Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv] as [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The crane ratchets of the later arrivals could still be heard clearly as their crews outramped , and rising bow waves could be spotted as an occasional laggard powered upstream to its proper place in the echelon . |
| 3 | In principle these could mix to some extent , but in practice they can be considered separately as their energies must be very different . |
| 4 | Our client had it in telephone conversation with the bank on ninth of September only proceeded with the proposed purchase on the express understanding that Frinton property was not to be included particularly as his father 's companion a Mrs eighty years of age , was residing in the property and owned a half share of it . |
| 5 | It could be seen therefore as its own safeguard provided by the people against a particular form of exploitation of the people ; and hence as something to be excepted on pragmatic grounds from the general case for nationalisation or municipalisation . |
| 6 | Some more southern varieties , such as cow parsley and meadowsweet , may be driven northwards as their habitats are taken over by invaders from warmer climes . |
| 7 | If space permits it has been suggested that some departmental stocks of general reading books should be kept centrally , however this would be reviewed periodically as our long term aims for the library are achieved . |
| 8 | ‘ On the train from Harwich to London our cases were taken away as our guarantors did not want us wearing funny clothes , ’ one girl remembers . |
| 9 | It takes me about a quarter of an hour to walk briskly to work — the maddening thing is that I do not bring so that walking is reduced rather as my feet get tired in the heat , and we have had some really hot and humid days . |
| 10 | It happened that the dog was silenced just as her last remark emerged , and over his body , flattened now to the sheet where he lay panting , the old woman sitting up in the bed flashed her a look . |
| 11 | True there was no weathered statue in the nave , nor a tomb or altar upon which I lay , but the stones were worn and the building was isolated just as my building was isolated . |
| 12 | The horse 's nostrils were vastly inflated and it was panting rhythmically as its hooves struck the hard ground . |
| 13 | Caroline 's protest was waved aside as her mother prepared to leave , with Roman carrying her suitcases downstairs . |
| 14 | They were greatly upset , but discussion was cut short as his father had to drive to Glasgow to meet Joan , his sister , and John , her husband , to bring them to Fife to spend the festive season . |
| 15 | 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 . |