Example sentences of "be [adj] as they [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ace 's eyes were acute as they studied her expression . |
| 2 | Still apparently relaxed , hands clasped behind his head , Luke spoke lazily , but his eyes were intent as they probed her taut face . |
| 3 | The silence was oppressive as they made their way past mounds of earth , some with battered wooden crosses , others just forlorn heaps of clay . |
| 4 | The street was busy as they made their way to Phrynius 's house , and they had to push folk aside to make headway . |
| 5 | She was quiet as they made their way to the beach , which was every bit as packed as she had known it would be . |