Example sentences of "[v-ing] as [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | We were out of our depth in the sea , and I suppose we forgot to tread water in the excitement of the moment and the next thing I knew , we were both submerged and choking and spluttering as we pushed our way back to the surface . |
| 32 | ‘ Oh , God ! ’ he said , laughing , his body relaxing and his eyes glittering as he bent his head , his mouth close to hers . |
| 33 | After two hours she no longer believed that ordinary delays were keeping her daughter , who , according to her mother , was usually very punctilious about telling her if she was going to be late and where she was going as she knew her mother worried . |
| 34 | She tailed off , colour coming and going as she remembered what had happened both before and after that fateful conversation she 'd overheard , and saw in his eyes an echo of everything that she was feeling . |
| 35 | And the fear was growing as he made his plans . |
| 36 | ‘ Take her to the window , please , ’ he urged Mary , whispering as he heard someone striding into the hall which was adjacent . |
| 37 | He told himself that he had little to fear ; but he was sweating as they made their way into the city . |
| 38 | The evening sky was darkening as I made my way up to Claro . |
| 39 | The roiling forms of her face resolved themselves like pieces of a multi-faceted jigsaw , turning and turning as they found their place , concealing countless other configurations — rare , wretched , bestial , dazzling — behind the shell of a congruous reality . |
| 40 | His eyes were watering as he started it , and he looked away from me again , towards the deserted white tables around us . |
| 41 | He had always believed her to be promiscuous — now he was probably convinced , she thought bitterly , her face flaming as she recalled her total abandon in his arms . |
| 42 | He moved swiftly down the line of the wall , slowing as he neared its end . |
| 43 | His temper was rising as he unpacked it . |
| 44 | First I sprinkled the floor with water to prevent the dust from rising as I swept it . |
| 45 | He was speaking as he jerked himself out on the sandy foreshore . |
| 46 | He gazed down at her almost fiercely , his voice breaking as he told her , ‘ I can not endure another day like the last two weeks . ’ |
| 47 | Her shoes went flying as she kicked them off her feet . |
| 48 | With a shout of pain he tore his hand free , the flesh ripping as he dragged himself away from the knife , leaving it embedded in the wood . |
| 49 | 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 . |
| 50 | ‘ Good boy , ’ the big man kept saying as he forced him down on to his knees . |
| 51 | Light was fading as she wheeled her cycle around the side of their semi-detached house in Yonder , and propped it against the fence . |
| 52 | But you are also quite … adorable , ’ he mocked softly , his voice deepening as he tilted her chin up to his inspection . |
| 53 | I was told that I would have to take a strange aircraft that night , I learnt that my aircraft had been damaged by flak — and Italian flak to boot — and one of my lads was in hiding as he claimed I had threatened him with dire punishment if he damaged my aircraft . |
| 54 | ‘ Of course I 'll come back to the Dordogne to see you , ’ Jenna promised , knowing as she said it that she could never face Alain again . |
| 55 | He silently toasted Dowd as he talked , knowing as he sipped it that there 'd be bloodshed before Christmas Day dawned . |
| 56 | We then engaged in philosophical discourse , while a servant woman , cringing as she served us , brought a dark drink like tea in earthenware bowls which fitted neatly between Mr White Face 's tusks . |
| 57 | ‘ Got it ! ’ she yelled , and then she carried on yelling as she realized her mistake : if the airlock was pressurized , the rush of air as the doors opened would send her flying across the Arcadian system . |
| 58 | The last two boxes were lifted on to the small boat , the men who strained under their weight cursing as they completed their task . |
| 59 | For a while the man stood muttering and cursing as he clanked his heavy ring of keys , but at last he found the right one and they stepped on to the moonlit track which ran down like a strip of silver through the overhanging trees . |
| 60 | She saw his face changing as he remembered everything that had happened . |