Example sentences of "[v-ing] as [pers pn] [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His clothes steaming as he bent to light a cigarette from a blazing splinter on the open hearth . |
| 2 | Julia looked at David then and was a little surprised to see that he was not laughing as she had expected . |
| 3 | Ellen was laughing as she tried to stop the gunk that still spewed from the cylinder . |
| 4 | Images flickered across the disordered screen of her mind — Rune provocatively , dominantly angry at their first meeting ; Rune , eyes shuttered , playing ‘ her ’ song ; Rune , mouth tender , eyes laughing as he had watched the children playing at the funfair in Tivoli ; Rune , seeking her out at her hotel , deliberately drawing her into his life ; Rune , his blond head bent , handling her damaged foot with such tenderness ; Rune … |
| 5 | They circled above him menacingly , the female laughing as he struggled to regain the line of his flight . |
| 6 | When they could hold it no longer the Collector shouted the order to retire to the next door : that which led from the drawing-room to the hall and where , several weeks earlier , the Collector had been lurking as he tried to make up his mind to attend the meeting of the Krishnapur Poetry Society . |
| 7 | Donna rubbed both hands across her face , her body quivering as she began to regain some warmth , some feeling in her extremities . |
| 8 | The News of the World 's vision should stand with the many other bizarre sightings of that year , blending as it did fear of modernity evil American sophistication — the threat of revamped Limehouse opium dens , courtesy of Indica 's Indian music , and the throwback to holiday camp drilling thanks to ‘ organized ’ LSD experiences . |
| 9 | He went on to describe the drivers swearing as they got snarled up in the midday Cairo traffic . |
| 10 | It slipped down again and she could hear him swearing as he tried to haul it up . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , sir , ’ said Charlie , and sat shivering as he continued to stare out into the darkness for another forty minutes . |
| 12 | But as I described my dream , he became calmer , and sat down on the bed , trembling as he tried to control his feelings . |
| 13 | He fumbled to unclip the keys from his belt and his fingers were trembling as he tried to unlock the door . |
| 14 | ‘ Do n't you dare presume to tell me what I need ! ’ she spat , trembling as she began to clamber on to the quayside . |
| 15 | Louis turned his head towards his daughter , his tongue protruding as he tried to speak , failed , wept . |
| 16 | Yes , he was every bit as good looking as she had thought he was when she had glimpsed him from the catwalk . |
| 17 | Taff 's face was really mean looking as he continued to curse the gunners along the River Orne . |
| 18 | But as she reached him the vision shimmered and disappeared and she was alone , stumbling as she tried to find her way through the shadows of a forest , mist cloaking the branches of the trees . |
| 19 | ‘ Could n't wait , eh ? ’ she asked , grinning as she began to undo his shirt buttons . |
| 20 | He had n't read the script , was n't acting as she had envisaged . |
| 21 | It was going as they had planned . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | There was an air of disquiet , much muttering and whispering as they tried to find a solution to the problem facing them — a greater broad backed bookworm had been spotted . |
| 24 | The creature looked expectantly at Twoflower , its skin rippling and twitching as it sought to open its wings in the confines of the passage . |
| 25 | And besides , it occurred to her , her eyes narrowing as she continued to watch him , there was something different about him today , some quality that had definitely not been there yesterday , and that in her initial agitation had eluded her till now . |
| 26 | Ceauşescu was amused by this story , particularly by his own interpreter 's stuttering as he came to translate the punchline . |
| 27 | She gulped , unable to continue speaking as she fought to keep back the tears that were threatening to fall yet again . |
| 28 | Peter 's face was glowing as he turned to look up . |
| 29 | He had to dodge in to the roadside as an open-backed van loaded with milk-crates passed , its brakelights glowing as it slowed to take in the bend . |
| 30 | His mother had been crying as she had rifled the house for money for him , and as she had made sandwiches to put in greaseproof paper because it would be dangerous for him to stop at cafés on his way to the airport . |