Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Well none of the others looked as young as them did they ?
2 Just as everyone took it for granted that the young Scot was on the point of fulfilling the potential she had shown in the amateur game , so she stopped in her tracks .
3 As everyone feasted themselves Mum went round with the drink , pouring out gin and whisky or stout as they preferred , making sure to test them all as she did so , while Dad and Fred did the same with the ale .
4 She was followed by Rabbi Moishe , his sallow face with its rippling white beard inclining first to one side and then to the other as everyone did him honour by rising until he had passed , and just behind him came another black-garbed figure , a bespectacled priest , greying head covered by a yarmulkah .
5 His plans were thwarted for some time as no-one knew what had happened to the trophies .
6 We got so close , but as someone said it 's better to have tried than not . ’
7 Mind you it 'll probably be fine and anyway as someone said it 'll be good to widen the group a bit more and launch some journalistic careers into the bargain ( -> ) .
8 He heard footsteps passing his door as someone made their way home .
9 The friar turned as someone tapped him on the shoulder .
10 He gave me a self-conscious grin and then yelped as someone thumped him in the back .
11 Hence some policewomen deliberately seek out desk jobs — secretaries with uniforms , as someone described them — or jobs as drivers , in juvenile liaison , or in units which deal with sex crimes , because they see themselves as better suited to this type of work .
12 Libby would not watch ; she hated the high-pitched squealing as the rabbits panicked , hearing a stick thump or a shot ring out , seeing the warm fur parting in the breeze as someone threw it down beside the other corpses .
13 Here and there a fight broke out , girls screeched as someone goosed them , lovers clung together and ignored all that went on around them , pickpockets worked their art furiously and everyone set out to enjoy themselves .
14 As I drank them in , a roar of engines sounded .
15 As I drank my tea , I heard her answer the phone : ‘ Terrible morning , can I help you ? ’
16 But more surprises were in store as I unearthed my first Roman coin .
17 As I finished my meal an entire flotilla of portly Bavarians waddled out , having consumed vast quantities of beer with their enormous meal .
18 ‘ Oh , I can , ’ he said as I finished my meal and leaned back , wiping my mouth on the back of my hand , more to annoy him that anything else .
19 ‘ I managed to punch my boilie out to the edge of a gravel bar about 60 yeards out , but I had to play the fish towards the top as I brought it in because there are a lot of boulders on the bottom , ’ explained Lee .
20 Well , as soon as I realized I stopped .
21 A shiver ran up my spine and into my scalp , as I realized he was singing ‘ Mary from Dunloe ’ .
22 As I munched my bun , Richard said ‘ you are involved now ’ .
23 If he/she fails to comply promptly , say , ‘ If you do not do as I asked you immediately you will have to sit on the chair in the hall . ’
24 Would you had brought Undry to me as I asked you !
25 As I clicked my stopwatch at the start line it began to rain .
26 It is hard to describe the feeling I had as I persuaded her scaly old feet on to my finger and gave her a dose of my very own medicine .
27 Rather as I feared they would , babies have started showing up in Tod 's dreams .
28 I would make the most accom-plished tart , as well as Hero 's Muse , I thought , as I relieved his tension as expertly as a doctor lancing a boil .
29 So much so in fact that tonight , as I filled my cat 's litter tray with ‘ Sophisticat ’ , I noticed a distinct similarity to standard aquarium ammonia remover .
30 I hung my head , which I also nodded sombrely as I hung it .
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