Example sentences of "and as [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He laughed , and as they began their walk he put his arm very lightly round her shoulders . |
| 3 | And as they weaved their way from the stores lining the streets he explained what he had in mind . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In all societies older people tell younger ones about the past , and as they tell it , they transform it : a man 's experience is his grandson 's tradition . |
| 7 | The principal rivers of the Empire flow from the east to the west , and as they converge they become greater still . |
| 8 | And as they marched they 'd joyously sing , |
| 9 | The more nitrogen they have available , the better marine plants will grow , and as they grow they take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere . |
| 10 | Once hatched , they begin to feed on zooplankton and as they grow they prey on larger species and they are even cannibalistic . |
| 11 | As they played and as they sang and as they danced they made no mark on the sand at all . |
| 12 | They rehearsed the scene over and over again and as they repeated it Willie believed more than ever that he was the old man . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | At the end of the tunnel there was another crossroads , and as they entered it Jotan appeared , sword in hand . |
| 17 | And as they learn their native language , they also use language to learn other things . |
| 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 | Whenever we confess our anxiety , he helps , and as we confess we receive joy and peace . |
| 20 | We learn such skills from our mothers , midwives , books and from our own inner promptings , and as we use them they become absorbed into everyday life , often so much so that we no longer realize just how much we have learnt and are capable of ; in fact , we only take notice of the areas in which we feel that we fail . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Andrew Kay , the Civil Service captain , confirmed yesterday : ‘ We are beginning to play as a team again and as we extend our winning sequence the more confident we are becoming . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | And as we see it , that lower case script is not quite good enough to justify what 's there at the moment . |
| 28 | The weight of the conditioner pulls the curls down and as it dries it also helps the curls to separate . |
| 29 | One night he put a Belgian chocolate inside her and as it melted he licked away the cream . |
| 30 | When attacking , it protrudes its long snout , and as it pushes it against the flesh of its enemy it fires a small , venom-carrying harpoon — a hollow dart formed from a tooth — that can kill a human being within a few hours . |