Example sentences of "as they [verb] [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Steve breathed , impressed , as they trundled up the last stretch of drive after the gates had clanked shut behind them . |
| 2 | KENT went run crazy yesterday as they piled up a 603 for eight — their highest total since 1934 — against Warwickshire at Edgbaston . |
| 3 | Chopra felt frightened as they walked up the narrow stairway to the battlements . |
| 4 | ‘ No need to get shirty , ’ Marler responded mildly as they walked along a quiet , carpeted corridor . |
| 5 | He continued to talk thus now , as they walked down the grand vista , away from the formal gardens and into the woodland rides , where classical figures loomed from the undergrowth and the serpentine rill wound away towards a distant temple . |
| 6 | George was frowning in thought as they clattered up the prison-like stone steps to his set . |
| 7 | We might ask desk officers to make an initial selection of important records as they come off the live system . |
| 8 | As they dropped down the steep winding road , the sky was a brilliant blue , the sun gleaming on the gilt weathervane of the church and on the butter-and-honey-coloured buildings . |
| 9 | The two cars slammed into each other several times as they sped along a quiet tree-lined avenue before the youths finally forced her into a garden . |
| 10 | Instead was a happy medley of Luke laughing , of taking her hand as they ran up a long flight of grey stone steps towards some vague but wonderful journey 's end . |
| 11 | On every side of them , as they rode down the winding valley of the Suir from Clonmel to Carrick , stretched great rolling hills , rising to the distant mountains — Slievenaman to the north , Comeragh to the south . |
| 12 | Eton and Lancing enjoyed rather less excitement as they fought out a dour 0-0 draw . |
| 13 | He turned as they came up the spiral wrought-iron staircase . |
| 14 | Charles squeezed her hand as they drove up the winding sunlit road to the peak . |
| 15 | As they drove out the next funeral cortège was coming up the drive . |
| 16 | Their antics as they tease out the ripe seeds in autumn are a delight . |
| 17 | As they rumble up the steep slopes , they unfold a gradually widening panorama of countryside , mountain and forest . |
| 18 | Where directorate systems work well , there seems to be an increase in staff morale and greater co-operation between professional groups as they cohere around an integrated programme of patient care . |
| 19 | Like a camera my restless mind followed the rabid mongrels of Puno as they roamed down the narrow streets , through the tight patchwork of market stalls , over the rubble-lined railway track , to fight at last over a pair of cow 's horns I had seen earlier topping a pile of refuse . |
| 20 | The girls squealed as their feet sank into six inches of mud , but they persevered after encouragement from the boys and found the bottom much firmer as they waded out a few more feet . |
| 21 | ‘ I talked to Edna this week , ’ he began , as they started up a steep incline to the north of the city . |
| 22 | The engine of the bus protested bitterly and the close air filled with the heavy smell of petrol as they started up the steep brae . |
| 23 | It 'll be all hands on deck from now on , ’ Moran told the girls as they sat over a late breakfast . |
| 24 | Black silhouettes move out of the darkness and change into blunt torpedoes , dark and slow-moving as they glide over the sandy bottom . |
| 25 | The anger of those who pay the poll tax will mount as they find out the additional amount that they must pay because their local authorities are unable to collect outstanding poll tax . |
| 26 | The Geordies were seemingly cruising as they built up a 3-0 half-time lead . |
| 27 | But after 74 miles , they were all together as they charged up the last climb to the finishing line . |
| 28 | So he looked at Matron , tight-faced and armored in starch , at Miss Guttner sitting lumpishly beyond her , her glasses shining blankly as they picked up the overhead light that filled the room with a necessary illumination against the heaviness of the sky pressing grayly against the windows . |