Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [adv] as [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The realisation that the lift was carrying them upwards instead of down made her heart jump horribly , and it went on fluttering febrilely as she stole a look at Luke , standing so still and confident at her side , and knowing , damn him , that she could n't bring herself to protest or ask questions in front of an audience . |
| 2 | He looked at her , the temper suddenly draining away as he assessed her expression . |
| 3 | To prepare for this he had moved many of his photographs , pictures , books and other possessions from London so that the house , though not looking exactly as it did when he was there , became a showplace bursting with Shaviana . |
| 4 | Not leaning forwards as you rise . |
| 5 | People lied about their intentions up to the moment of voting and went on lying even as they left the polling stations , saying they had voted for Labour when they had voted Tory , ’ he says . |
| 6 | She was still laughing softly as she laid the phone down , but the laughter died in her throat as she looked up to see Adam standing a few feet away , his eyes hard as jet . |
| 7 | Lindsey was still breathing hard as she strode through hospital reception , with an effort managing to smile at the small group of people sitting there before going through to the consulting-room and flinging her jacket on to the nearest chair . |
| 8 | It was still snowing lightly as they walked to the Mercedes . |
| 9 | are still collapsing sideways as we gear down into |
| 10 | They would be cooked into a greasy stew with vegetables and served up looking exactly as they did when they were raw : pale and nauseatingly realistic , with the toes and claws intact . |
| 11 | She , skilled in the ways of therapy , had after the first few sessions begun dissecting his own motives for him and Kevin , like an obedient dog , ended up nodding slowly as she told him clearly , fully , frankly what he meant when he said what he thought about what she or Henry felt , and how what he thought he thought about what they felt , or said they felt , probably was n't what he really felt any more than what they said they felt was really deep down what they really felt . |