Example sentences of "[adv] as they [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She found herself smiling at him suddenly as they gained the shelter of the sitting-room and went in search of towels . |
| 2 | People are like chameleons : they can adjust themselves to any environment so long as they 've no alternative . |
| 3 | No , I 'm sure that they that so long as they pass the audition they are always welcome . |
| 4 | This is regarded as a Good Thing by Orcs who are universally content with their lot , being ultimately happy to meet their end in battle so long as they get a chance of a good fight . |
| 5 | It is irrelevant to the Purchaser whether or not the Vendors know the warranties are right or wrong so long as they accept the risk . |
| 6 | Ailing animals , so long as they have a solvent owner in two , are our bread and butter . |
| 7 | Liverpool get a penalty — ‘ suprise suprise ’ ( especially as they had a pen against them during the week , one of very few no doubt ) . |
| 8 | The poor Chinese footballers understandably got a coolish reception in their World Cup qualifying tournament here , especially as they spoilt the script by winning their opening match . |
| 9 | My concern in the present chapter is mainly with linguistic patterns , which amounts to a description of the main methods and principles of social dialectology as we have tried to develop them , especially as they concern the analysis of what are usually called ‘ non-standard ’ varieties . |
| 10 | It was windy up on the ridge , and the ponies jogged impatiently as they reached the stretch of open turf which led over to the wood and the track through it . |
| 11 | After years of hardly giving a thought to their pension , panic suddenly sets in as they consider the prospect of no longer drawing a regular salary . |
| 12 | Both the girls were small and looked exceptionally so as they crossed the Bridge with their handcart . |
| 13 | No if we er do something so as they have a checklist and we can all , you know like me and Jim say , have a copy to say oh right , can we take your name and address , telephone number |
| 14 | Still in their independent reveries they walk closely together as they near the end of the park . |
| 15 | The approaching fleet , now seen to be wearing banners showing the Leopards of England , did slow down and bunch together as they approached the harbour entrance , to negotiate the fairly narrow channel . |
| 16 | Athelstan and Cranston looked at each other despondently as they left the church and reentered the priest 's house where the boy was lapping a second bowl of soup as hungrily as a starving dog . |
| 17 | There are certain bars where artists and writers are always to be seen , talking animatedly as they set the world to rights . |
| 18 | Too many pilots allow their glider to zoom up too steeply as they leave the ground . |
| 19 | Just as they reached the top and comparative safety , Lilley yelled for everyone to bale out . |
| 20 | Joe steals two bus tickets to Miami , but Ratso dies just as they reach the place of his dreams . |
| 21 | Cocooned in an ivory tower of antique furniture and unfinished jigsaw puzzles , she spends an inordinate amount of time doing simple things like pouring hot water into a teapot ; then she gets on the telephone to her friends and either hangs up just as they reach the receiver or asks them if they would n't mind coming round to tea and picking up some skate from the fishmonger on the way . |
| 22 | Embarrassment , she thought , was fear but of a very reduced kind , just as they say an itch is pain to a very mild degree . |
| 23 | Just as they defended the school friends we disapproved of , so they are likely to stick to their own choice of girl or boyfriend . |
| 24 | Rather like the children we were discussing earlier in this chapter it is possible to meet elderly people who have achieved a serenity of understanding and/or faith that supports them utterly as they develop the skill of coming towards the end of their life . |
| 25 | He looked her over as they reached the gallery , pausing at the top of the stairs . |
| 26 | Trent slewed the motorbike over as they hit the highway . |
| 27 | The descriptions can be as varied as you like along this sort of theme , providing the adventurers with something to think over as they approach the Castle . |
| 28 | With headaches the pain will almost always disappear ( while I am working on them ) as soon as they release the tension that has caused the pain . |
| 29 | In their experiment , subjects listened to sentences and pushed a button as soon as they heard a target word . |
| 30 | As soon as they heard the angelus ring they gathered from all over the big house to the supper table . |