Example sentences of "as they [vb past] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a shock it was brought home to Annie Oaks that they were the only family Lydia and Tobias had ever known , coming to Aumery Park Farm from the Union House as they had done at the ages of ten and twelve . |
| 2 | They scattered for safety as a coach pulled up ; it had begun its final tumultuous dash from Trafalgar Square just as they had hammered at the door . |
| 3 | She had known as soon as they had arrived at the lodge that her heart had made the right decision , even though it felt irresponsible and utterly childish to be spending a summer like this , at her age , and after all the work she had done to put the initials MD after her name . |
| 4 | The singers ' chant frayed as they began pointing at the Spiderglass Europa logo , and in amongst the strangeness of a foreign tongue Jezrael heard the triumphant old woman say , ‘ Spiderglass ’ and ‘ Steel City ’ . |
| 5 | His hand under her arm steadied her as they moved to stand at the rail . |