Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [v-ing] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Robert really is going , then what about Ian coming here as assistant ? |
| 2 | He kissed her again , several pairs of eyes watching differently as he received her submission . |
| 3 | But he was n't too keen on the idea of Donald arriving just as Elinor was wiping the last traces of chicken thallium off her lips . |
| 4 | The trade is booming er there 's a lot of er of people coming across as you know and we estimate that there are in the region of er three million peop er British people coming a year in Calais . |
| 5 | A matron chaperoned them at all times , trekking them from digs to school , on to the theatre and finally back to their digs at night , the crocodile of children walking slower as the day progressed . |
| 6 | Thinking now of Basil sighing deeply as he wrote his reports in Rishworth Street , and seeing again that absolutely personal handwriting that he had , one remembers again that unique charm , gentle but yes , too , at times a bit formidable , as pale , a bit round-shouldered , always smoking , serious but often laughing , dedicated without solemnity to the cause , he ploughed on with his work into the early evening . |
| 7 | The principal British rival to the BBC has faced an uncertain future , with costs rising just as recession was slashing into advertising . |
| 8 | As I sat there with metal ticking away as it cooled and steam rising around the engines , I tried to open the door only to find it jammed . |
| 9 | As I sat there with metal ticking away as it cooled and steam rising around the engines , I tried to open the door only to find it jammed . |
| 10 | Again we see the same anxiety : social stability depended crucially on people staying just as they were ( identity ) , where they were ( location ) , and doing what they always had done ( calling ) . |