Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] as [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A rod that is propped at 45° to the water , quivering slightly as the current pushes against the line , will suddenly slam over as though it has been struck with a sandbag . |
| 2 | Bill Copland ordered action stations at midnight , when the German searchlights were going out as the anti-aircraft defences stood down . |
| 3 | Nyhavn , full of character and teeming with life , was just the sort of place that Suzie would love : two rows of picturesque houses flanking either side of a canal which was lined with old fishing boats , their tall masts and graceful rigging moving lazily as the light wind ruffled the water . |
| 4 | The same madness is spreading everywhere as the small business crisis deepens . |
| 5 | I felt a migraine coming on as the old girl began to wail and Zylpha screamed a torrent of abuse . |
| 6 | They moved together to the edge of fulfilment — and beyond , crying out as the climactic explosion burst upon them . |
| 7 | He was beside her in an instant , dragging the brambles away from her body , cursing furiously as the jagged thorns caught in her clothing . |
| 8 | ‘ But not in radio , ’ she asserted resentfully , her eyes dropping momentarily as the simple truth awoke old guilt . |
| 9 | A long quarter swell built up and for four days and nights the carrack raced along , slipping backwards down each wave as it overtook her , wallowing heavily as the next one came up astern , and making a dazzling white wake that trailed astern like a huge , ragged scar across the aquamarine ocean . |
| 10 | One party had come as a dragon and were doing a conga through the dancing couples , tail disintegrating even as the giant head bobbed up and down . |
| 11 | Still moving fast he went into the sea , his left leg jerking violently as the still unopened life raft got in the way . |