Example sentences of "as they [vb past] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children read incomplete sentences such as " the dog ran after the … " , and as they finished pronouncing the final word , which was always the word " the " , a completing word was presented . |
| 2 | The fields became parched and brown and the cattle required additional concentrate feed much as they had done the previous year . |
| 3 | The others paddled and scrambled over somehow and as they began to reach the other side , Hazel plunged . |
| 4 | ‘ Both of us are going to regret this , ’ Lucenzo muttered , as they began to cross the bleak , unprepossessing square . |
| 5 | ‘ Bit spooky 'en it , ’ Mary whispered as they prepared to climb the short steep bank in front of them . |
| 6 | His way was blocked by the Ambassador and Culliman , talking politely about gardens as they came through' the french windows . |
| 7 | For the colt always objected violently to having an iron shoe nailed on to its hoofs ; and sometimes the smith and his assistants were thrown about the trav ‘ us as they tried to get the young animal under control . |
| 8 | The voters , in other words , had not moved solidly to the right , their position was one of ambivalence ; they had become deeply sceptical about the role of government and yet they still expected government to aid them as they tried to meet the pressing problems of modern life . |
| 9 | His eyes were squeezed tight in agony , and he and the other three men locked in the shafts grunted loudly with exertion as they strove to get the heavy carts rolling again . |
| 10 | This transformation came about as companies expanded to take advantage of mass production methods and associated economies of scale and integration , and also as they strove to limit the competitive forces to which they were subject . |