Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [adv] as [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An elderly man with a white pointed beard was being shepherded into a chauffeur-driven car by the short rough-haired woman in a thick tweed suit , who had been at Rupert 's house that evening in the autumn ; a little man carrying two heavy-looking suitcases was hurrying away as if to catch a train ; a group of younger men and women was standing on the pavement , talking and laughing . |
| 2 | She was breathing hard as if she had been running . |
| 3 | ‘ If you did n't know what had happened you 'd have thought he was not with her because he was standing apart as if his emotions were shut down . ’ |
| 4 | He was standing there as if he 'd dismissed her already . |
| 5 | She was talking now as if the child were not present , but the child was present , and she spoke up : ‘ An hour a month ? |