Example sentences of "as they [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 CAMERA-shy ministers avoided photographers yesterday as they gathered for a crucial Cabinet meeting to thrash out the Government 's public spending plans for the coming financial year .
2 As they longed for a spiritual assurance of Christ 's presence and received it in the Holy Spirit which literally inspired in them knowledge and love of God so the meditator may grow in inner spiritual knowledge ( c.33 , 36 ) .
3 Resting gratefully on his pitchfork as they waited for a slow-moving loaded wagon to reach them from the far end of the field , Seb said , ‘ There 'll be another hundred acres to work by the spring .
4 ‘ Why two rooms ? ’ asked Billie as they waited for the slow-moving lift to ascend to the third floor .
5 ‘ What do you mean ? ’ she demanded angrily as they waited for the ancient lift to grind its way up from below .
6 All sounds were muffled except the song of the birds and the pigeons were puffed up , looking as if they were wearing greatcoats , as they waited for the generous breakfast which they knew Jane would bring out to them .
7 Reading have returned to the blueprint of their 1990 title success by recalling Per Jonsson and Armando Castagna as they strive for the right formula to regain the league championship .
8 Any morning you could see them tearing through the tree-tops , chasing each other up and down as they searched for the red berries that they loved .
9 Officials from the leading Ulster team have voiced their opinion in the past that there should be some of form seeding for the preliminary round , and now it has raised its head again as they prepare for a long trip south on November 6 .
10 Gabellah speaks confidently of the faith and unanimity of his men as they prepare for the constitutional talks .
11 His collected resolve in front of his officers is assuring his troops ' confidence in his controlled capacity to lead them as they prepare for an impending battle .
12 ALISON Hargreaves and her children put in some low-altitude training in Scotland yesterday as they prepared for the high life of the Himalayas .
13 Children who received punishment as they reached for the attractive toy showed greater resistance to temptation than children punished just after they had picked it up or at a point several seconds later .
14 And he got the call last week to take his place in John Clarke 's panel as they bid for a record-breaking six-in-a-row triumph .
15 The southern States stand out very strongly as having experienced a Democratic hegemony then , as they did for the entire century beforehand .
16 New technology and more international competition will eventually create more jobs than they destroy , as they have for the past two centuries , if they are only given a chance to work .
17 As with the free ion , the inter-electronic effects depend on a number of complicated integrals ; these can be expressed in terms of Racah parameters , but B and C do not have the same values as they have for the free ion .
18 Howard can feel the muscles on his face trembling slightly , as they tense for a self-deprecating smile at Harry 's appreciation .
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