Example sentences of "[adv] as they [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Locke 's contemporaries marvelled at this human creation just as they marvelled at nature as seen through the microscope . |
| 2 | After hearing that they had been attending a high school graduation party , they were released by the judge on the condition that they were each driven to their parents ' home exactly as they appeared in court — with only a blanket for |
| 3 | Our teachers cycled to school and as soon as they were seen coming up the road , children walked along and behaved like little angels — if not , they would be in trouble as soon as they got into school . |
| 4 | As soon as they got within range of Dyson everyone seemed to drive badly . |
| 5 | With a full venue in front of them , Catherine Wheel started to produce sparks as soon as they went on stage with a determination to take Leo Fender 's finest to their limits . |
| 6 | She said no more and as soon as they arrived at Broom House she said , ‘ No need to take me right up to the house — I can walk up the drive . ’ |
| 7 | He decided , and finally decided , the following as soon as they appeared for decision : |
| 8 | She had told him once as they lay at peace in bed that the sleep after childbirth , an unconsciousness that might only last a split second , was the most complete sleep she had ever known and when you woke from it you felt you had been elsewhere for a hundred years . |
| 9 | For example , in 1967 the Monopolies Commission investigated the general effect on the public interest of certain restrictive practices so far as they prevailed in relation to the supply of professional services . |
| 10 | It was difficult for them to appreciate that [ h ] -loss could ever have been anything else but a stigmatized form : in so far as they knew of evidence for it in earlier centuries , they tended to dismiss it , seemingly in the belief that ‘ vulgar ’ and ‘ careless ’ usage is not implicated in linguistic change . |
| 11 | Unseated jockeys were scurrying around and fighting madly to reunite themselves with their mounts , but even as they clambered on board there was nowhere to go . |
| 12 | Both were young men on their way to work , and both said they were very frequently stopped by police at about 5 am as they went to work . |
| 13 | Her mouth sought his again and again as they broke for breath . |
| 14 | From a dark corner of the stairs we admired the ladies as they went up to their rooms , and then again as they descended to dinner in their elegant evening dresses . |