Example sentences of "[v-ing] as [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A woman was singing popular songs , and the holidaymakers were drinking and laughing as they ate their steaks . |
| 2 | The men were in great form , however , singing and shouting ; and you could not help laughing as you watched them remove certain attractive articles from the stalls of the street vendors . |
| 3 | Quite out of the blue her sense of the ridiculous erupted ; the parallel he 'd drawn appealed to her , and she found herself actually laughing as she handed him one of the bowls . |
| 4 | Christina followed her eagerly , laughing as she showed her friend how to body-surf on the smaller waves , and then how to dive and tread water waiting for a really big wave . |
| 5 | With a muffled shriek , she pushed at his weight with her hands and knees , half laughing as he squashed her flat again and controlled her flailing arms with a glitter of laughter in his eyes . |
| 6 | He was laughing as he possessed her once more , and the laugh died on the point of a knife . |
| 7 | Jack was by now mumbling as he hauled his way up the slope to face further pain and humiliation . |
| 8 | This is all realistic and is happening as I think it would if small boys were alone on an island . |
| 9 | Wild pleasure streaked to every nerve-end in Caroline 's body , the reaction intensifying as he moved his mouth to the other breast , scorching such shafts of response through her that she caught his dark head in her hands , convulsively raking her fingers through the silky curls of his hair , arching herself up to his touch . |
| 10 | She 'd probably hear Guy snoring as she passed his bedroom door . |
| 11 | She sat there , quivering as he took her in his arms , kissing her so sweetly that she thought the pain of love would tear open her heart . |
| 12 | Her lips felt swollen from his kiss , her body shuddering as she felt his hand , pressed tensely against her spine , hesitate for a moment and then , as if he could not stop himself , slide around caressingly over her slender body and up to the full swell of her breast . |
| 13 | Ronni looked into his eyes and smiled at the compliment , inwardly shuddering as he took her in his arms and proceeded to lead her in time to the music . |
| 14 | She was still some way behind her father 's horse , whom she saw her father checking as he realized there was no way through . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | At the bottom of the escalator we meet the ticket inspector riding down and frowning as he approaches us . |
| 17 | ‘ We 're going to have to do something — because I simply ca n't tell you two imps of mischief apart , ’ Laura muttered , groaning as she levered herself up against the pillows . |
| 18 | The dogs were surprised when I disturbed them in the middle of the night and they chased in their runs when I left again , strained to see me departing through the rain , and hear the car door opening , their bowls clanking as I threw them inside . |
| 19 | I was rabbiting and rabbiting and rabbiting as we drank our tea . |
| 20 | She spun with a cry , already shivering as she saw who it was . |
| 21 | Leonora did as she was bidden , shivering as she brushed her teeth . |
| 22 | She renewed her make-up , pausing as she met her blue eyes in the mirror . |
| 23 | The myth that a man makes has transformations according as he sees himself as hero or villain , as young or old , but it is essentially the same myth ; Tom Jones is not the same person , but he is the same myth as Squire Western ; Midshipman Easy is part of the same myth ; Falstaff is elevated above the myth to dwell on Olympus , more than a national character . |
| 24 | We went on listening as she informed us that she had progressed from the easy-peasies such as Keats and Dickens to the Russian heavy brigade . |
| 25 | She could feel the adrenalin surging as she made her decision . |
| 26 | Leonora whirled round , flushing as she found him watching her from the doorway . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ Roman , the other night at Casa Sciorto , ’ she whispered shakily , tightening her arms around his neck , trembling as he bent his head to trace the lightest of kisses along her temple , ‘ making … making love with you . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | After years of hard work , I think we 've got it looking as we want it to . ’ |