Example sentences of "be [adv] [v-ing] [pos pn] [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maud and Enid were still racking their brains as to the whereabouts of their friend , and Mildred felt utterly helpless as they passed by her jar and she heard Maud say , ‘ Perhaps she has run away , Enid . |
| 2 | ‘ Hip hop is rediscovering funk 's roots , it 's slowly finding its feet as the rave scene dies out . |
| 3 | He 's just adjusting his outfit as he 's in the car driving up the Tadcaster road and he looks with horror . |
| 4 | IT was early evening in September , and the sky was already losing its lustre as Wully Gurk , the Ted of Balgair Terrace , made his way towards the cafe . |
| 5 | This is as true of the patrician Tories and the outraged-of- Tunbridge Wells brigade to which The Daily Telegraph under Worsthorne 's editorship was still directing its leaders as it was of The Guardian 's public sector-employed army of veterans from 1968 whose retreat was traced across the pages of MT throughout the 80s . |
| 6 | Michael , waiting at the top , was silently cursing his father as he looked at his younger brothers ' little faces . |