Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [v-ing] as [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People were not behaving as he had ordained they should behave . |
| 2 | As I reeled around in the meaty steam a little tune tinkled repetitively in my mind ; it was the song Siegfried and I were forever singing as we waited to enter the RAF , the popular jingle which In our innocence we thought typified the new life ahead . |
| 3 | The birds were still singing as she made her way slowly to the cars . |
| 4 | The guns along the banks of the Orne were still firing as I arrived back at the jeep . |
| 5 | They were still laughing as they stepped down into the hold . |
| 6 | They were practically cheering as they raced across the scabby grass down to the mill . |
| 7 | The Geordies were seemingly cruising as they built up a 3-0 half-time lead . |
| 8 | Not only that ; Mordecai was equally definite that he was merely doing as he had been instructed . |
| 9 | He was just remounting as she reined in . |
| 10 | Dawn was just breaking as she went down to the burn to fetch water . |
| 11 | At Brigade H.Q the Brigade Major was just leaving as I arrived and there was no sign of Shimi Lovat . |
| 12 | Jack was just arriving as she walked back into the department , and a police car drew up with the still-hysterical mother inside . |
| 13 | Dusk was just falling as they turned into the parking area down by the river . |
| 14 | Joe was not smiling as he looked at her . |
| 15 | Julia looked at David then and was a little surprised to see that he was not laughing as she had expected . |
| 16 | It was painful for the woman , and Juliet tried to comfort her , but the doctor was still frowning as he concluded the examination . |
| 17 | He was still shouting as they walked past the barbed wire and the concrete blocks down to the waterline . |
| 18 | He was still talking as he propelled her through the door and back along the corridor towards the exit , barely pausing for breath , and giving her no chance at all to interrupt . |
| 19 | She was still praying as she emptied the bucket over the logs . |
| 20 | Ruth was still laughing as she closed the bathroom door after her . |
| 21 | Daylight was quickly fading as they walked up the street to the nurse 's house . |
| 22 | She was continuously moulting as she grew her feathers , and however many times I hoovered I could never get it all . |
| 23 | As always , his knack of disarming was successful , and she was even laughing as they went into the foyer of the Tudor Queen where Sam and Anna awaited them . |
| 24 | He had n't read the script , was n't acting as she had envisaged . |
| 25 | The consultant was visibly shaking as he described how the 12-year-old victim had sustained severe head and facial injuries . |
| 26 | Her mouth was actually watering as she thought of Theresa 's cooking . |
| 27 | He was therefore scowling as he bumped into his own wife , who was coming out of the Russell Inn just as he was entering . |