Example sentences of "as they [vb past] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She followed quietly , a well-mannered guest , as they crossed the crowded length of the morning room . |
| 2 | As they crossed the broad reach of the Spree at Elsenstrasse , where tugs were crunching through the ice , Erika pointed out what sights there were to see but Karl merely gave a perfunctory nod and returned to his absorbed stare through his window . |
| 3 | The line-up did n't change as they crossed the chequered flag , and Kate turned the TV off , not feeling able to watch the award-winning ceremony . |
| 4 | Cruising Altitude passed the pacemaking Floyd as they crossed the final hurdle and he looked all set for a comfortable victory . |
| 5 | Walking back through the park , and carefully holding the children 's hands as they crossed the busy road , Laura found it almost impossible to ignore her friend 's sly suggestion . |
| 6 | The pain , agony and exhaustion were replaced by an enormous sense of achievement and relief as they crossed the finishing line . |
| 7 | It was a bright day with thin sunshine burnishing up from the snow and men blinked and rubbed their eyes as they crossed the open space between the two compounds , tramping over the road running down to the village and the railway line that stretched far the other way to Pot'ma . |
| 8 | ESSEX villagers rediscovered the outer limits of their parishes yesterday as they re-enacted the centuries-old custom of Beating the Bounds . |
| 9 | She envisioned the admiring glances of guests as they noted the sculptural perfection of the two McKintosh chairs poised in the foyer . |
| 10 | A huge local family came in as she was drinking coffee , and suddenly there were voices and laughter as they arranged the stately grandmother at the head of the table , the boisterous children banished to the other end . |
| 11 | And got heavier as they left the small station and straggled down a steep , cinder path . |
| 12 | John noticed that as they left the rich pastures of Leinster and rode into Munster the degree of destitution worsened considerably . |
| 13 | As they left the northern suburbs , the car began to tremble in Jed 's hands . |
| 14 | Teresa held her hand as they left the main building by a back door and crunched over the path to the infirmary , Anna dragging her feet . |
| 15 | He had watched them silently as they lowered the little bush into the prepared hole , with considerable argument as to how the roots should be spread . |
| 16 | Indeed , at the same time as they debated the general strike , leaders of the Second International became increasingly interested in the implications of modern capitalist developments for the elimination of war . |
| 17 | Firelight glinted off satiny flesh as they moved , their bodies like molten gold , fluid and changing as they sought the ultimate fusion . |
| 18 | The Defence Minister barely flinched as the camera zoomed in for a close-up of his face as they ran the famous film clip from mid-December , 1987 , in which he promised that it would all be over by Christmas . |
| 19 | The Defence Minister barely flinched as the camera zoomed in for a close-up of his face as they ran the famous film clip from mid-December , 1987 , in which he promised that it would all be over by Christmas . |
| 20 | In that game his side displayed a verve and fair rarely seen in English rugby , let alone at a senior representative level , as they ran the bemused Australians ragged . |
| 21 | A handful of FTSE stocks fell sharply as they began the new account without the benefit of a dividend payment . |
| 22 | A handful of FTSE stocks fell sharply as they began the new account without the benefit of a dividend payment . |
| 23 | A handful of FTSE stocks fell sharply as they began the new account without the benefit of a dividend payment . |
| 24 | Everywhere he found the same thing : elderly employees , attempting to run things as they thought the old baron would have wanted , out of touch with new ideas , fearful of taking any decision on their own , and consequently stalling , allowing problems to build up . |
| 25 | Then coral pink walls of rock closed about them as they took the deep cut into Wells . |
| 26 | The bride , in a white wedding gown , and the groom , in a tuxedo , clung tightly to each other as they took the terrifying plunge . |
| 27 | And they 'creted then As they took the big piece out , they kept pumping concrete and shifting then pumping again . |
| 28 | Virginia was suddenly as white as her sister-in-law as they made the tortuous descent down the wide , dog-leg staircase , and across the hall . |
| 29 | Besides , she was ultimately responsible to Liz for the twins ' welfare , Laura firmly reminded herself as they mounted the wide steps up to the front door of Lady Wyndham 's house . |
| 30 | Maybe they were out in the garden , walking around stiffly , expressionless as vacuum cleaners , as they prepared the Giant pod for Argol of the planet Tellenor . |