Example sentences of "as they go [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as they go about the painstaking task of piecing the problem together there is one solution which everyone fears . |
| 2 | ‘ In a team event like this , the difficulty from my point of view is the varying personalities of the girls as they go into the consecutive matches . |
| 3 | ‘ In a team event like this , the difficulty from my point of view is the varying personalities of the girls as they go into the consecutive matches . |
| 4 | United have now taken just three points from a possible 12 and manager Alex Ferguson 's only consolation is that the defeat of rivals Aston Villa at Carrow Road means it is now Norwich who hold a twopoint advantage over them as they go into the last seven games . |
| 5 | ‘ Just going for a bit of a hit , Malcolm , ’ he called , as they went past the sick bay . |
| 6 | He seemed to sense her mood , drawing back a little as they went through the forward lock and up the cockpit steps . |
| 7 | " Your mother will tell you this evening , " he said , and the sound of the horses ' hooves echoed on flagstones as they went through the arched entrance into the yard . |
| 8 | But by that time four of the enemy ships were wrecks , one was aground and two of the remainder sufficiently damaged to make it doubtful whether they would ever reach their home ports — which was most evidently the hope of the survivors , as they went through the difficult , desperate business of turning in the confined space and heading back out to sea . |
| 9 | She was not looking in their direction , her head was turned to say something to whomever she was with , her short hair blown straight up by the wind as they went into the little newsagent 's , leaving McLeish a clear run to get Catherine back to the Yard . |
| 10 | There were less than a dozen of them , as they went under the collegiate arch of the street entrance and down the glass-roofed passageway leading to the church itself . |