Example sentences of "as we were [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we were debating the height of a horse and rider , Elaine Stewart turned up — on horseback ! |
| 2 | As we were leaving the theatre , we had to wait for Dad to shake hands in the foyer with some dignitaries . |
| 3 | In fact we were slowly falling in love , and when one late afternoon Eric kissed me as we were leaving the garden , I was not surprised . |
| 4 | As we were pitching the tents , a herd of buffalo wandered by , this time plainly visible , less than 500 yards away . |
| 5 | As we were crossing the plain of Birzebbugia nearing the air station , we were surprised to hear a sharp report . |
| 6 | As we were mixing the B side , this guy called Calvin Mark Lee , who worked for the record company , was actually off at Philips cutting the A side . |
| 7 | Literally as we were mixing the B side he was over here cutting the A side . |
| 8 | As we were talking the guns started up again , making conversation very difficult . |
| 9 | No luxury cruise around the Mediterranean could have been half as rewarding ; I should have been fed up at sea and embarrassed ashore , always conscious of the intrusion of our party as we were shown the sights . |
| 10 | He came back just as we were finishing the test . |