Example sentences of "as it [verb] [pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stuart Taylor was lucky enough to be on RF325 as it took its last bow . |
| 2 | The car did not normally carry passengers , but its seats were used that season by a small orchestra which played selections from ‘ The Gondoliers ’ as it made its romantic way along the Promenade . |
| 3 | Just as birdsong awoke the unit , an owl is heard calling as it flies its nightly patrol over |
| 4 | Elsewhere , in the works of Gyorgy Ligeti and Mauricio Kagel , it could question the very bases of musical performance , extending the range of expression and gesture at the same time as it undermined their very validity , and begin to colonise the imprecise border country between theatre , music and performance art . |
| 5 | There must have been a lot of that sort of thing , when you come to think about it : tolerating ideological undesirables as long as it suited your own book — not that National Socialism had much ideology beyond being first at the trough . |
| 6 | It 's circulation was peaking as it reached its fiftieth edition . |
| 7 | Her face looked calm and beautiful as it slept its enforced slumber , the lips slightly parted , the dark curls spilling over a pale cheek . |
| 8 | As it continues its unhurried survey I begin to feel a grim human intent behind that gaze . |
| 9 | Caroline held her breath as they stood in the silence , watching as it began its final plunge , and , at just the moment it painted the world crimson , Nicolo put his hands on her shoulders . |
| 10 | In any event , it seems clear that the follow-on loan is generally bad for consumers , as it restricts their potential credit choice by binding them even more firmly into one type of weekly-collection credit . |
| 11 | In Kepler 's construction of the solar system , each planet had its own melodic line associated with a changing speed that increased as it approached its closest point to the sun . |
| 12 | In so far as it explained his personal ideology to the French people , it may be regarded as the first speech of de Gaulle the politician , as opposed to de Gaulle the symbol . |
| 13 | Few rivers can compare in scenic beauty with the Tamar as it winds its magic course between Cornwall and England . |
| 14 | There the microscopic ovum was revealed and followed as it started its monthly journey to await possible fertilisation . |
| 15 | Rex felt the cold muzzle of the gun as it entered his left ear . |
| 16 | The attempt to answer the question , ‘ Who am I ? ’ inevitably led Proust , as it leads his fictional hero , to explore and examine his past . |
| 17 | Try to choose flowers that are quite little and dainty , as a smaller scale wild flower picture is always more successful , as it emphasises their delicate nature . |
| 18 | I felt the sinking whir of the back wheel as it dug its own grave . |
| 19 | A HIGH-TECH electronics firm has more than doubled interim pre-tax profits as it expands its world-wide operation , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 20 | The aircraft was seen by a reliable observer as it initiated its first overshoot ; within two minutes he had telephoned saying that the aircraft was only 50m above the ground and heading south . |
| 21 | ‘ The division faces another difficult year ahead as it completes its fundamental restructuring and positions itself to become a viable business in niche markets , ’ the company declared . |
| 22 | A ‘ DYNAMIC new image ’ for Mayfest , as it enters its second decade , was unveiled in Glasgow yesterday by its director , Robert Robson . |
| 23 | She was doing all right as a nursing orderly in a geriatric hospital — one of her favourite ‘ legitimate ’ jobs as it gave her easy access to sleeping pills and downers . |
| 24 | While it is certain that it was always possible to approach Napoleon III via a courtier , the real intermediaries between the Emperor and the outside world , in so far as it necessitated his personal intervention , were those employed in what was called the Civil Cabinet . |