Example sentences of "[noun pl] as they [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The central figure is the child , Little Nell , who deeply engaged the sympathies of contemporary readers as they followed her through the hardships of her pilgrimage , made in company with the senile grandfather whom she strives to protect , from the London curiosity shop to the sanctuary of a village where her sufferings end in a peaceful death . |
| 2 | He was dressed in a wide-sleeved ceremonial gown of dark silk and a soft hat embroidered with coloured threads partly hid his face from Lan and her brothers as they followed him through the doorway , walking barefoot between their father and mother . |
| 3 | Above all , she recalled the pride and happiness in Ludovico 's eyes as they met hers in the swirling crowd . |
| 4 | Then she heard all of them , crashing through brush and low branches as they followed her towards the road . |
| 5 | ‘ If you 've got a pen I 'll read the directions as they gave them to the family . ’ |
| 6 | It squeaked and jingled on its hinges as they swung it behind them . |
| 7 | 3pm : IRN feeds broadcast ‘ down the line ’ to local radio stations as they record it for their own broadcasts . |
| 8 | In a pilot experiment subjects attempted to describe films as they watched them in the way described by Hughes and Cole . |
| 9 | I give them lollipops , so they perform enthusiastically , showing us the speed of their boats as they skiff them through the water and how many stones they can carry before sinking . |
| 10 | It was a royal monopoly , and an earlier King Arkesilas is depicted on a Spartan vase of the mid-sixth century supervising his officials as they weighed it on a man-size balance ( Chamoux , Cyrene , plate vi . |
| 11 | Enjoy the wealth and infinite variety of these mechanical wonders as they guide you through our world of music . |
| 12 | The assistants price the items as they stack them on the shelves , or when they are already on the shelves . |
| 13 | Characteristics of groups , like the characteristics of species , are thus considered by most theorists today to be the result of the selection of genes as they manifest themselves in the individuals comprising populations ( G. C. Williams 1966 ; Lewontin 1970 ; E. O. Wilson 1975 ) . |
| 14 | Walsh , who plays Sicknote , says : ‘ The shots of fire exploding flashovers as they call them in the trade were absolutely mind-blowing . |
| 15 | Lionan , the dandy , was talking behind his hand to the brutal Mullach , who was gulping his beer moodily and staring at the serving maids as they passed him in a bustling procession . |
| 16 | So when he moved slightly to seek her soft lips with his own , blending predatory male purpose with the tenderness of a child seeking succour , she was lost , allowing him to possess her mouth , welcoming him with parted lips , mindlessly enjoying the sensation of his hands as they bound her to him , but not so hard that she could n't feel their trembling . |
| 17 | An alternative approach is to seek a better understanding of the developmental processes which seem to be at work by studying young children as they involve themselves in getting to know the language . |
| 18 | Even so , the cherry berets threw me to the ground , kicking me in the ribs as they frisked me for weapons . |
| 19 | All this was owned by the d'Urbervilles , or the Stoke-d'Urbervilles as they called themselves at first . |
| 20 | Communities in the coalfields will continue to fight opencast development against enormous odds as they see it as an environmentally destructive process which threatens their lives , homes and environment culture . |
| 21 | And in the process of course destroying the old Europe , allowing the very thing that , arguably , they were trying to stop from happening , to happen , that is to say , allowing the Russians to advance towards the Elbe , and allowing the Anglo-Saxons as they see it to erm come from the west and taken over the western half of Europe . |
| 22 | A concept is not just a sticky label , so to speak , which we apply to objects as they present themselves to our senses . |
| 23 | ‘ There was no Albert Bridge then , ’ recalled Ben Bellaser , ‘ to span the river and ride over the ancient town with its oppressive grandeur , and the moon was rising and lighting up the shore and houses as they rose one over the other in terrace fashion against the dark blue starry sky ’ . |
| 24 | However , it is possible to concede that defendants should be judged on the facts as they believe them to be , and yet to argue in favour of an exception in rape cases . |