Example sentences of "and as [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as everything slipped away she could only hold on to the thought that somehow her murderer knew who she was . |
| 2 | But it was his heart , and as everyone said , you can never tell with hearts . |
| 3 | The Public Prosecutor pointed Zen out with one finger , and as everyone turned to look he slipped through the suddenly passive ranks to the safety of his office , closing the door firmly behind him . |
| 4 | And as no-one takes the paradigm seriously , no-one is troubled to try to find an explanation for the seemingly anomalous data . |
| 5 | And as something flickered across his eyes , for the first time she wondered what on earth he was doing here in London . |
| 6 | Henry VII , asking for such a loan in 1496 , told his people that ‘ this is a thing of so great weight and importance as may not be failed , and therefore fail ye not thereof for your said part … as ye intend the good and honour of us and of this our realm ; and as ye tender also the weal and surety of yourself ’ . |
| 7 | Very poor , one side margins , the other side very little , squashed up to the top of the page , and as somebody said , there is T. |
| 8 | And as somebody mentioned earlier , again I think it would be wise to , was it Steve ? |
| 9 | She was n't his life : she was his youth ; Constanza says they had the same kind of public behaviour and as one gets older it counts . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The Saxon peasant worked from dawn until dusk and as one went down the class ladder life was harder . |
| 12 | I knew men old he was a chain smoker , he always used to smoke Woodbines and as one went out he 'd light the other one er ou on it , he would n't use matches , no he 'd , he 'd light one cigarette off the other . |
| 13 | And as one walks down the precipitous towpath there on the right is the stepping spread of side ponds and beyond that the overgrown remains of ‘ one of the many freaks that the mechanical age has produced ’ , as Rolt describes rather ungraciously the inclined plane that has gained for Foxton an entry in the ‘ Encyclopaedia Britannica ’ . |
| 14 | By this time a new headquarter had been built in Vicarage Road , with a new engine and modern appliances , and set into the forecourt was proudly displayed in large letters " HALLING " , but with the outbreak of war this was blocked in with cement for security reasons , and as one walks across in front of the station today the same cement is still visible . |
| 15 | Better surely to embrace it in the company of those one has loved , and as one slips away , to know from their tears how much they have loved one too . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | A superb all-round team display nullified the Midlanders and as they tired , Tranmere struck late with a quality goal to take the points . |
| 18 | and as they married and left home , I was working |
| 19 | The others paddled and scrambled over somehow and as they began to reach the other side , Hazel plunged . |
| 20 | He laughed , and as they began their walk he put his arm very lightly round her shoulders . |
| 21 | And as they push those systems harder , they will be able to move beyond their obsession with sales per store and think more about maximising sales per customer . |
| 22 | He may not know a word of Burmese but he will share a fag with the interested Burman who is watching all that is going on , and as they puff away together contentedly , something intangible will pass from the one to the other . |
| 23 | And as they planted crops such as barley and wheat , they sowed the seeds of a great Irish brewing tradition . |
| 24 | She was wearing a large muff and as they left the train Minton remarked , ‘ I thought you were going to smuggle me through the barrier in that . ’ |
| 25 | He 's thoughtful for Matt , she realised while hastening to keep up with his long strides , and as they left the shadow of the bush she said , ‘ I feel as if I 'm stepping out of one world and into another . ’ |
| 26 | What is actually happening of course we know in that case what is actually happening , because nerves erm er neurones in , in the base of the brain are actually sampling the blood flow as it goes through with sugar level and when the sugar level drops to a critical point , some of those neurones start to fire and as they fire gradually the message is passed on up to the higher brain centres and eventually you get the feeling you 're hungry . |
| 27 | And as they weaved their way from the stores lining the streets he explained what he had in mind . |
| 28 | They walked slowly , for Ruth had to negotiate Lilian 's pushchair up and down each kerb , and as they walked , they talked . |
| 29 | The Fitzgerald family went together to early Mass and as they walked home everything seemed normal . |
| 30 | He stood aside , and as they walked back to the office Lucy felt an unexpected wave of gratitude towards Doreen . |