Example sentences of "[v-ing] as [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In conjunction with J. P. Manning Prentice , who was then director of the British Astronomical Association 's meteor section , Alcock watched as particles of dust from space dashed at random to their fiery death in the atmosphere , appearing as shooting stars . |
| 2 | During that time he worked with wool blending as Teasing Foreman and latterly as assistant to the Raw Materials ' Manager in the Warehouse office . |
| 3 | But worries about its outcome have been growing as mining companies and others have woken up to the fact that their lands may be claimed by aborigine groups . |
| 4 | In recent weeks the cartel had used seven kidnapped journalists and a diplomat 's sister it claimed to be holding as bargaining counters to force the government into negotiations . |
| 5 | In fact , his voice was metallic , cutting as honed steel , sending a paralysing chill through her bones . |
| 6 | Three to one my friend in the courtyard is there just as much to stop me leaving as to stop others coming in . |