Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nathaniel Sherman looked at his sons and beamed proudly as they joined the group around the governor . |
| 2 | He found himself wishing he was at home again , at Polly 's home , and could creep stealthily into the twins ' room and sit there as he sometimes had at night , on the floor among their discarded toys and cuddly animals , with his back to the wall , listening to the sound of their breathing . |
| 3 | In the stunned silence George Felse got up , without speaking , and crossed the room to where Gus 's jacket hung on the back of a chair , turned towards the replenished fire , and steamed gently as it dried . |
| 4 | She estimated that its body was about twice the size of the shuttle , but it seemed much larger because of the mottled membranes that extended like wings on both sides of the creature , and rippled lazily as it swam through space . |
| 5 | Lucy , all this time , was still sitting on the verandah surrounded by her cartridge-making tools and weeping bitterly as she looked at the neat rows of cartridges she had made and which were no longer needed . |
| 6 | The gleam of insulating oil shone bright on the prominences of his face , dimming and brightening again as she moved past him to hunker down at his side . |
| 7 | We talked a lot , laughed a lot , drank a lot — another round in the warming game of friendship that left me happy at the time , and aching afterwards as I contemplated the lonely bed . |
| 8 | He went to bed to dream uneasily , and woke early as he always did in the early stages of a case before he had got the machine working properly . |
| 9 | But in the short run , as John Donne observed , men lived and believed just as they had before . |
| 10 | Be prepared to give your undivided attention , and listen carefully as you talk to the other person . |
| 11 | Their bodies touched gently and came apart as they rounded a bend . |
| 12 | Curtis came in wearing a shabby , fawn mackintosh and looking exactly as he had done the night before . |
| 13 | Gold ( 1958 ) suggests that the researcher may be : ( a ) a complete participant , concealing his true identity and intentions from the group , and living entirely as they do ; or ( b ) a participant-as-observer , actively involved in the group , but they know the researcher is not really one of them ; or ( c ) an observer-as-participant , a less common mode , usually involving a brief visit with limited participation . |
| 14 | The leisurely lunch is over and you can now stretch out and do just as you please . |
| 15 | Get a small piece of paper and hold there as you do it . |
| 16 | The station was filled with hissing steam engines ( well , it was some time back ) and one decided to belch , steam and whistle just as we passed , thus managing to blow the youngest daughter 's mind , who demanded to be carried on the spot — and at frequent intervals during the rest of the adventure . |
| 17 | She looked mutinous , then lifted a pouting mouth to his and squeaked protestingly as he pushed her backwards onto the bed and on top of her new hat . |
| 18 | He was laughing and wincing even as he threw me across the room into his drum-kit . |
| 19 | She put her arms out from her sides and back , arching her spine and pondering vaguely as she did so why it had been thought necessary or relevant to give them such old bodies , perhaps to keep the idea of the passing of time , simple mortality , to the forefront of their minds . |
| 20 | Mick looked at Joe , whose face had turned scarlet , and nodded solemnly as he said , ‘ Aye , he does , Aunt Alice . |
| 21 | When his hand found the rounded contour of her bare breast under her blouse she shuddered convulsively against him , pressing her body forward , her breath coming and going quickly as he rubbed the raised bud of her nipple . |
| 22 | However , do n't make too much of a habit of switch-changing because the opponent may pick up your rhythm and attack just as you are in the middle of a change . |
| 23 | Yesterday afternoon was misty and bitterly cold , but I walked the four miles to Wuthering Heights and arrived just as it was beginning to snow . |
| 24 | ‘ Our motives are good , ’ Merrill said demurely , and turned away as he took off his coat . |
| 25 | Since then he has spent , in total , several hours in persuading people to climb into cupboards , clamber into lofts and crawl under stairs and watch carefully as he breaks peppermints in the gloom . |
| 26 | Kneel on all fours , back straight and look forward as you lift and then lower your right leg , knee bent , out to the side . |
| 27 | For 9 consecutive days the Manor will be peopled and run exactly as it was in 1644 — the middle of the English Civil War — two years after the Battle of Edgehill and the year of the Battle of Cropredy Bridge , both within 8 miles of Sulgrave . |
| 28 | For 9 consecutive days the Manor will be peopled and run exactly as it was in 1746 — Georgian times — one year after the abortive Jacobite Rebellion . |
| 29 | Television , it should be remembered , can conserve and celebrate just as it can abbreviate and denature . |
| 30 | He was red and sweating slightly as he went on . |