Example sentences of "as they [verb] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | the two interpretations were combined in late antiquity by the Stoics , who believed that , when the heavenly bodies return at fixed intervals of time to the same relative positions as they had at the beginning of the world , everything would be restored just as it was before and the entire cycle would be renewed in every detail . |
2 | As they waited at a pedestrian crossing Merrill watched a boy and girl kiss by the fountain in the square , then she blushed as she realised that Luke was watching her . |
3 | A MOTHER and her two children were mown down by joyriders as they waited at a bus stop . |
4 | Next time you go to the cinema , just take a look at the blank faces of most of the audience as they stare at the screen while simultaneously chomping their way through a ridiculous amount of sweets , hot-dogs or popcorn . |
5 | Well a great situation Scott Gemmell followed up the long ball picked up the as they ran at the defence and then he 's committed to play it and then he 's just just slid it in nicely for Kingsley Black on his left side . |
6 | The two boys were no older than six , their eyes wide and fearful as they stared at the gun hanging limply at her side . |
7 | The marketing team of the DIY company would probably discuss some of the following questions as they looked at the bar charts : |
8 | Huy asked him , as they looked at the rock . |
9 | ‘ And they said they was just farmers , like us , ’ mused Jonadab , as they rode at a walk through the high arched entrance and into the stable-yard . |
10 | It 's the resting place of 4 of the 5 youngsters who died when a speeding car went out of control in Akers Way and hit them as they played at the side of the road . |
11 | The descriptions of their hallucinatory images as they lay at the foot of Lawrence 's grave are too visual and complicated to do justice to and are no longer relevant , anyway . |
12 | Ipuky sighed , flexing his hands as they lay at the edge of the table , and was silent for a long time . |
13 | ‘ A man spoke to me in the graveyard , ’ Ruth announced , as they ate at the table . |
14 | Yesterday joinery and construction trainees at the New Careers scheme on Darlington 's Faverdale industrial estate were sent home as soon as they arrived at the centre . |
15 | As soon as they arrived at the auberge , Rose announced her intention of having a long soak in the bath followed by a lie down . |
16 | As they arrived at the corner , four men walked up to them , and one pointed at Dad . |
17 | Felipe was out of the water and waiting for them as they arrived at the place where the lake quietly lapped the path . |
18 | Carlson felt more reassured as they arrived at the hoverport . |
19 | Luke was slowing the car as they arrived at the restaurant , one of the most famous in Taipei , Maria knew , and an immaculately uniformed parking attendant was approaching . |
20 | One would therefore have to believe that many or most of the observed particles such as gluons or quarks are not really elementary , as they seem at the moment , but that they are bound states of the fundamental N = 8 particles . |
21 | The story of victims number 37,38 and 39 was : ‘ In an apparent ambush , a gang member , fourteen , is killed and two others are wounded as they stand at a bus stop . ’ |
22 | JOHN Major 's ragged band of scandal-bruised and U-turn battered ministers are now gulping for air as they stand at the edge of the Iraqgate precipice . |
23 | Another problem that the Home Office faces is the 3 per cent of listeners who can not get good reception from the networks as they stand at the moment . |
24 | He walked along the corridor with her , giving her shoulder a comforting squeeze as they parted at the make-up room door . |
25 | ‘ This is very good , ’ he said , as they stopped at the edge of the bare earth . |
26 | As they clustered at the door , preparing their faces for the raw air , she still sensed those eyes burning into her . |
27 | We have looked at social problems and services mainly as they exist at the present . |
28 | ‘ Where you 're concerned the Milettis got it wrong again , ’ the magistrate remarked to Zen as they stood at the door . |
29 | ‘ The front door ! ’ said Rose , mightily impressed , as they stood at the top of a flight of wide stone steps , flanked by funerary urns , which led down to the drive . |
30 | ‘ I 'm going back this afternoon , ’ Ellen said as they stood at the bar , watched by every eye in the place . |