Example sentences of "as they [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably Tom 's fellow commuters sincerely enjoyed their Sunday morning Martinis , just as they enjoyed shining the tail-fins and chrome of the Plymouth and cutting their grass with power mowers ( power mower sales quadrupled ) . |
| 2 | By placing a tethered owl under a tree , the branches of which had been covered with sticky lime , it was possible to trap small birds as they gathered to mob the bird of prey . |
| 3 | As soon as they had turned the corner , however , he put his paper down and headed for the row of pay phones that lined the wall . |
| 4 | The presence or severity of the lesions contributing to the anaemia was difficult to interpret at endoscopy in 43 of the patients as they had received a course of H 2 antagonists ( n=18 ) or had reduced or stopped aspirin or NSAIDs ( n=32 ) , or both , before the first hospital attendence . |
| 5 | Most chairmen continued to believe , as they had told the Ministry in July 1953 , that ‘ the role of tariff policy , taken by itself , in improving the load factor of the system is not capable of much further advance . ’ |
| 6 | They were used to heavy work as they had to run the crofts & do all the work themselves when their husbands were away on the boats . |
| 7 | There was a satellite dish out in the grounds , and she was keen to keep up her French and Spanish as they had improved no end since she had begun working in Peter 's cosmopolitan little shop at the resort . |
| 8 | She sat down at the table for two Roman had selected , and tossed her hair back from her face ; Roman had pulled the pins out as soon as they had left the hotel and placed them in his pocket . |
| 9 | As soon as they had left the room , Nancy took off her shoes and crept silently up the stairs to listen in the passage — as she had done once before . |
| 10 | He said the Government had failed to understand the depth of feeling amongst unionists , especially as they had to share the council chamber with Sinn Fein . |
| 11 | She immediately fell into conversation with Jack as they waited to board the mini-bus that stood in the centre of the courtyard , ready to transport them to the Parc de Prafance with its famous forest of bamboo . |
| 12 | But as soon as they come to rest the wings close and the animals become completely cryptic again . |
| 13 | The lake 's many arms , and its very irregular shape with constrictions here and twists of direction there , contribute greatly to its fascinating charm as they combine to provide a series of dramatic changes of vista and of interest . |
| 14 | In London Whigs and Dissenters not only organised counter-demonstrations , where they burnt effigies of the Pope , the Pretender and Tory defectors , but they also engaged in vigilante activity , as they sought to suppress the activities of the Jacobite crowds . |
| 15 | And I am certain he would love to have been given the chance to impress the NIBA selectors as they prepare to pick the side for next month 's senior championship in Dublin . |
| 16 | The use of plants is recommended as they help settle the catfish down and provide spawning sites . |
| 17 | Invaluable for planting among tall ‘ leggy ’ bulbs like tulips , as they help cover the soil . |
| 18 | I do n't think needy people from other countries should be deprived of treatment , but surely our citizens should come first — especially as they help fund the NHS . |
| 19 | As they began to turn the silver handle with the strange , serpent-like beasts engraved deeply into it , Fenella felt the Melanisms creep nearer . |
| 20 | She stopped his hands as they began to release the buttons . |
| 21 | But as they began to see the possibilities of the data highway , they also realised that they did not have the technical expertise to build the sorts of switched networks necessary to bring it off . |
| 22 | As they began to gather the berries , eating the sweetest , darkest red ones , and putting the rest into their baskets to take home , the sun came out . |
| 23 | Our archers caught the bastards just as they began to climb the scaling ladders , whilst men-at-arms , using the long forked poles lying on the parapet walk , shoved them out of the way . |
| 24 | As they began to climb the stairs , arms still wrapped around each other , Ronni asked herself for the hundredth time what she would do if he did . |
| 25 | Bluebeard had been a private joke — an exclamation she had been unable to stifle as they 'd rounded the cliff at the head of the valley and she had got her first glimpse of the imposing turreted Castell Rocamar . |
| 26 | As soon as they 'd assembled a set of songs , they reverted back to 1964 by securing themselves weekly club residencies in Liverpool and Manchester . |
| 27 | They 'd drawn the odd inquisitive glance as they 'd entered the dining-room of the Shelbourne , but Mahoney had been convinced that was because of the way Donna looked . |
| 28 | SHELL-shocked Bangor will be putting all thoughts of last weekend 's drubbing behind them as they attempt to reach the quarter-finals of the TNT Gold Cup on Saturday . |
| 29 | This means that social interaction requires mutual effort by the actors as they attempt to establish the definition of the situation for each other and negotiate appropriate behaviour for themselves and for the other . |
| 30 | The concept of the TCC , on the contrary , is embedded in a theory of the capitalist global system , operating through the transnational practices of the TNCs , as they attempt to achieve a reformation of capitalist hegemony in the Third and the Second Worlds . |