Example sentences of "as it [was/were] [v-ing] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway A mixed passenger and goods train belonging to the Bishop 's Castle Railway Company ran into a coal train belonging to the Great Western Company as it was passing Stretford Junction , owing to the driver of the passenger train being unable to bring it to a standstill on seeing the signals against him . |
| 2 | As it was passing Rostov 's position , a jagged blue flash bridged the gap to the platform , and he controlled the impulse to jump back . |
| 3 | He came just as it was getting dark again . |
| 4 | Modigliani stopped her taxi as it was crossing Montparnasse and implored to be allowed to ride with her , and even that was relayed to her readers . |
| 5 | One of the secretaries kindly dropped me off on her car route home , which — as it was bucketing rain yet again — I appreciated . |