Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adv] as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were grouped just as he had left them , all looking warily after him . |
| 2 | They were caught red-handed as they carried part of a 200kg haul , worth £264,000 on the streets , into a warehouse near Madrid . |
| 3 | Once Tam darted a terrified glance over his shoulder and saw Kim sprawled across the writing-table ; white faced and trembling from head to toe , he had his eyes closed and his fists were clenched tight as he summoned up every last ounce of courage in his eleven-year-old body to endure his father 's beating without weeping or crying out . |
| 4 | Voices were raised outside as he progressed through the crowd , but he told everyone to ‘ move on ’ and ‘ go home ’ , instructions which , of course , were ignored . |
| 5 | But all her frantic thoughts were cut short as she opened the door , to see her own children sitting , staring in amazement at the red-faced boy in the middle of the floor with his hands raised to strike one of them . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | Suddenly the road grew wider and the trees were left behind as they reached a small town of almost glaringly white buildings set against a backdrop of hills and fronted by a tiny harbour . |
| 8 | So ( for all her personal extravagance ) the principessa was regarded exactly as she regarded herself , just decently well off . |
| 9 | The fatalism of life at work was accepted just as it was believed that they could not help themselves or , indeed , be helped . |
| 10 | She was jerked forward as he slammed on the brakes and brought the car skidding to a halt on the gravel in front of the steps . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The tragic yachtsman , a Tynesider in his 40s , was washed overboard as he tried to change a sail . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The long-time front runners have now gone four games without a goal , and their misery was prolonged yesterday as they missed from the penalty spot . |
| 15 | His face was set grimly as he sped away in his chauffeured Bentley with his personal assistant Belinda Harley . |
| 16 | Vidor was praised even as he was written off as box-office . |
| 17 | The divorced man was arrested yesterday as he left Armley jail , near Leeds , after serving six years over the kidnapping of a young Midlands girl . |
| 18 | A BRITISH solicitor wanted in the United States for alleged conspiracy to sell stolen British Treasury bills was arrested yesterday as he arrived in Cyprus . |
| 19 | Caroline 's protest was waved aside as her mother prepared to leave , with Roman carrying her suitcases downstairs . |
| 20 | But the thrill I felt at the strange beauty was swept away as I got out and the wind struck me . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The tentative protest was cut short as she was abruptly flattened along the sofa , pinned mercilessly beneath him . |
| 23 | Even allowing for this , the surface was left just as it came out of the mould . |
| 24 | The book 's central part , represented by " Socrates and Greek Tragedy " , had already been well worked and , apart from some reordering , was left virtually as it was ; the rest required more attention , but on 12 December he was able to send off the final portions of the manuscript , including a new , short , preface to Wagner . " |
| 25 | For a moment he was taken aback as he realised she was so sorry for him she was arranging a date . |
| 26 | Afterwards , oesophagoscopy was repeated twice as he failed to respond to conservative management . |
| 27 | Then her anger was roused again as she saw that a van had double parked alongside her yellow Metro City . |
| 28 | I spent as much time wondering how the dome was held together as I did actually climbing . |
| 29 | He was held yesterday as he drove to a villa in Longara , northern Italy . |
| 30 | Her voice was controlled even as she lifted her hand to silence Emily . |