Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] as [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | This time it was his eyes that were narrowed as he watched her as closely as any cat after a mouse . |
| 4 | His eyes were watering as he started it , and he looked away from me again , towards the deserted white tables around us . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | Someone brought her a coffee and she smiled vague thanks , noting with the same odd detachment that her hands were shaking as she clasped them around the mug . |
| 8 | It 's a bonus to have your papers delivered , but my newspaper boy , like all others , had perfected the art of cramming them in the letter box so that they were shredded as you pulled them inside . |
| 9 | She took the programme from his hand as if wanting to know what the song was , but her eyes were shut as she bent her head over it . |
| 10 | Marian leaned over the parapet ; the rain , which still streamed down , was forgotten as she watched him rapidly disappear . |
| 11 | ‘ That I did for Mr Lambert , ’ but the rebuff was cancelled as he brushed her fingers using the back of his hand . |
| 12 | He was laughing as he possessed her once more , and the laugh died on the point of a knife . |
| 13 | Ron Todd , Transport and General Workers ' Union general secretary , was applauded as he reaffirmed his union 's commitment to unilateralism . |
| 14 | The following night Mr Newman went to the address , but was ambushed as he left his car and attacked so violently that half his face was battered beyond recognition . |
| 15 | Powell 's first major national title was secured as he held his service to clinch the set 7–5 and the match 2–0 . |
| 16 | It 's circulation was peaking as it reached its fiftieth edition . |
| 17 | The 1855 treaty was finally ratified in 1859 , with Old Joseph commenting : ‘ The line was made as I wanted it , not for me but my children that will follow me . |
| 18 | She was grinning as she said it , but he did n't take that in and yelled at her about Women 's Lib claptrap . |
| 19 | He told himself that he had little to fear ; but he was sweating as they made their way into the city . |
| 20 | The dining-room was crowded as she made her way to the open buffet table . |
| 21 | And the fear was growing as he made his plans . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The evening sky was darkening as I made my way up to Claro . |
| 24 | The stolen car was damaged as they made their getaway and the three men transferred to Wishart 's own car and drove to his mother 's home where they shared out the money in the attic . |
| 25 | He was speaking as he jerked himself out on the sandy foreshore . |
| 26 | His temper was rising as he unpacked it . |
| 27 | Not a word was spoken as they made their way to the bar , but a well chilled bottle of wine was uncorked and waiting … |
| 28 | Petion 's jawline was set as he forced his emotions under control , and Ace envied him that , for if anyone had asked she would have had to admit she was terrified . |
| 29 | Light was fading as she wheeled her cycle around the side of their semi-detached house in Yonder , and propped it against the fence . |
| 30 | Her voice was shaking as she told me that on returning from the cinema a couple of weeks earlier she had been grabbed from behind , dragged into an alley and viciously raped at knifepoint . |