Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] as [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so as their freedoms increase , their numbers dwindle . |
| 2 | It was already poured , and just as his hand closed on the last glass with pale gold contents , he caught sight of Meryl near the window with Gladys . |
| 3 | He planned to dress up as each bride in turn and also as their murderer . |
| 4 | The ballerina has to behave as graciously and confidently as her partner . |
| 5 | Kenamun had come to the end of his tirade , and now as his expression relaxed Huy thought he could discern something behind the anger in the man 's eyes : an expression so fleeting that he was not able to identify it , but one which left a disturbing impression on his heart . |
| 6 | James Molyneaux and the Rev Ian Paisley have already set this deadline for the resumption of talks and even as their two parties vigorously fought each other in several constituencies , joint working groups were in session drawing up vital working papers for the forthcoming negotiations . |
| 7 | And even as its sound struck the cage about him , there was a crash and a judder and the sky was falling in upon him from the darkening night . |
| 8 | And even as her mind tried to deny it , her basic honestly forced her to admit the truth . |
| 9 | Every organism continues to grow till it has reached its peak and then as its growth stops , deterioration sets in . |
| 10 | CAMPAIGN from Empire attempts to defeat this division , by allowing you on the one hand to be in control of complete military formations and make strategic decisions , and then as your valiant troops come into contact with the enemy allow you to drop down into each tank and fight for glory . |
| 11 | ‘ You 'll be the death of me , Mr Loveitt , dammee if you wo n't , ’ she said , her voice as loud and hard as her laugh . |
| 12 | But she would not defend herself , by no means , and she answered him in tones as brusque and hard as his own . |
| 13 | Sad stories of fathers making fortunes out of their pretty daughters by marrying them off to antiquated old men again and again as their husbands wither and die , leaving them with fortune after fortune . |
| 14 | He began to write his own verse whilst still quite young , shyly at first , correcting again and again as his ‘ second thoughts blushed over his first attempts ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , its been a strain — I did n't mind at first because she 'd stay down at her flat for short periods of time , but obviously as her memory 's got worse she does n't realise that she 's got a flat , and the only thing she knows is in here , and this is the only place she wants to be — here . |
| 16 | I can not think of my own knowledge of the physical world in terms of my dispositions to behave , but only as my dispositions , construed as operating in the world of which |
| 17 | But just as his lips approached an inner voice ordered her to pull back . |
| 18 | Apple is a calmer horse by nature , he finds his medium/extended trot rather difficult , but hopefully as his general self-carriage and balance improves , the bigger trot will come through . |
| 19 | By the end of Elizabeth 's reign , the pope was regarded by an increasingly patriotic English people not only as the Antichrist but also as their sworn national enemy , a view that was deeply embedded in , and reinforced by , John Foxe 's highly popular Acts and Monuments , better known as the Book of Martyrs . |
| 20 | Now we produce erm about half a million or 550,000 units a year , that is not volume in world terms er we acknowledge that we compete in some of the volume sectors , but increasingly as our new products are introduced , we 're very careful to put them in discrete market segments or in niches . |
| 21 | But even as her low , husky voice rang out with the first notes of the song , her eyes were seeking out the stranger , unable to resist his strangely magnetic pull . |
| 22 | But even as her heart , for no known reason , gave a ridiculous flutter , he saw her and came over . |
| 23 | Grant 's hand darted for his torch , but even as his fingers touched it , the floor shook under him and he heard a tremendous rumbling crash in the corridor he had just left . |