Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [v-ing] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Richard was working then as well . |
| 2 | A hundred yards away across the rain-drowned compound Dong and Hoc were weeping openly as they embraced their father in the blackness of their leaking barrack hut . |
| 3 | Would she and Stephen be sitting just as they were now and be suddenly unable to remember anything that had happened because nothing would have been real ? |
| 4 | Donald was nodding eagerly as she talked . |
| 5 | Wayne was driving now as they left the last of the houses behind , following the lake shore for a while until the wooded hillside of the Step rose up and screened it from their sight . |
| 6 | NIGEL CLOUGH is the player Liverpool are lining up as replacement for Dean Saunders , whom they have sold to Villa . |
| 7 | Teabreak : Jo 's fooling about as usual , pretending to be Princess Anne choosing a wedding dress from Silvex Modes . |
| 8 | ‘ And since Celia is stepping out as usual , could you fix us drinks , Stephen ? |
| 9 | Right next to him , Mr Doran was grinning maniacally as he handed out squishy tomatoes for the parishioners to throw at their young vicar , trapped in the ‘ stocks ’ . |
| 10 | Viola was beaming benevolently as she read on into the last column . |
| 11 | In likening natural science to religion , Winch is presenting both as ways of ordering experience by means of rules which tell us how to go on . |
| 12 | Of course all the time Katrina 's spinning round as well . |
| 13 | Saatchi stands down : Maurice Saatchi is stepping aside as chief executive of Saatchi & Saatchi , the advertising giant that he formed with his brother Charles . |
| 14 | Lisa was shouting now as she confronted , with a growing sense of frustration , the tall dark figure in the navy cashmere overcoat . |
| 15 | Snow was falling heavily as we entered La Galette , for a gastronomic dinner with Jacques , marketing director of Valmorel . |
| 16 | Ben was grinning now as he looked at Millie , saying , ‘ Perhaps they 're goin' to adopt you . ’ |
| 17 | But South America itself is moving away from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge , since the Atlantic Ocean is widening steadily as new oceanic crust is generated at the ridge . |
| 18 | WORLD Cup hero Mike Teague is roaring back as England search for a record-breaking third Grand Slam , writes Colin Price . |
| 19 | Jilly Jonathan was sitting just as she had been ever since they had come out on to the terrace . |
| 20 | Jonathan was snoring loudly as she detached his hand from her breast and slid from the bed . |
| 21 | Jimmy was smiling happily as he pulled his chair up alongside her desk . |
| 22 | In the kitchen Maude was singing softly as she baked bread , its sweet , fresh scent filling the house . |