The seats were too far back for my nearsighted sister.

Straining to see the stage, the seats were too far back for my nearsighted sister.

The seats, too far back for my nearsighted sister, were straining to see the stage.

Sweetly smiling, my mother received the bouquet.

Sweetly smiling, the bouquet was received by my mother.

The bouquet was received by my mother, sweetly smiling.

Kicking the ball, my brother broke the kitchen window.

Kicking the ball, the kitchen window was broken by my brother.

Breaking the kitchen window, the ball was kicked by my brother.

We all drooled at the wonderful aroma as we sat down to dinner.

Sitting down to dinner, the wonderful aroma made us all drool.

The wonderful aroma, sitting down to dinner, made us all drool.