Example sentences of "as they [vb base] a [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this is not sufficient to explain the behaviour of some felines which will run and hide as soon as they hear a man approaching . |
| 2 | As soon as they sight a predator approaching , they swiftly dart round to the far side of a tree-trunk before performing the rigid ‘ statue ’ response . |
| 3 | Many of the UK 's rarest birds of prey are under continuing threat of persecution , claim the RSPB as they launch a campaign to raise £400,000 to help eradicate the problem . |
| 4 | But if the physical violence that Dick Francis writes of so well , without glorying in it , without dismissing it in the way cruder writers do as they allow a hero to leap into action after some terrible beating-up if this does not fire your imagination you can still write suspense novels that will satisfy readers every bit as well . |
| 5 | Instead , they grow a palisade of protective spines as soon as they scent a predator browsing nearby . |
| 6 | A possible basis for the decision , it is suggested , is that in instructing the appellants to leave the spot outside the premises , the police were acting to prevent an offence as they have a duty to do , namely to require the appellant to stop obstructing the highway . |
| 7 | Milan denied , however , that they plan to cut his current salary , as they have a right to do under Italian rules when a player has been out of action for more than six months . |