Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [pron] [noun] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The spear-shaped leaves of the gum tree were dappling their faces as the sun moved towards the Andes . |
| 2 | Vanguard was breaking up and its supporters were either rejoining the Unionist Party or moving to Paisley 's DUP , which was consolidating its position as the more militant and more populist loyalist party . |
| 3 | By his death , the membership had doubled , the MCC was developing its role as the judicious lawgiver of the game , and there were many more cleaner-cut fixtures , with schools and the universities , for example . |
| 4 | Paul wrote that he was doing his work as the Lord 's servant . |
| 5 | Aged twelve , living in France and betrothed to the dauphin , Mary was asserting her position as the adult reigning monarch of Scotland . |