Example sentences of "as it [verb] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The Oceanis thundered down the middle of the harbour , the anchor crunching as it picked up several chains on the bottom . |
| 32 | Images are powerful and subliminal , and this one was quite discriminatory as it projected precisely that Family of which society so approves . |
| 33 | He was surprised at its strength as it curled sic three inch long body around his index finger , and squeezed . |
| 34 | So while crickets , grasshoppers and cicadas are easily heard by such creatures as ourselves , these same airborne vibrations may actually be seen , as well as heard , by the fellow members of their own species , much as we are able to see the air shimmering with heat as it rises off hot rocks . |
| 35 | For example , ‘ Bramley ’ is very difficult to keep small or grow as a cordon as it needs quite different pruning . |
| 36 | The mosaic from Roxby , Lincs. , ( Fowler 1818 , no. 3 ) , has not been included as it shows more certain affinities with pavements in southern Lincolnshire and the area around Water Newton , Cambs. , ( Smith 1969 , 108 ) . |
| 37 | Richard gagged as it pushed too far head trapped against the pillow but it pulled back out . |