Example sentences of "[adj] as they [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we saw earlier , the extreme emotions of the horse are quite clear as they involve the whole horse ; but the same emotions in a more moderate form , or of lesser intensity , like apprehension or annoyance , will reveal themselves differently in different horses ; and the horse owner really has to learn them from the movement , gestures , and noises that the horse makes , and the context in which they are made . |
| 2 | On the golf-course behind him a foursome of players shouted to one another as they approached the fourteenth green . |
| 3 | Some people at school said look how Mother Francis never gives out to Eve , she 's the real pet ; others said the nuns had to keep her for charity and did n't like her as much as they liked the other girls whose families all contributed something to the upkeep of St Mary 's . |
| 4 | And got heavier as they left the small station and straggled down a steep , cinder path . |
| 5 | Paula was tense as they approached the German frontier post beyond Echternach in Luxembourg . |
| 6 | There was some light left as they motored the few miles to The Towers . |
| 7 | The surface was badly pockmarked and the car bumped and bounced over the uneven thoroughfare , its journey only becoming smoother as they reached the main road that would lead them into Chichester itself . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , another option became available to the poor as they joined the growing number of emigrants to the New World . |
| 9 | The climbing plants are particularly effective and useful as they cover the vertical surfaces and make use of a third dimension . |
| 10 | The trainees ' responses , with guidance , may provide enough sound material for discussion as long as they cover the main points of the text . |
| 11 | As long as they passed the necessary assessments for each course , they would get their degree at the end of three years . |
| 12 | It implies , of course , that as long as they have the right kind of causal relations , other machines , apart from brains , can possess mentality ; and it also implies that the study of artificial intelligence and computational modelling is the royal road to understanding mentality . |
| 13 | The standards today give preference to a rich red with white lineback , tail and underline , though yellow dun , plum and red-eared white ( with or without red , dun or plum on their sides ) are acceptable as long as they have the white finching . |
| 14 | The countryside became more deserted , farmsteads and villages more sparse as they approached the green mass of trees on the far horizon which Corbett knew must be the great Forest of Ettrick . |
| 15 | Firelight glinted off satiny flesh as they moved , their bodies like molten gold , fluid and changing as they sought the ultimate fusion . |
| 16 | A smell of incense grew strong as they approached the immense triple portico of the Cathedral , begun in the French style two hundred years ago . |
| 17 | The onlookers were silent as they watched the two naked beauties go through their gymnastic routine , their flying limbs and swinging boobs glistening with sweat . |
| 18 | Round NME way the jury 's still out on their Jamie Reid-inspired stencils and spirit of '76 obstructionist shenanigans , suffice to say they 're not The Clash ( the on-stage aesthetics are all wrong for starters ) , owing as much to the confusion politics of glam as they do the confrontational blitzkrieg that was punk . |