Example sentences of "as it [vb past] [verb] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why not go along with Luke 's expansive mood for just so long as it took to finish her drink ? |
| 2 | He said the RA expected it to be long campaign but were prepared to give it as long as it took to secure their aims . |
| 3 | The idea of heroic sacrifice had contaminated her , as it had contaminated my father . |
| 4 | The creature looked expectantly at Twoflower , its skin rippling and twitching as it sought to open its wings in the confines of the passage . |
| 5 | The key to the formation of the first National Government lies in the parliamentary arithmetic facing the second Labour government as it sought to implement its programme of economies in August 1931 . |
| 6 | Yanto waited another five minutes and became aware of the ever increasing wind as it began to flap his collar . |
| 7 | Its head twisted this way and that as it tried to reach my fingers with its chopping teeth . |
| 8 | The frog 's forehead bulged as it tried to get its mind around a new idea . |
| 9 | The snake began to choke as it tried to swallow his arm and simultaneously dislodge the obstruction from its windpipe . |
| 10 | Through the window Dexter saw the silver arrow of a jet flare in the sun as it turned to make its descent to Heathrow . |