Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv] as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He laid upon the table a drawstring purse of soft leather , that chinked faintly as it shifted and settled . |
| 2 | In the stunned silence George Felse got up , without speaking , and crossed the room to where Gus 's jacket hung on the back of a chair , turned towards the replenished fire , and steamed gently as it dried . |
| 3 | She estimated that its body was about twice the size of the shuttle , but it seemed much larger because of the mottled membranes that extended like wings on both sides of the creature , and rippled lazily as it swam through space . |
| 4 | The first chord would sound lamentably thin if laid out as it stands in the original , and the last two would be hopelessly thick and stodgy if literally transcribed . |
| 5 | Mistakes do not disappear of their own accord , and the text on the screen will be saved and printed exactly as it appears . |
| 6 | Riven felt a thrill of fear in his stomach , like ice poured liquid into the bottom of his lungs ; and then it was all he could do to steer his terrified horse in Murtach 's wake , and stay aboard as it swerved past rocks and bushes , and leapt hollows with the thunder of the other horses like a storm in his ears , and the rain a freezing hail in his face that blinded him . |
| 7 | So anything that can fall down and go faster as it falls . |
| 8 | He heard himself , it sounded like a door opening somewhere inside him , it was an old door , it had been stuck for years , you had to heave on it , you needed all your strength , and then it gave a few inches , and cried out as it gave . |
| 9 | It had no identifiable melody , it was just beautifully melodic , rising and falling gently as it carried him along . |
| 10 | Christina touched the side of his jeep and jumped away as it began to rock . |
| 11 | Mouths that opened and closed hungrily as it advanced , showing lots of saw-teeth within the openings . |