Example sentences of "[coord] as he [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 When he first came the villagers wanted to get rid of him but he would n't go , and as he made himself useful they came to endure him .
2 Their heads were close together and as he appeared they all looked up in unison with startled faces and fell silent .
3 But as he took his three lifelong friends for a drive , the car veered over a dual carriageway and hit a bus head-on .
4 But as he began his sixth day his silent vigil ended .
5 For a decade and a half Bramwell served the movement faithfully but as he approached his seventies speculation began to grow about who was to follow him .
6 He still irritated her with his casual dress , the sloppy tie hanging round his neck , the top button always undone , the lazy grin and teasing remarks in front of her colleagues , but as he teased them all she was in no way singled out .
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