Example sentences of "as they [vb past] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Who was that man , Virginia ? ’ he persisted quietly , as they waited at more traffic lights . |
| 2 | A colleague from Christian Aid phoned me from Addis Ababa last night and he reported what had happened in the Red Sea port of Assab on Saturday which was when 15 trucks and trailers were loaded each with 22 tons of U N grain and there was a little ceremony as they left at 12 noon for Desai . |
| 3 | There was silence as they glanced at each other , and Sophie said irritably , ‘ It 's exactly as I said . |
| 4 | The traditional Conservative cry against the nationalised industries thus had some plausibility for anyone concerned with a correct allocation of investment resources in the economy : though it should be remembered that the electricity boards were ( unlike private industry ) not in general free to invest as much as they wished at low rates of return , but were subject to annual quantitative limits agreed with the Minister . |
| 5 | A wave passed , so high that its spray burst against a side porthole as they stared at each other . |
| 6 | As they stared at each other everything seemed fine , the differences did not matter , all that mattered was the love they shared . |
| 7 | There was silence as they looked at each other across the table . |
| 8 | Beside him Carol watched the modern-day gladiators as they came at each other . |
| 9 | Tight-lipped , she drove in silence , keeping her eyes firmly on the road , but as they sat at red traffic-lights waiting for them to change she could n't keep silent any longer . |
| 10 | The images were still as clear as the rain that had fallen so dispiritedly on the mourners as they stood at one side of the grave while the rector had intoned the fateful words . |
| 11 | She could be pretty , she decided , if her hair were not so tightly scraped back from her face and if her eyes shone with eagerness , as they did at this moment . |