Example sentences of "[v-ing] as [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some students with pre-RAF flight training can skip a level and go directly to the Tucano , leaping as they do so into a world far distant from general aviation . |
| 2 | They were still laughing as they stepped down into the hold . |
| 3 | You are Scottish ? ’ and each time she touches my kilt with her hand , throwing her head back and laughing as we spin around the dance floor . |
| 4 | She was laughing as she went back to the garden and Wickham . |
| 5 | Anxious as she was about the neighbours , she could n't help laughing as she hurried downstairs . |
| 6 | He was laughing as he rang off , and she could almost feel his satisfaction . |
| 7 | Barnes was laughing as he climbed out of his cockpit , and pointed at the huge hole in one wing-root made by a cannon shell and another through the opposite wing . |
| 8 | ‘ Come on gal , ’ he shouted , laughing as he stood up , ‘ let's see if I can find a deer to show you . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Great , great , ’ replied Ben , still laughing as he jumped down and rejoined his comrade in the jeep . |
| 10 | In a short time one returned with his beak full , and they could hear the nestlings squeaking as he flew out of sight beneath their feet . |
| 11 | We have looked at the devices which create formal links between sentences ; at pragmatic interpretations which link literal meaning to function and social meaning ; at the existence of hierarchical structures in particular discourse types ; and finally at the conversational mechanisms which enable people to construct informal discourse together and make sense of what is happening as they do so . |
| 12 | ‘ Ross … ’ she gasped as he lowered her dress , his fingers tracing the pale blue veins in her full breasts , quivering as she glanced down to see his tanned hands moving slowly over her pale , alabaster skin . |
| 13 | There was something strangely prurient about a total freedom to examine someone else 's personal tastes , but all her artistic antennae were quivering as she moved back inside and began to look carefully around her . |
| 14 | But the dark grey eyes were smouldering as they dropped briefly from the stormy curve of her mouth to her body , scantily clad in garments that were casual in the extreme , her favourite faded denim shorts cut from an old pair of jeans , and the little white cotton bustier into which she had changed on her return from work , planning to spend the humid twilight time out on her balcony before preparing to attend a local record company 's promotion party . |
| 15 | The Oceanis thundered down the middle of the harbour , the anchor crunching as it picked up several chains on the bottom . |
| 16 | She unfastened her cloak and he took it from her , noticing as he did so the brocade gown that so exactly matched the colour of her eyes . |
| 17 | ‘ It 'll be risky , ’ said Harry , noticing as he did so how his choice of tense had changed from the conditional to the future . |
| 18 | He reached for the file , flicking through the pages , frowning as he looked up . |
| 19 | Penry thrust his black hair back from his forehead , frowning as he looked up . |
| 20 | Derek put the telephone down slowly , frowning as he did so . |
| 21 | ‘ You can leave after lunch , ’ he said flatly , and then paused , frowning as he pulled out a vast painting of Rachel lying on a blazing sunlit beach , her slender body clad in a brief white bikini , her face young and lovely . |
| 22 | Tears filled her eyes as the truth danced before her , but they ebbed without spilling as it danced away again . |
| 23 | Then she replaced it and went over to see to Mrs Mitchell who lay on the top of the bed dressed only in a calico nightgown groaning as she writhed about . |
| 24 | Some like to have the item fully composed before they begin teaching others prefer to compose and teach parts , discarding and replacing as they go along until it takes shape . |
| 25 | However when we arrived at the spot we were confronted by a group or ten or so 16–18 year olds scattered across the moor who were screaming and shouting as they jumped in and out of peat troughs . |
| 26 | You keep shouting as you move offstage still pulling the load . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's far too hot for this climate , ’ she retorted flatly , her cheeks flushing as she turned away from those cynical , all-seeing eyes , beneath which she 'd felt she was being mentally undressed . |
| 28 | His voice was trembling as he took both my hands in his . |
| 29 | His legs were trembling as he ran back to the police car to radio for immediate medical help . |
| 30 | Anne could see , though , that he was trembling as he picked up the handles of the handcart and moved away . |