Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] as it [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She snatched up one of the spears racked handy beside the hearth , and her father ducked fast as it slashed just over his head into a tapestry hanging above the fire , cut a two-foot gash in Saint Peter 's side and raised a shower of sparks . |
| 2 | It jolted up the lane , slowed down as it came out into the open area in front of the quarry gates , and stopped . |
| 3 | The light speeded up as it got closer to you , but took ages to do the first part of the journey . |
| 4 | Aunt Lou 's house looked exactly as it had always done . |
| 5 | He did n't as it turned out . |
| 6 | He glanced round again , but the Thing , the Beast , the Monster , or whatever it was , was hidden from his sight by the smoke it shot out as it galloped forward . |
| 7 | Little puffs of gas jetted out as it turned around and searched the sky for a new target . |