Example sentences of "as [art] [noun] [vb base] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the stars in the galaxy are slowly moving around its centre just as the planets move around the Sun , taking some 200 million years — a ‘ galactic year ’ — to make a full circuit . |
| 2 | As the Turks cut down the oak-trees to fuel the trains , so Lawrence blew up the track . |
| 3 | As the bells beat down the dark . |
| 4 | Then , as the planes roar down the flightpath to Heathrow , the one designed to prevent the ultimate nightmare of exposure in a Sunday tabloid . |
| 5 | Anyone who has ever had a close encounter with that lethal spirit tequila ( accurately described here as liquid plutonium ) will experience an agreeable sense of schadenfreude as the characters toss back the shots with reckless abandon , while the evocation of the hideous , hungover morning-after is hilariously achieved . |
| 6 | What little ‘ trouble ’ there is virtually disappears as the pupils rise up the school , developing a conception of themselves as valued persons within the official framework . |
| 7 | Given the right conditions the growth of the foliage will be quite fast and as the days get longer the flower buds will start to appear . |
| 8 | Normally see as people as the cars come out the lights change . |