Example sentences of "[verb] as they [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like London in the nineteen-forties , Paris seemed to have assembled every uniform and race loyal to the Allied cause ; and what variety , what colour the Moroccans and the Senegalese , Annamites and Malgaches , presented as they mingled down the Champs Elysées with immaculate cavalry officers , Foreign Legionnaires , kilted Highlanders , pretty nursing sisters , and now a sprinkling of American flyers from the Lafayette Squadron ! |
| 2 | They became widely separated as they struggled up the slope . |
| 3 | ‘ Suppose old Hilbert 's face were to appear at the window now , ’ Adam had said as they went up the bask stairs to bed . |
| 4 | He turned as they came up the spiral wrought-iron staircase . |
| 5 | They would take a lazy bottom turn , stall as they climbed up the wave , then disappear behind the curtain for a second or two , reappearing like actors at the end of a play to take a bow . |
| 6 | A glorious red butterfly with sapphire blue eyes on its wingtips fluttered and curtsied in front of me , moorland sheep scuttled reluctantly off the track as I ploughed towards them and a group of walkers cursed as they struggled up the bank . |
| 7 | All bedrooms have en suite or private facilities and colour TV , their attractive wooden shutters are always appreciated as they block out the dawn chorus — traffic noise is not a problem ! |
| 8 | This is the way the young sharedealers feel as they put out the bait and hook in the mugs . |
| 9 | Some of their moves were a delight to watch as they swept up the field constantly , and the rate of scoring hardly slackened all afternoon . |
| 10 | And that was all that mattered as they cruised down the freeway , alone together in Zitney 's gleaming red hatchback . |
| 11 | For the ground crews there is barely time to think as they bomb up the tornados for yet another sortie . |
| 12 | The anger of those who pay the poll tax will mount as they find out the additional amount that they must pay because their local authorities are unable to collect outstanding poll tax . |