Example sentences of "[conj] as i [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our leader was soon grunting in a semi layback posture , and as I had the appropriate page open , I could not resist reading out loud : ‘ … |
| 2 | The secret is holding it in check , rationing it , saving the best of yourself for the night , and as I scanned the running order in the lull before the storm , I still could n't decide on a personal favourite . |
| 3 | As the buzz or the haze receded , and as I chewed the last tasteless fragment of sandwiched thermoplastic , I steadied myself by counting the melamine tables and counting the chairs and counting the customers and counting the sticky sauce bottles and the dome-shaped salt cellars and the cups , the plates , the cutlery , the ashtrays , anything in sight . |
| 4 | But as I surveyed the grand vista of my 47 ft plot , one fact became clear : in their struggle for power , many of my shrubs were now far too big for their boots . |
| 5 | As I rounded Ardmair Bay , the sky was bright but as I reached the scattered cottages and crofts of Strath Kanaird , none with an invitation to halt or stop , ominous yellow clouds formed overhead , obviously heralding a storm , and when Stac Polly came into sight , there was a spiralling column like a tornado above it . |
| 6 | She was right , of course ; but as I cycled the short distance home I kept worrying at the problem , juggling the pieces frustratingly in my mind , and making no sense at all . |