Example sentences of "as [pron] was [verb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , in the back of my mind , as I was driven to reception , clutching my overnight bag , was the memory that a hospital had once been home . |
| 2 | Just as I was going to work . |
| 3 | As I was applying to art school I needed a reference so I told Vivienne that I thought I 'd ask Malcolm , since he was my employer . |
| 4 | And as I was saying to Terry Heselton over coffee it could be Selby looking for its two hundred and fifty hectares . |
| 5 | . Oh no , as I was saying to Reed the other day , er Reed has joined our class by the way . |
| 6 | But as I was saying to George the other day |
| 7 | Mossy Rooney , a man who , though he spoke little , noticed a lot , saw the look of relief pass over Benny Hogan 's face , as she was sent to bed with a hot-water bottle and a cup of hot milk . |
| 8 | But it has remained as puzzling to modern historians as it was shocking to contemporaries . |
| 9 | Erm on the supplementary paper sent round you will see at I think it 's page one and two , a letter received from the Carters Mead Resident 's Association erm I hope you 've all had a chance to read that as it was circulated to members in advance . |
| 10 | The judge Mr Justice described it as heavy and as it was handed to members of the jury he warned them not to drop it . |
| 11 | As he was rushed to hospital , his devastated daughter Suzanne went ahead with the service — not knowing if he would live or die . |
| 12 | For the Ulster Unionist celebrated his 54th birthday yesterday as he was elected to Belfast City Council for the seventh time . |
| 13 | He turned west , down to the hotel at Loweswater where , as he was to report to Newton , ‘ I might have landed a fine salmon trout . ’ |
| 14 | As he was picked to second the Loyal Address today , I think that he can confidently look forward after the next general election to a leading position on the Opposition Front Bench . |
| 15 | According to his own account , as soon as he was brought to Rome as a hostage in 167 B.C. he became a friend of the two surviving sons of Aemilius Paulus by sharing some books with them . |
| 16 | For reasons beyond his control , the new tsar found himself at war with Persia just as he was coming to terms with the Turks . |
| 17 | He did not notice , as he was talking to Sister outside 15 . |
| 18 | His tragic owner John Goult , or ‘ Old Jack ’ as he was known to neighbours , also knew the pet he adored was very sick but had tried to spare him from being put to sleep . |
| 19 | William , we may remember , had thoughtfully provided himself with a burial plot many years before : so square L9 , grave no. 62,076 it was , as he was laid to rest at Abney Park . |
| 20 | One day , Walton relates , as he was walking to Salisbury to worship in the Cathedral and play music with his friends , |
| 21 | Tony Atkinson , 16 , was fighting for his life after the collision which happened as he was walking to Queen Mary school in Long Lane , Fazakerley . |