Example sentences of "[v-ing] as [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | They made a good pair , both dark-haired , Simone animated and bubbly , laughing as he related amusing anecdotes about his travels . |
2 | Modern school buildings make as much use as possible of natural light , incorporating as they do large windows . |
3 | ‘ Flags & Emblems ’ suggests he could be right , boasting as it does ten numbers that are every bit as abrasive and sharply barbed as their predecessors . |
4 | DELL PLAYS THE FIELD LOOKING AS IT REVIEWS ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF CASH |
5 | Under her direction , the squad became a very close-knit affair comprising as it did four cousins , six nephews and a younger brother ( 42 ) . |
6 | Never before , and probably not for a very long time again will it be possible to recreate such an exhibition , containing as it does important paintings from major Western and Russian museums and private collections , as well as outstanding works from circa fifty provincial and specialised museums in the former Soviet Union . |
7 | Miron 's tentative conclusion is that older staff may become less concerned about teaching as they develop other priorities ; but it is equally possible that students are responding more similarly , and more favourably , to lecturers who are more like themselves . |
8 | Turning away from a regard that seemed faintly menacing , she tried to look as though she knew what she was doing as she rearranged some sweaters . |
9 | But what we need to do as well , is to listen wha to what the churches are saying as they address these issues . |
10 | What ‘ Back In Denim ’ is really saying as it launches spiteful attacks on Duran Duran and mourns David Cassidy 's retirement , is that Pop Music Is Important , as much a part of our lives , our personalities as the polluted air we breathe and the clothes we choose to wear . |
11 | Thus the subject matter of this chapter , combining as it does both practices in the teaching of the arts and LEA 's INSET policies , has hitherto been virtually unresearched . |
12 | The only noise one hears at Edgware Road this morning is that of embittered commuters stomping away from locked gates and cursing as they plan alternative routes . |
13 | Following as it did two years of bitterness caused by the government 's political intervention in food distribution , the tax provoked an immediate and direct response from large sections of the movement . |
14 | The document noted that foreign debt was a threat to social peace and the stability of democratic systems in Latin America , restricting as it did social services budgets . |
15 | Thus , Sprinter units working out of Derby depot , covering as they did stopping services on routes spread out as far as Leeds , Manchester , Cambridge , Aberystwyth , Pwllheli , Holyhead , Scarborough , Skegness and Cleethorpes , actually achieved annual mileages in excess of 100,000 miles per year , practically double that achieved by the older DMUs . |
16 | Then , he let out a groan and sank into a chair , his hands over his face and his shoulders heaving as he made superhuman efforts to contain his shock and grief . |