Example sentences of "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 . |