Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] as [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Returning soldiers were spat on as they walked off their planes and the Death Valley sized rift that ensued still causes tensions among many . |
| 2 | This study was carried out as we desctibed previously . |
| 3 | When he re-crossed the clearing , he barely spared a glance at the three lifeless black shapes scattered there as he sped past . |
| 4 | Once Tam darted a terrified glance over his shoulder and saw Kim sprawled across the writing-table ; white faced and trembling from head to toe , he had his eyes closed and his fists were clenched tight as he summoned up every last ounce of courage in his eleven-year-old body to endure his father 's beating without weeping or crying out . |
| 5 | Documentation , too , is best built in as you go along . |
| 6 | He turned on her now , but was almost pushed aside as someone came out of the shop . |
| 7 | He says that the dialogue is fun — much of it is made up as they go along ! |
| 8 | New pieces continue to arrive , as subject working parties report and orders are made : but there is a strong sense that the master picture is being made up as we go along . |
| 9 | If it has a Solex carb then this is probably worn out as they have not been fitted for many years . |
| 10 | A distant cuckoo called out as we turned back down to our tents at Lake Samiti and the return journey to Yoksam . |
| 11 | She was aware that his hands had moved to her waist , then fallen back as she stood up . |
| 12 | His face was set grimly as he sped away in his chauffeured Bentley with his personal assistant Belinda Harley . |
| 13 | ‘ He was coming down this path from the ferry , and here he was struck down as he passed by . |
| 14 | He was run down as he cycled home from the shops . |
| 15 | On the other hand , if a question is asked exactly as it appears here and you give an answer which has clearly been prepared in advance and learned off by heart you will not be very convincing . |
| 16 | But the thrill I felt at the strange beauty was swept away as I got out and the wind struck me . |
| 17 | should have gone soon as they got out of work . |
| 18 | People 's faces swung sideways as I tunnelled backwards into my cab . |
| 19 | Scott the collie has his work cut out as he rounds up the sheep at Camp Farm . |
| 20 | The fighting in our immediate area seemed to have quietened down as we handed over the prisoners to join , I would think , about a couple of hundred , all gathered together in a field close to the orchard . |
| 21 | Even allowing for this , the surface was left just as it came out of the mould . |
| 22 | Why Candice was singled out as she walked home from work is a mystery to police . |
| 23 | I spent as much time wondering how the dome was held together as I did actually climbing . |
| 24 | The skies had darkened ominously as she set out on her journey to the coast , but she was not unduly concerned about the dismal weather . |
| 25 | WORKMEN spoke today of the constant threat they live with day by day : that they will be mercilessly gunned down as they go about earning a living . |
| 26 | And Goldberg , on his pad : If the fool had ever bothered to read what I have written on the subject in the essay on aura and the hour he would not have flailed about as he does here . |