Example sentences of "and as it [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He switched on the refrigeration unit , and as it shivered into life the counter lights came on under the glass . |
| 2 | Another amusing incident to come out of ‘ Space Oddity ’ was when I got a phone call from David one day , who said he had to record an Italian version of the song because two kids in Italy had apparently done a cover version of it and as it looked as if it was going to do quite well , the Italian record company wanted a version by the original artist and said they would send someone along to teach Bowie phonetically how to sing the song . |
| 3 | Their engine fired and as it droned down the hill , toots of thanks echoed round the canyon . |
| 4 | If it detects an object , it improves definition by increasing the pulse rate to 25–50 per second , and as it swoops for the kill , the rate reaches an incredible 200 per second . |
| 5 | And it passes through elements in a cell called and as it passes through a the genetic information on the on the R N A D N A is read off and proteins are produced , so the is a kind of read head which reads out the genetic information . |
| 6 | When pulled tight it effectively secured her to the bench , and as it passed behind her knees , so her legs were strapped in the position where her feet were above her head . |
| 7 | And it shot it went down shot it through this barrel and inside was hydrogen gas and as it went through |
| 8 | Bob Rafelson had been toiling with Nicholson 's friend and associate Carol Eastman on a script for a new film and as it came towards completion , they began to see it as a perfect vehicle for BBS to capitalize on its success with Easy Rider . |
| 9 | ‘ Of course — but unfortunately overlooked , ’ he replied straight away , and as it came to her that he must have been teasing her with his earlier attitude , he was asking , ‘ Now , can I get you a glass of wine ? ’ |
| 10 | With great magicians I 'll sit and converse , the whole universe would seem like a little pond , deer would swim by and as it swam by , ravage by war neglect and in great pain , I 'll take it out just to wipe its poor face clean and then quietly put it back again , if I worked magic , magic |
| 11 | According to principle 3 , on market practice , a firm should ‘ comply with any code or standard as in force from time to time and as it applies to the firm either according to its terms or by rulings made under it . ’ |
| 12 | This is a case in which we distinguish between a person 's body as it appears to that person , and as it appears to others . |
| 13 | It becomes gradually more probable as lung area decreases below an optimum ( and as it increases above the same optimum , for different reasons connected with economic waste ) . |
| 14 | At this period the production of gold coinage was closely associated with the presence of the imperial court , and as it moved around the empire so did some of the dies for making gold coins . |
| 15 | And you used to er stand this on a house brick , like it might be on there , and you had another long stick and you use to hit it on one end and as it flew in the air you see it used to fly up then you used to have to hit it as far as you |
| 16 | Defoe was much more impressed with the vitality of Lewes , or even Petworth , ‘ a large and handsome country market town , and very populous , and as it stands upon an ascent and is dry and healthy , it is full of gentlemens families , and good well built houses both in the town and the neighbourhood ’ . |
| 17 | However , the effect of this was negligible and as it proved to be an expensive exercise , it was an early casualty of government spending cuts . |
| 18 | And as it grows inside me so it gathers to itself all the reasons why such a bitter thing should not , can not be . |
| 19 | Depends what you mean by ‘ weather ’ , but yes , the countryside of Sussex is constantly suffering the attack of rain and the rain either has to soak into the ground where very often it erm dissolves material and eventually finds its way to rivers so that all rivers are carrying material from inland in solution out to the sea , or if erm you get very heavy rain , then the water actually runs off the surface of the ground , and as it runs off it will carry particulate material out into the rivers and then out to sea . |
| 20 | And as it slumped to the stairs , it realised at last that the girl was also somehow connected with the storm . |