Example sentences of "and as [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as something flickered across his eyes , for the first time she wondered what on earth he was doing here in London . |
| 2 | He calls Mr Forsyth a ‘ clever wee chiel ’ ( child ) , and as one raised in a hard debating school says he would relish a public debate with the Scottish Office Minister and the other candidates . |
| 3 | She fell into step between David and Rachel and as they walked around the poolside she looked from one to the other . |
| 4 | And as they walked around the 230 acre farm , all of it in the extended Less Favoured Areas , they were able to see at first hand why Hume Stewart-Moore and his son Michael were so successful . |
| 5 | They went for long rambles around the hills which overlook Balmoral and as they lay in the heather he read out passages from books by the Swiss psychiatrist , Carl Jung , or Laurens van der Post . |
| 6 | Gradually , the noise and traffic increased , and as they passed through the meat market at Smithfield , Oliver was amazed by the sight and smells of so many animals , and by the huge crowds of people , all pushing and swearing and shouting . |
| 7 | After that long silences fell between them , and as they rode across the fields the thoughtful frown on Silas 's brow made Lucy wonder if he regretted his offer of comfort by means of an embrace and — and a kiss . |
| 8 | And as they get into , as you say , power and I quite agree somebody has a talk with them so look here |
| 9 | And as they roared along the tailored pathways , she found herself hearing not ‘ Impossible to say ’ but ‘ Me quieres ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , Christ , ’ he said again , for he was an Australian with a hangover and he shared a quarter tonner named Mrs Mangel with four other Australians with four other hangovers , and as they stirred in their sleeping bags in the morning they looked like five blind underground creatures disturbed by David Attenborough . |
| 11 | And as they go about the painstaking task of piecing the problem together there is one solution which everyone fears . |
| 12 | she did n't say well er my husband brought me here because it was a decision that she had parted , it was a choice she had made as well and so she , she excepts her responsibility , she excepts her blame and she goes to return so there was , there was this sense of confession and , and confession can be costly when we 've got to admit that I was wrong , I did wrong , I was mistaken , I went the wrong way that could be a costly mistake and , and , and er costly experience for us to go through , but surely the , the true sign of repent is that we do acknowledge our sin , we acknowledge our failure , that we acknowledge what it means to god , we ca n't shift that blame onto somebody else then also consider not just the cost that Naomi had to pay in going back , but also there was a cost for Auper and for Ruth as well as Moabias there would be little joy for them in Israel , they were foreigners , they were strangers , there would n't be much hope for happiness for them , there would be very little likeliness for them ever getting married in or remarrying er in , in Israel , they would n't be able to worship there own god , they 'd be taken from one culture to another , there 'd be taken from one language to another , what was it gon na be like for them , alright , perhaps whilst they were living with Naomi perhaps she could pull a few strings for them , but what happens when she goes and they are left by themselves and yet it would appear that with Naomi making her decision to return that they too these two daughters in law they decided to go to Bethlehem with her and it tells us that they set out together but perhaps they had n't thought it really through because their not totally committed to us and as they come towards the frontier and their gon na pass into in , back into Judah with their few miserable possessions that they 've gathered together , Naomi again considers the consequences facing these two young women , Auper and Ruth , they continued with her , as she pleads with them to go back home , Judah is no place for a foreigner , Judah is no place for somebody to come unless they are part of gods people , and I 'm reminded of again of what it tells me in , in the book of acts , that in the early church , that people were actually frightened , frightened to join with the disciples , they were frightened to join the church , there was no room for , for stragglers , there was no room for hangers on , there was no room for those who went just because they thought it was gon na be the next , the in thing to do , but folk were actually frightened of joining because they knew they had to put their lives right , they knew they had to live holy lives , they knew that god had to be lord and master in their lives and unless they were willing to do that and be committed to him they were actually frightened of joining and one of the great weaknesses of the church today is that it becomes and it can becoming our thinking and nothing more than just something we join , something we belong to , something we go along to er as like a club , like an association , but that 's not the picture we see it in the New Testament , it is a very exclusive body , it is a very exclusive grouping , a grouping of those who have committed themselves to Jesus Christ and that 's why not every body is a member of the local church , not every body who goes to church on a Sunday is a member of a church to Jesus Christ now they know if they are , but other people may not know , they know and the lord knows , I know if I belong to him and he knows if I belong to him other people may not , I can put on the act , I can look as though I 'm playing the part , I can go through the routine , I can , I can , I can fool every body , but he knows and I know , and he knows and you know and so Jesus said not every body who says lord , lord on that day will I acknowledge and recognize and so for Ruth and Nao er yes Ruth and Auper it was gon na be different of course for them as foreigners in Judah especially when Naomi goes and she pleads with them go back home , Judah is not place for Moabias , she knew what it had been like to be a foreigner , she knew what it had been like to be an alien land in an alien culture in a different religion with a different language she had known the bitterness of it all , she pleads with them go back home she prayers for them the lord bless you , the lord you know be gracious to you and so on , but they refused and again Naomi puts it to them , to please go back and Auper reconsiders and she takes the counsel and advice of her mother in law but no so Ruth and Naomi turns and says look your sister in law 's gone back , she 's gone home , you go as well , you ca n't do it , its a too greater price for you to pay , its a choice you must n't make , a decision you must n't make , your gon na have poverty , your gon na have loneliness , your gon na have hardship . |
| 13 | The thoughts swirled through her mind as she followed Silas and Doreen to the dining-room , and as they went towards the corner table Matt stood up . |
| 14 | Mary McCulloch and big Mary went straight along to the Duke 's house with their loads of food and as they went in the Duke came out , dressed in a long plaid of turquoise blue , and had a quick low word with them . |
| 15 | Then the pack of zander went through the swim and as they went by I took fish of 6lb 8oz , 8lb0oz , 8lb 6oz , 5lb 15oz and l0lb 11oz as fast as I could reel them in and then they were gone . |
| 16 | With just over 20 miles to go Curry led Boone by 1.10 , but the less experienced Roe Valley rider was starting to slow , and as they came past the finish line with 16 miles remaining his lead was down to 48 seconds . |
| 17 | And as they came towards the end of the day he had to do some quick thinking to find out whether he 'd have to keep the men working right up to the last minute in order to get the stint , of three-quarter of an acre 's ploughing for each man , finished . |
| 18 | At ground level the street was lined with traditional little native shops , most of them carpenters , it seemed ; and as they came through the Tentmakers ' Bazaar , with its gay awnings and saddle-cloth and leather work , they saw ahead of them in the archway of the gate the gleam of the blue tiles of the tiny Dervish mosque . |
| 19 | They were being pulled steadily , Felipe digging his feet into the side of the cliff , and as they came to the top he eased Maggie over the edge and them came up himself . |
| 20 | And as they came to the final furlongs it was Roc de Prince , Laura 's Beau , Sure Metal going for the line and then on the outside , up came New Mill House . |
| 21 | BR could not avoid passing its dramatically increased costs following the oil crisis on to its customers , especially London commuters , and as they reduced in number ( demand falling at 1 per cent a year ) services , stock and facilities were reduced to ‘ match demand ’ , inevitably causing poor morale . |
| 22 | And as they fell upon that field , |
| 23 | Then one of the machine-guns opened up , hurling five or six of the prisoners against the wall , flinging their limbs around as if they were scarecrows and as they fell in a heap that was what they were . |
| 24 | The particles travel close to the speed of light and as they pass through the bending magnets they emit radiation , covering wavelengths typically from 0.1 to 106 nanometres , and collimated into the plane defined by the circular machine . |
| 25 | Instead of hatchets they have fans and as they pass through the soldiers ' camp they hit the soldiers and say : " There you are dead . " |
| 26 | It appeared that school was giving both urban and rural children something akin to Western self-consciousness for they could answer questions implying a personal point of view ; and as they advanced in school they became increasingly capable of categorising the same stimuli according to different criteria or ‘ points of view ’ . |
| 27 | Hospital Trusts appear to have the freedom to choose what they provide , and as they increase in number and DHA provision declines , it is possible that long-stay care will become a residual service , separated from profit-making , ‘ attractive ’ services . |
| 28 | But before that , it is possible , using the sources revealed by the 1910 dispute , to put together a sort of group portrait of the women compositors , as they were in 1910 , and as they continued to be over the coming years . |
| 29 | And as they continued along the path the weka merely stalked into the undergrowth , its short black tail giving a slight twitch as it pecked at whatever caught its reddish eye . |
| 30 | The rest of the afternoon was tainted with that powerful awareness , and as they drove through the city Rachel was on edge , aware of the predator at her side . |