Example sentences of "[v-ing] as [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As always , his knack of disarming was successful , and she was even laughing as they went into the foyer of the Tudor Queen where Sam and Anna awaited them . |
| 2 | She could hear her three- year-old son Rufus laughing as he played on the swings nearby . |
| 3 | ‘ I knew something was happening as I got to the hospital steps . |
| 4 | Jamila told me that one day Anwar came into the shop and discovered Changez snoring as he sat on his stool , while in front of his closed eyes an SL was shoving a jar of herrings down his trousers . |
| 5 | In the case of the letter and the drawer , the signs fail in their indexical function because , appearing as they do in an isolated expression , they simply direct us into a void . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , it is accepted that , appearing as they do in a penal statute , they fall to be construed narrowly rather than widely . |
| 7 | This remark , occurring as it does in a passage in which he is distinguishing between the grounds of the class metal ( ‘ the possession of certain common peculiarities ’ ) and those of the class sensation of white ( ‘ nothing but resemblance ’ ) clearly implies that if I had had no other sensations of white I could not assert the proposition ‘ This is a sensation of white ’ with the meaning it has when I have had such sensations . |
| 8 | Bacon 's case , occurring as it did after eighteen years of Stuart rule , can not be taken as evidence for judicial corruption under the Tudors . |
| 9 | Seagram 's victory in the 1991 Grand National was an extraordinary coincidence occurring as it did in the final year of the company 's sponsorship of the race . |
| 10 | That particular snap prompted the memory , the afternoon returning as she stared at it — the sandwiches had been of marmite , Edward had found a hawk-moth caterpillar . |
| 11 | Convincing herself that she was now over-reacting , Belinda got the headache tablets , then went to dress , her excitement returning as she put on Faye 's dress . |
| 12 | I could n't help noticing as I walked up the path . |
| 13 | Between palace and castle runs the processional route of the Royal Mile , for long the arena for the city 's most important activities , climbing as it does up a narrow ridge cramped between steep slopes carved out by ancient glaciers to either side . |
| 14 | Turning from him , she pulled her blanket up to her shoulders and tried to recline her seat , frowning as she hunted for the button . |
| 15 | He reached out to stroke her hair , frowning as she froze beneath his touch . |
| 16 | Fran glanced back at the heap of cuttings , frowning as she sorted through the pile . |
| 17 | Penry stood at the foot of the stairs , frowning as she plugged in the transistor to listen to Radio Four while she ate . |
| 18 | One of the Tower 's famous black ravens emerged from the fog , enormous , wings flapping as it cawed at them . |
| 19 | His eyes were glinting as he thought about the revenge he could have on the Islington people . |
| 20 | A car was coming up the track at high speed , creaking and groaning as it went over the bumps . |
| 21 | Claudia gritted her teeth together , groaning as she blushed from head to foot . |
| 22 | The evaluation of processes in sign which are presented in this chapter arise in this context , such that results are available to inform our theories of perceiving and remembering as they apply to spoken language . |
| 23 | However , elation at the beauty of the surroundings meant tandooried legs were far from my thoughts , and as we continued to the shapely Sgurr an Lochain , towering as it does over a tiny dark blue lochan , we agreed it could n't get much better . |
| 24 | I am writing as I disagree with various comments made in an article entitled A Pair of Glasses … by Linda Lewis , as I feel that it gave Indian Glassfish a very negative press . |
| 25 | She settled the old lady on a stretcher near the door , so that she could see the sunlit complex , and the happy holidaymakers laughing and shouting as they played in the pool , their conversations a mixture of Spanish and English . |
| 26 | He was still shouting as they walked past the barbed wire and the concrete blocks down to the waterline . |
| 27 | Many are able to continue living as they wish in their own homes . |
| 28 | With a few exceptions , they said , most hornbills in captivity are not breeding , and many are given little chance to , living as they do without a mate or a nestbox . |
| 29 | The State has the obligation of ensuring this end by guaranteeing that homosexuals , living as they do in an ‘ abnormal ’ relationship , do not have the opportunity to influence directly the upbringing of children . |
| 30 | Conversely we are not sensitised to the possibility of sociocultural differences between the sexes , because they seem to share a culture and a history in common , living as they do in close proximity . |