Example sentences of "[verb] as it [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its defence mechanism is not rapid reproduction like the greenfly , instead it surrounds itself with the familiar frothy blob of air bubbles that it forms as it spits out the sap it has taken from the plant — instead of spitting it back into the plant . |
| 2 | I noticed the leather of my shoes darken as it picked up the moisture from the grass . |
| 3 | This methyl mercury is absorbed by small organisms in the water which are eaten by fish which are eaten by larger fish , and all the time the poison is being concentrated as it moves up the food chain . |
| 4 | Nigel : ‘ It beats as it sweeps as it plugs up the hole in the ozone layer ? ’ |
| 5 | Handing him one of the cans , she drank from her own , and coughed as it went down the wrong way . |