Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [to-vb] as [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She crept downstairs , remembering to avoid the creaking step , and padded softly across the living-room floor , hardly daring to breathe as she opened the front door . |
| 2 | She looked at him in enquiry , rapidly changing to alarm as he asked curtly if she was Miss Adams and , barely waiting for her nod , pushed his way into her small hall , slamming the door behind him . |
| 3 | For a moment she thought he was n't going to answer as he stared at his glass , then slowly he raised his eyes to hers . |
| 4 | When his form is good , he straight drives with awesome certainty , barely bothering to run as he knows his timing has ensured a boundary . |
| 5 | When his form is good , he straight drives with awesome certainty , barely bothering to run as he knows his timing has ensured a boundary . |