Example sentences of "be [adv] [v-ing] as [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't want a leader of the country who walks out on the job when things are not going as he wants . |
| 2 | As the mum of a 12-year-old son , we are both learning as we go along how to use the Amstrad 5086 , my son concentrating more or less on games and school related programs , myself for the odd game , but mainly word-processing ( I have just written my first book ) , genealogy and cheating on addressing the Christmas cards . |
| 3 | Pa and Ms are both snoring as I watch the yellow dustcart reverse up our track . |
| 4 | He had as much right to be out walking as I had . ’ |
| 5 | People were not behaving as he had ordained they should behave . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The birds were still singing as she made her way slowly to the cars . |
| 8 | The guns along the banks of the Orne were still firing as I arrived back at the jeep . |
| 9 | They were still laughing as they stepped down into the hold . |
| 10 | They were practically cheering as they raced across the scabby grass down to the mill . |
| 11 | The Geordies were seemingly cruising as they built up a 3-0 half-time lead . |
| 12 | The female , beating her wings as fast as 500 times a second creates the high-pitched hum that is so unsettling as you lie in camp trying to go to sleep without a mosquito net . |
| 13 | STAINI RACK NUUL Introspection ( sometimes prompted by birthdays ) that one is not living as one determined to live when one was very young ; or , on the other hand , realizing that one is living in a mode decided upon when one was very young and which is now no longer applicable or appropriate |
| 14 | The worst target of all is the one that seems to be near but is forever receding as one gets closer to it . |
| 15 | What ‘ Back In Denim ’ is really saying as it launches spiteful attacks on Duran Duran and mourns David Cassidy 's retirement , is that Pop Music Is Important , as much a part of our lives , our personalities as the polluted air we breathe and the clothes we choose to wear . |
| 16 | honourable member what he 's really saying as I understand it Madam Speaker is there 's too much bureaucracy and the bureaucracy is going to prevent anybody acting because they 're all overlapping , they 're all paid out of presumably the public purse as well , there 's a there 's a enormous number of public off officials that is preventing er a a clear direct , exes executive arm . |
| 17 | It is then in the ideal position to attack from below.As the kite is pulled up , so the line is fast moving as it contacts the victim 's line and tension quickly severs the strands . |
| 18 | Not only that ; Mordecai was equally definite that he was merely doing as he had been instructed . |
| 19 | He was just remounting as she reined in . |
| 20 | Dawn was just breaking as she went down to the burn to fetch water . |
| 21 | At Brigade H.Q the Brigade Major was just leaving as I arrived and there was no sign of Shimi Lovat . |
| 22 | Jack was just arriving as she walked back into the department , and a police car drew up with the still-hysterical mother inside . |
| 23 | Dusk was just falling as they turned into the parking area down by the river . |
| 24 | Joe was not smiling as he looked at her . |
| 25 | Julia looked at David then and was a little surprised to see that he was not laughing as she had expected . |
| 26 | It was painful for the woman , and Juliet tried to comfort her , but the doctor was still frowning as he concluded the examination . |
| 27 | He was still shouting as they walked past the barbed wire and the concrete blocks down to the waterline . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | She was still praying as she emptied the bucket over the logs . |
| 30 | Ruth was still laughing as she closed the bathroom door after her . |