Example sentences of "as it [vb past] its [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Stuart Taylor was lucky enough to be on RF325 as it took its last bow . |
2 | The car did not normally carry passengers , but its seats were used that season by a small orchestra which played selections from ‘ The Gondoliers ’ as it made its romantic way along the Promenade . |
3 | It 's circulation was peaking as it reached its fiftieth edition . |
4 | Her face looked calm and beautiful as it slept its enforced slumber , the lips slightly parted , the dark curls spilling over a pale cheek . |
5 | Caroline held her breath as they stood in the silence , watching as it began its final plunge , and , at just the moment it painted the world crimson , Nicolo put his hands on her shoulders . |
6 | In Kepler 's construction of the solar system , each planet had its own melodic line associated with a changing speed that increased as it approached its closest point to the sun . |
7 | There the microscopic ovum was revealed and followed as it started its monthly journey to await possible fertilisation . |
8 | I felt the sinking whir of the back wheel as it dug its own grave . |
9 | The aircraft was seen by a reliable observer as it initiated its first overshoot ; within two minutes he had telephoned saying that the aircraft was only 50m above the ground and heading south . |