Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sighed as if relieved of a huge weight and leaned against his chest , waiting for his arms to go round her , her heart singing as his heart thudded fast beside her cheek . |
| 2 | He slowly kissed every part of her and suddenly he stopped , his hand running gently over her thigh , his uneven breathing easing as he explored her skin . |
| 3 | Seagram 's victory in the 1991 Grand National was an extraordinary coincidence occurring as it did in the final year of the company 's sponsorship of the race . |
| 4 | That particular snap prompted the memory , the afternoon returning as she stared at it — the sandwiches had been of marmite , Edward had found a hawk-moth caterpillar . |
| 5 | Well we had a secretary of state here who is now minister of transport , I do hope he 's watching this programme seeing as I promised we have had gains and proposals . |
| 6 | Then she let the door swing shut and went into her bedroom , feeling the tears sting her eyes like hot needles , her mouth trembling as she moved to her wardrobe , got her case , unzipped it and began blindly packing everything she could fit inside . |
| 7 | Fully awake now , Polly lay absolutely still , her mind racing as she tried to work out what was real and what had been part of her dream . |
| 8 | And the wish keeps the illusion going as it were . |
| 9 | A floundering ‘ Hit The North ’ has bassist Hanley grimacing as the subtleties are pummelled out of it , while ‘ White Lightning ’ has the veins in his neck bulging as he desperately tries to inject some energy tries to inject some energy into proceedings . |
| 10 | A floundering ‘ Hit The North ’ has bassist Hanley grimacing as the subtleties are pummelled out of it , while ‘ White Lightning ’ has the veins in his neck bulging as he desperately tries to inject some energy tries to inject some energy into proceedings . |
| 11 | As the boat rammed the steel plates , fabric ripping as it was dragged up against the rough barnacled side , he fired . |
| 12 | It was , he noticed , distinctly less warm than it had been , with an east wind blowing as they turned into the Parade . |
| 13 | He watched the body hit in a spray of snow then turned away , the roar of the wind abating as he drew the hatch closed behind him . |
| 14 | The last two boxes were lifted on to the small boat , the men who strained under their weight cursing as they completed their task . |
| 15 | I could hear the shotgun barking as I walked through the dim , dripping woods from the house , staying off the muddy path as much as possible and walking on the flattened , exhausted-looking grass at its side to keep my shoes from clogging up . |
| 16 | The police pointed out that I did n't have a tail light working as I was parking it . |
| 17 | The china was so thin that Dougal could see the level of the tea swaying as she stirred it . |
| 18 | Folly just stared , her mind spinning as she tried to fit these new facts into perspective . |
| 19 | Gina recoiled , her mind spinning as his blue eyes , brilliant and intense beneath brows drawn together in thoughtful consideration , travelled over her astonished face . |
| 20 | There is no doubt that Tony Bowran makes a good living working as he does in the field of the ‘ high profile ’ advertising market — as he says , ‘ agencies are my clients , my bread and butter . ’ |
| 21 | But she could feel her mouth smiling as she said it , belying her real nervousness . |
| 22 | DELL PLAYS THE FIELD LOOKING AS IT REVIEWS ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF CASH |
| 23 | We took a two-hour tour of South London with Eva drinking Guinness and hanging out the window cheering as we passed down the Old Kent Road , stopping beside the famous site of Dr Lal 's surgery and the dance hall of love , where Mum met Dad and fell . |
| 24 | Then she replaced it and went over to see to Mrs Mitchell who lay on the top of the bed dressed only in a calico nightgown groaning as she writhed about . |
| 25 | But , with Piers there , she watched instead as they worked together , Simone quickly preparing the garlic butter , and making the salad dressing as he chopped the lettuce . |
| 26 | The names and addresses of these bureaux are listed in Appendix I. A Green Card furnished at frontiers ensures smooth passage establishing as it does the existence of a country 's compulsory motor insurance . |
| 27 | ‘ You are looking at a genuinely reformed character , ’ he assured her with soft intensity , his gaze darkening as his eyes roved hungrily over her flushed cheeks , then down to the open neck of her checked blouse where her breasts were crushed against his chest . |
| 28 | The cop blocked their path , his visor flickering as he computed . |
| 29 | But she forced the Volvo into first , the engine screaming as she drove fifteen or twenty yards down the road . |
| 30 | Theda stood appalled , all her defiance collapsing as she realised the consequences she had brought down upon herself . |