Example sentences of "as it [vb past] [adv prt] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Isobel stepped out into the corridor , quiet except for the ever-present low murmur of the station 's output as it played over unobtrusive speakers . |
| 2 | They followed the porter along the serpentine path , then suddenly they were through the trees and into a glade ringed by clumps of trees , silent except for the gurgle of a small brook as it splashed down some rocks which thrust up out of the ground like the finger of a buried giant . |
| 3 | None of their trees had been coppiced , so that knolls of tall beeches and huge , spreading oaks delayed the eye as it swept over rolling pastures and ploughed fields . |
| 4 | Despite its low calibre , the weapon was hard to control firing on-full automatic , as it threw out 1,500 rounds per minute . |
| 5 | Challenging the fast-flowing stream , a black and white dipper ‘ swam ’ against the current , half-submerged as it snapped up aquatic delicacies . |
| 6 | The Oceanis thundered down the middle of the harbour , the anchor crunching as it picked up several chains on the bottom . |