Transportation systems have a habit of being overtaken by new technology even as they reach their apogee . |
| 4 | I swallowed this , and even as they walked me down the garden path and into the field where the half-built aviary was situated , I still had no idea what was going on . |
| 5 | Even as they gathered their evidence the defence committee members knew they had no power , only the hope of influence . |
| 6 | The embalmers worked skilfully , even as they brought it here . |
| 7 | It 's bad enough at first but then it gets worse even as they keep me because they found more , they found two more and that was while I was here for Christ 's sake while they held me while things were still happening more stuff came in while they were questioning me and they looked at me with disbelief horror disgust and I was going What ? |
| 8 | He answered with a minute shake of his head and she obeyed , sitting on to watch the fantastic skill with which they wove and rewove their patterns , each keeping the strings taut and symmetrical even as they transformed them into a completely new shape . |
| 9 | Even as we spoke he was thinking of nothing else . |
| 10 | If so , we English Poundians , even as we castigate our countrymen for clinging to the norm of the amateur in an age when that norm is unserviceable , may well spare more than just wistful nostalgia for this ideal that survives among us only in a debased and anachronistic version . |
| 11 | He had no time to call for help on his radio because , even as he saw him , the man rushed forward , the machete held high above his head . |
| 12 | The drum grew louder in the final roll , the flautists blew steadily , keying up anticipation , and the rattle fell silent as Dulé took one step with his other foot and left the ground , then hand over hand into the air shinned up the free-standing ladder till he alighted at the tenth rung and hung there like a heron on a breakwater at home , it seemed to Kit , even as he asked himself in wonder , what unearthly magic 's here ? |
| 13 | Even as he asked it , Coffin thought it was a monstrous question to pose . |
| 14 | Even as he hacked his way free more tentacles looped around him and dragged him into the filth . |
| 15 | But even as he lifted it , reflexes that she 'd always prayed would be lightning-fast in a showdown proved their sterling worth , galvanising her into action . |
| 16 | Even as he thought it , he could n't help remembering that West End stars tended to be paid a bit more than he was getting with his humble understudy-plus-supplement deal . |
| 17 | That even as he gets them in his grip |
| 18 | Then he was clinging to them , even as he felt them tear loose from the rock . |
| 19 | But even as he prayed he could hear the voice of William 's grandad berating him from under the lid of the closed coffin . |
| 20 | Even as he denied it , he knew he wanted it . |
| 21 | For even as he recognised its horror he still retained the possibility that it might be available , as a way out . |
| 22 | Volkov held her close ; marvelling at her selfless courage even as he reproached her . |
| 23 | Even as he sensed his incapacity to make such a choice , it was made for him . |
| 24 | Even as he said it he remembered . |
| 25 | ‘ Get back ! ’ he yelled to the others behind him , but even as he said it he understood . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't see how … ’ he began , but even as he said it he changed his mind and nodded . |
| 27 | Even as he said it , he wished he had n't . |
| 28 | Even as he carried her out of the lighted kitchen his lips continued to caress her and she was not in any way close to recovering as he placed her on her feet in her own room . |
| 29 | Aware only of the bumping of her heart and the pressuring of his mouth on hers even as he carried her through interminable pathways to the journey 's end , Sarella felt him lower her at last on to his bed . |
| 30 | On the other , simultaneously , He moves across the surface of the sea : upon the face , riding the waves even as He creates them , surfing the world into existence . |