Example sentences of "[pers pn] as they [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He drew her against him , linking her arm in his as they walked along the track . |
| 2 | Alain looked down at her as they came into the hall . |
| 3 | They married in June 1789 , and a month later , in despair and rage , he murdered her as they walked in the darkness to the Castle of Comfort Inn . |
| 4 | In a temperature of nearly ninety degrees , Lindsey was glad she had thought to bring a hat with her as they strolled along the palm-strewn promenade , stopping at one of the many bars to drink a refreshingly cold iced lemonade . |
| 5 | His arm tightened around her as they stepped off the kerb again . |
| 6 | Jack Bryson , the chief cameraman , told her as they waited for the director 's ‘ OK ’ to strike the set , a quizzical grin seaming his weather-beaten face . |
| 7 | Eve , picking up on some of Ari 's melancholy without understanding the cause , hugged her as they thundered along the straight , smooth road that led to the city . |
| 8 | A noisy group of young people passed her as they turned into the cinema . |
| 9 | As he fell into step beside her he took her arm , gently guiding her as they turned into the main street . |
| 10 | ‘ Frightfully kind of you , ’ he said to her as they stood by the kerb . |
| 11 | When he conveyed Sam 's request to her as they sat around the table at tea-time , he was bewildered by his daughter 's reaction ! |
| 12 | Marler challenged him as they walked across the lobby . |
| 13 | ‘ They 'd care as little about him as they cared about the two bombers who died in the van . ’ |
| 14 | This sound , tautening to the pitch of a screech , interrupted Davide 's growing up ; it had frightened children like him as they played in the streets , but sent a shiver through them that also excited them . |
| 15 | Hyman hustled him into a car and , having come prepared with a flask , poured coffee into him as they drove to the studio . |
| 16 | ‘ This is n't for research , as such , ’ she told him as they moved along the rows of apparatus . |
| 17 | The back of the awesome figure caught in the dying rays of the flare was holding a kicking man high above his head , throwing him as they watched over the side and into the sea . |
| 18 | She cuddled in close to him as they tore along the highway . |
| 19 | ‘ Your lips are even redder now , ’ he murmured , his face close to hers as they crouched over the same clump of fruit . |
| 20 | Savage Orcs are wild fighters , whooping and screaming as they attack , calling upon Gork and Mork to help them as they crash into the enemy ranks . |
| 21 | Willie watched them as they ran through the graveyard and climbed over the wall to the lane . |
| 22 | United have now taken just three points from a possible 12 and manager Alex Ferguson 's only consolation is that the defeat of rivals Aston Villa at Carrow Road means it is now Norwich who hold a twopoint advantage over them as they go into the last seven games . |
| 23 | Klift spoke for all of them as they looked around the sloping entranceway . |
| 24 | The smell hit them as they slithered to the bottom of the slope and McLeish resolutely took a breath before walking over to where the swollen body lay . |
| 25 | The savoury smell greeted them as they went through the door . |
| 26 | It 's the resting place of 4 of the 5 youngsters who died when a speeding car went out of control in Akers Way and hit them as they played at the side of the road . |
| 27 | He went to meet them as they scrambled from the bus , hand extended in welcome , greeting them individually by name and exchanging a few words with each one . |
| 28 | Felipe was out of the water and waiting for them as they arrived at the place where the lake quietly lapped the path . |
| 29 | His father , once satisfied that the intensive care nurses were doing their best , left his own men to watch over them as they watched over the boy while he , too , was persuaded to rest . |
| 30 | Our plan was to simulate the view of a vulture by mounting a camera on a model aircraft : we would wait near a fresh lion kill until the vultures started soaring , and then fly the model aircraft among them as they descended on the carcass . |