Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] as [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thought she could see small shapes in the uprush of flame , like insects burning , crackling furiously as their shells ignited in a sudden flare of brilliance . |
| 2 | Lying awake that night , Lindsey sighed , tossing restlessly as her mind refused to switch off the events of the day . |
| 3 | He watched her all the way to the swing doors , her head of brown hair held high and bobbing slightly as her heels clipped the floor . |
| 4 | Ace moved her arm , and watched with a smile as a huge claw moved in front of her , its metal digits flexing exactly as her fingers moved inside it . |
| 5 | The driver , swearing loudly as his passengers picked themselves up from the floor and out of each other 's laps , opened the front door and jumped down to see what had happened to Adam . |
| 6 | His marriage to Elizabeth Calandrini cemented important business ties with her family , and one of her brothers , Philip Calandrini , was to be particularly closely associated with him , acting frequently as his agent in Amsterdam in a variety of business , including the pawning of jewels for Charles I in 1625 . |
| 7 | The man is believed to have been waiting there as his ex girlfriend came out of the shop with her daughter and two young grandchildren . |
| 8 | The first two weekends of the 1977 season were for Mario anyway marred by accidents : in Argentina the nose-mounted fire extinguisher exploded , and in Brazil he found himself sitting in a pool of petrol and got out of the car while it was still moving just as his cockpit went up in flames . |
| 9 | They swam then , and Damian made love to her in the hot sea , stripping her as they floated together , wrapping their bodies around each other in unreasoning desire , kissing saltily as their hoarse cries filled the air and they nearly sank like stones as Damian went rigid with pleasure , his fingers biting into her nude body in the warm water . |
| 10 | Engines roaring , it swooped in to land , braking hard as its wheels touched the wide runway which was crossed halfway along by the single road connecting the British colony to the Spanish mainland . |
| 11 | ‘ I was just wondering how much I 'm really going to enjoy being a sex slave , ’ she told him bitterly , panting slightly as his hand moved lower , his palm flattening itself against her stomach . |
| 12 | The horse 's nostrils were vastly inflated and it was panting rhythmically as its hooves struck the hard ground . |
| 13 | At age eleven I had gone away from my parents ' school to a boarding school in Herefordshire , and remembered crying miserably as my mother and father drove off down the drive , leaving me to be looked after by one of the older boys . |
| 14 | Then , with sound like a rippling machine gun , arms outstretched and a face-splitting smile , you speed spectacularly towards the audience , a different light flashing magically as your heels lightly clip each step.The effect is stunning , like somebody racing at you on an escalator only much , much better . |
| 15 | With a gasp she felt his palm close firmly round one of her breasts , circling and squeezing until she felt her nipples harden and an explosion of fire sweep through her entire body , sending her head back , lips opening , lids heavy and breath deepening uncontrollably as her arms came up around his neck . |
| 16 | Kiefer Sutherland sits purring gently as his obliging press officer massages and pummels the taut muscles on his neck and shoulders . |
| 17 | It was Saturday evening as we neared the low-lying reaches of sandy shore and the outlying rocks of Tiree , and the sun was setting peacefully as our steamer came alongside of the stone pier at Scaranish Harbour , and we saw a sand-environed bay with some veteran sloops fixed in the sand — no more to mount o'er the waves of ocean , and spread ample sails to the breeze of heaven — left there , I am told , because it would not be deemed lucky to break them up . |
| 18 | Hyacinth leaped to her feet with a yell and knocked over the pot , screaming again as its scalding contents splashed her legs . |
| 19 | He gave her a gentle push , and she slid from beneath the covers , blushing faintly as his eyes swept boldly over her nakedness , yet enjoying his frank scrutiny at the same time . |