Example sentences of "as he [was/were] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MARK Chapman was the nerd from hell who shot John Lennon just as he was entering his musical renaissance , born out of contentment at being just another drug-free millionaire house-husband . |
| 2 | He 'd answered with some folderol about seeking the ideal woman , but he 'd known the truth even as he was spinning her this tosh , and it was a bitter thing . |
| 3 | Noticing my bewilderment , he revealed he was writing down the names of the ‘ bigwigs ’ , as he was finding it difficult to remember them all . |
| 4 | I was trying to teach him French , as he was finding it hard to keep up with the stream of orders and commands being issued by the staff . |
| 5 | But she usually heard him creep in , however late it was , and came scratching on the door just as he had got his trousers off , or just as he was scraping her uneaten steak-and-kidney pie into a polythene bag to throw away at the office next day . |
| 6 | But as he was finishing his second pint , and wondering again whether to go up and see one or other of the Mrs Machins , his mind was made up for him . |
| 7 | They made a direct appeal to Mr Clarke as he was paying his first visit to a police station since taking over at the Home Office . |