Example sentences of "and [vb past] as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as in uffish thought he stood , The Jabberwock , with eyes of flame , Came whiffling through the tulgey wood , And burbled as it came ! |
| 2 | and trembled as it fed — |
| 3 | It remains true that , apart from the foral provinces , government became more effective , defined , and concentrated as it approached the subject . |
| 4 | This picture of a universe that started off very hot and cooled as it expanded is in agreement with all the observational evidence that we have today . |
| 5 | Maybe we are like a photocopy of God that got a bit crumpled and smudged as it came out of the machine so that his image in us has got a bit spoilt , but that does not alter the fact that every person has something of God about them . |
| 6 | There the microscopic ovum was revealed and followed as it started its monthly journey to await possible fertilisation . |
| 7 | It was travelling fast and wobbled as it hit the bumpy piece of road under the railway bridge . |
| 8 | Bernice shook loose the amiable scrap of nothing and watched as it fluttered away , lost in moments in the gentle glow of Moloch 's endless day . |
| 9 | Another avenue of enjoyable information-seeking — sadly , not as well-known and patronized as it deserves to be — is the programme of private gardens opened in aid of various charities like the Gardeners ' Benevolent Fund , from whom you can obtain a county-by-county week-by-week guide giving details of location , times of opening and points of interest . |
| 10 | Handing him one of the cans , she drank from her own , and coughed as it went down the wrong way . |
| 11 | The tram whined and sparked as it pulled up at the fare stage near the Dennistoun Palais and Whitehill Street . |