Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] as [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Behind his head the lights of the lorry were flashing as it bumped over the hard ridges of ice . |
| 2 | Analysis of the gas in the balloon told the team how much oxygen the camels were using as they walked . |
| 3 | Even lightly-oiled birds were dying as they ingested oil while attempting to preen themselves clean . |
| 4 | There was something strangely prurient about a total freedom to examine someone else 's personal tastes , but all her artistic antennae were quivering as she moved back inside and began to look carefully around her . |
| 5 | But the dark grey eyes were smouldering as they dropped briefly from the stormy curve of her mouth to her body , scantily clad in garments that were casual in the extreme , her favourite faded denim shorts cut from an old pair of jeans , and the little white cotton bustier into which she had changed on her return from work , planning to spend the humid twilight time out on her balcony before preparing to attend a local record company 's promotion party . |
| 6 | She knew her hands were trembling as she fiddled with a pen on the desk . |
| 7 | Stella 's hands were trembling as she held the torch . |
| 8 | His legs were trembling as he ran back to the police car to radio for immediate medical help . |
| 9 | The musky male scent of his cologne teased her nostrils , and she was ashamed at the way her knees were trembling as he led her over to sit down on the wide , comfortable couch . |
| 10 | But his hands were trembling as he put them back in his pockets , and a thick feeling rose up in his throat whenever he thought of Helen , which seemed to be nearly all the time . |
| 11 | He fumbled to unclip the keys from his belt and his fingers were trembling as he tried to unlock the door . |
| 12 | His eyes were glinting as he thought about the revenge he could have on the Islington people . |
| 13 | At the moment her eyes were coaxing as they turned on Alain , but when she had looked at Jenna there had been a coldness that was quickly hidden . |
| 14 | Her palms were sweating as she stood in the wings in her best green dress waiting for them to come off so that she could get on . |
| 15 | They had floated into a dream world of their own , and Lucy 's pulses were racing as she waited to be told he loved her . |
| 16 | ‘ You were limping as you came across Ana 's room and I would think you probably came off worst in this adventure . ’ |
| 17 | His eyes were watering as he started it , and he looked away from me again , towards the deserted white tables around us . |
| 18 | They were speaking as it came to an end after just six hours of evidence . |
| 19 | He pointed to the straight-backed figure of a striking Chinese girl in an embroidered silk dress before whom the crowds were parting as she made her way slowly along the opposite pavement . |
| 20 | The sun was throwing its last handfuls of sunlight into the sky and the gulls were crying as they circled around the school . |
| 21 | ‘ Shop girls were screaming and young mothers were crying as they ran up the street , ’ she said . |
| 22 | But if we were doing as we do a lot of jobs like that and I had to go round and estimate every one it would cost me more to go round and estimate than it would to do the jobs . |
| 23 | He took his glasses off and put them on the table , and his eyes were dancing as she had n't seen them dance since the night he had revealed the identity of Miguelito . |
| 24 | Silvia 's eyes were dancing as she looked into Ronni 's face . |
| 25 | A child was screaming in one of the flats , while two dogs were snarling as they fought in the wasteland beyond the apartment house . |
| 26 | Schools varied in their capacity to manage resources effectively and were learning as they went along . |
| 27 | For they were melting as she stood there , and she seemed to be liquid inside too , her limbs strangely turning to water . |
| 28 | The dinosaurs were spying as he replaced the book . |
| 29 | Friends ' lives were changing as they split up with old partners , found new ones , bought flats , changed jobs . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd take your clothes off now and prove it to you , ’ he said thickly , and his hands were shaking as they held her by the hips . |