Example sentences of "[v-ing] as [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the clean sound , reverb really does make a difference , adding as it does greater depth to any guitar 's tone . |
| 2 | Their jit jive music keeps the listener moving as it blends high energy , finger-picking good guitar melodies with deep African rhythms and percussion . |
| 3 | Marion Conroy was on stage until the final curtain calls and came up the stairs with the rest of the cast afterwards , observing as she did that Pepper went into his No. 2 and shut the door but that Cissy opened it and went in after him , the wide-eyed babyish stare that was the caricaturists ' joy quite absent . |
| 4 | A learning technique in which individuals perform a series of sequential actions and say what they are doing as they perform each action . |
| 5 | He lifted the boy 's hand into his rough dry palm and poked at the pattern of bruises on both sides , scowling as he prodded each mark in turn . |
| 6 | If this is accepted then odours per se , destroying as they do any feeling of well-being , the enjoyment of food and home , are prejudicial to health and adequate legal measures ought to be available to ensure their control . |
| 7 | The cognate degree holders , i.e. those with degrees in building or civil engineering , present no notable challenge , offering as they do subject attainment closely allied to that normally required . |
| 8 | His claims are certain to escalate into a big political scandal , following as they do new evidence linking Mrs Mandela to the murder of a prominent Soweto doctor . |