Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [v-ing] [noun] as " in BNC.

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1 By 1984 the Financial Times issue of 13 February was reporting Iran as cutting imports since the country 's ports and internal distribution services could no longer handle the flood of goods destined for the country .
2 That evening while the mother , the father , the brother and Matilda were having supper as usual in the living-room in front of the television , a voice came loud and clear from the dining-room across the hall .
3 Hazel was watching Fiver as he took in the sight of the field , when Buckthorn drew his attention back to the foot of the slope .
4 The winds of late October were lashing Haverfordwest as Leonora left the train .
5 The centre-piece of the first mini-drama in Kingston was Mike Gatting 's exploding nose as he missed an attempted hook off Marshall .
6 Alex and Chris were playing poker as I walked in , and after explaining my predicament one of the Frenchmen handed over an old copy of the local paper which he had brought with him when he had joined .
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