Example sentences of "[pron] [v-ing] as [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What am I wearing as I pine for the future , |
| 2 | What am I saying as we sit here talking about this rather strange difficulty that we find ourselves in ? |
| 3 | He did n't know ‘ what statement Mr. Gibbon had made to the other gentlemen or what reasoning they could have employed so as to sign a paper declaring the fact of urinous vomiting to be utterly impossible — here I must be at issue with them believing as I do … from my little physiological knowledge , that vomiting of urine for 26 weeks is by no means impossible … ’ . |
| 4 | The cab swerved into the Place de la Concorde , she felt them whirling as they joined the vortex round the obelisk as if in a fairground swing as it lifts and spins . |
| 5 | He strode on ahead of her , rather than waiting for her to join him as he would normally have done , and the slightly calculated rudeness had her frowning as she followed him into his office . |
| 6 | The river-bank echoed with their shouts and laughter and their splashing as they washed . |
| 7 | He ca n't stop himself smiling as he delivers the clich de grace : ‘ My hands are tied . ’ |
| 8 | The devil , Trent thought , and found himself smiling as he realised that continual fear had acted as a drug , lifting him free of reality in the same way that marathon runners broke through the pain barrier into an almost hallucinatory state of calm . |
| 9 | It gives a better ending to the novel as it brings everything together but still leaves you thinking as it ends |
| 10 | ‘ It is hard to find words to express the aching loneliness and rejection I have found them experiencing as they approach the end of their lives . ’ |
| 11 | I only hope that if my operation leaves me suffering as they did , there will be someone at hand with the strength of character and compassion of Dr Cox to help me. — |
| 12 | But strangely enough , St John Rivers found me crying as he approached the cottage . |
| 13 | ‘ Tell me what 's going on between you and Piers , ’ she heard herself pleading as she walked beside her . |
| 14 | I reminded her that , if she felt it necessary , she could use the detachment technique and simply observe herself doing as I suggested . |
| 15 | It was a contradiction in terms , Lisa found herself thinking as she looked back across the desk at him . |
| 16 | She danced out of the room , and her mother and brother could hear her singing as she ran upstairs . |
| 17 | He got to his feet , and she could hear him coughing as he trundled out . |
| 18 | We could hear him laughing as we closed the garden door . |
| 19 | It slipped down again and she could hear him swearing as he tried to haul it up . |
| 20 | We can hear him panting as he walks . |
| 21 | Mrs Healy saw him running as she looked from her bow window and knew that something must be amiss . |
| 22 | She had to control her breathing as she looked into his face . |
| 23 | The garments might be placed by his hemiplegic side , if there is no risk of him falling as he reaches for them , and if he is beginning to use the hemiplegic arm . |
| 24 | I often see him watching as I go by . |
| 25 | I sat in front of him watching as he ate , my eyes following his hand from the moment his fingers plunged into the bowl until it rose into the air , and carried the food into his mouth . |
| 26 | Lucy could hear her humming as she waited . |
| 27 | Then the dream had shifted to show him whistling as he worked over the bins . |
| 28 | She does not register the gesture , but I can feel her watching as we go . |
| 29 | Well th maybe I should look at it seeing as I missed it . |
| 30 | After years of hard work , I think we 've got it looking as we want it to . ’ |