Example sentences of "as they passed [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | H well , back to obscurity , ’ a Tory MP muttered to his colleague yesterday as they passed a journalist who failed to leap forward and solicit their views on the party leadership . |
| 2 | It did n't surprise her that their actions were more cruel than the Obersturmfuhrer 's , as they passed a wide leather strap over her body and under the bench . |
| 3 | ‘ She caught a pigeon the other day , ’ said Mick , as they passed a pile of feathers . |
| 4 | As they passed an STM tip over the surface they applied short bursts of alternating voltage , a few milliseconds long and slightly more than 1.5 volts in amplitude , over particular atoms . |
| 5 | Each step seemed to take an age as they passed the forge . |
| 6 | Both Greene and Cloke were jeered as they passed the post and cries of ‘ cheats ’ greeted them as they rode their mounts back to the unsaddling enclosure and were hauled before the stewards . |
| 7 | The cheering swelled as they passed the stands , and as they turned down the hill for the second circuit Taaffe could no longer restrain Arkle , who took up the running . |
| 8 | She led the way up a flight of stairs , shouting a greeting as they passed the entrance to the ball-scryer 's receiving room on the ground floor . |
| 9 | As they passed the silent Salvation Inn , Yanto glanced to the left at the Murchison house . |
| 10 | Everyone watched as the water reached the top of the men 's thighs , then their hips , before finally becoming shallower again as they passed the mid-point in the river and approached the opposite bank . |
| 11 | Soon he was cannoning off lime trees and , as they passed the second gates , crashed into the left-hand gatepost . |
| 12 | Barrows were piled high with fruit and vegetables , and as they passed the fish stall they saw the fishmonger gutting an eel . |
| 13 | And as they passed the rows upon rows of back yards , the grey washing on curious pulleys , the backs of hardboard dressing tables , the dust-bins and the coal sheds , it occurred to her to wonder why she should so suddenly feel herself to be peculiarly blessed , and a dreadful grief for all those without blessings took hold of her , and a terror at the singular nature of her escape . |
| 14 | As long as they passed the necessary assessments for each course , they would get their degree at the end of three years . |
| 15 | As they passed the alimentari ( shut , as it might be forever ) and then plunged off the road into the shadows of the bramble-lined single track , Haverford quoted , as he had been waiting to do ever since they left Heathrow : ‘ ‘ In the middle of the journey of our life , I found myself lost in a dark wood , ’ ’ he began to translate for the benefit of the children , but they were all , including the baby , asleep now and Molly thought that for her father to pretend to be in the middle of his life was a bit of a cheek anyway . |
| 16 | Piper sat in his room and counted birds as they passed the high window . |
| 17 | As they passed the kitchen , Cissie came rushing out . |
| 18 | As they passed the third cave , the golden bee flew out of the woman 's sleeve , and they saw the lightning flash and heard the thunder crack behind them . |
| 19 | She glimpsed them as they passed the tavern . |
| 20 | As they passed the stone pillars , Robbie took a fleeting wistful glance at her dream house , but it was just as well , she told herself firmly , that she was not to enter it again . |
| 21 | The need for maritime work remained , although it was clear that the anti-submarine role was no longer a possibility ( although in those days , Soviet submarines and surface shipping were still something to be feared as they passed the Cape in both directions ) . |
| 22 | ‘ Amy , get Mr Lawrence , ’ Kath instructed as they passed the bemused girl in the corridor . |
| 23 | And then as they passed the Odeon cinema the man lunged at him with his walking stick beating him over the head and arms . |
| 24 | Athelstan gauged it to be about two o'clock in the afternoon and this was confirmed by a servant who bumped into them as they passed the great hall . |
| 25 | The preacher 's fiery words pursued them as they passed the house of Crutched Friars and turned left down an alleyway towards the Tower . |