Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv prt] as [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was sitting miserably brooding when Marguerite tapped on her door and came in as Jenna invited her . |
| 2 | Dandelion turned and raced back as Pipkin came up . |
| 3 | Have words of hymns printed and handed out as people enter the church . |
| 4 | Andy Stanley comes in and takes over as captain … |
| 5 | Maybe she should fall asleep and wake up as Maureen Lipman , saying ‘ It was all a terrible nightmare . |
| 6 | I chatted to a Dublin-bound nurse in the seat beside me , and looked out as lakes , rivers and deeply-furrowed potato patches flashed by . |
| 7 | She tossed her hair out of her eyes and looked down as Adrian approached . |
| 8 | Caswell let Theda go and whirled about as Benedict strode forward into the room . |
| 9 | Athelstan heard a sound close behind him and spun round as Cranston followed suit . |
| 10 | He drew out a sheet of paper , unfolded it on the bar and leaned back as Wickham and Marshall read the note and signature . |
| 11 | A land where 17 per cent tax is put on fuel and dressed up as Britain 's contribution to ‘ green ’ objectives , where a national lottery is about to yield a 12 per cent rake-off for the Exchequer , where charities are booming , blessed with a Budget tax bonus of £30 million a year and where a job in future may actually mean ‘ community service ’ . |
| 12 | Some winners in the past have been temperamental and failed to get up in the morning , but on the whole they go out as boys and come back as men . ’ |
| 13 | They both refused and sat down as Evelyn became the welcoming host . |