[color=red]1-You were a hero risking your life for us.
[color=darkblue]2-You were a hero, risking your life for us.
[color=indigo]3-Risking you life for us, you were a hero.
In which case:
a-You were a hero when you were your risking your life for us.
in which:
b-You were a hero and you were your risking your life for us.
and in which:
c-You were a hero because you were your risking your life for us.
Gratefully,
Navi.
Take a re-look at these sentences, Navi. I am unable to grasp what you mean by the underlined portion.
In which case:
a-You were a hero when you were your risking your life for us.
in which:
b-You were a hero and you were your risking your life for us.
and in which:
c-You were a hero because you were your risking your life for us.
Thank you very much Anglophile.
I made a mistake when writing them. My apologies to you and to everyone else. I will go back and edit the original.
Gratefully,
Navi.
PS. It was impossible to edit the original. I am posting the correct version here:
[color=red]1-You were a hero risking your life for us.
[color=darkblue]2-You were a hero, risking your life for us.
[color=indigo]3-Risking you life for us, you were a hero.
In which case:
a-You were a hero when you were risking your life for us.
in which:
b-You were a hero and you were risking your life for us.
and in which:
c-You were a hero because you were risking your life for us.
Gratefully,
Navi.
In which case I would say:
1-You were a hero who was risking his life for us.
2-You were a hero as you were risking your life for us.
3-As against 2.