Example sentences of "[v-ing] as i [vb past] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I heard a photocopier going as I rummaged around , ’ he said . |
| 2 | My lungs exploded , imploded , exploded , imploded ; plumes of wet sand flew from my soles , rising as I sped on , falling in little curves and spattering back as I raced on into the distance . |
| 3 | Edward looked on scowling as I came over . |
| 4 | But Clare was ten thousand miles away , I was thinking as I woke up , while Toma made fresh coffee and cooked me a man-sized breakfast of local bacon-cum-ham and two of the island 's tiny eggs . |
| 5 | The guns along the banks of the Orne were still firing as I arrived back at the jeep . |