Example sentences of "as they come [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that moment ‘ a white light shone forth like a sword ’ from Gandalf , as many people see ‘ the light that shone ’ round Éowyn and Faramir as they come down to the Houses of Healing . |
| 2 | As long as they come down in the next twenty minutes ! |
| 3 | Gainsborough 's house … to say nothing of huge grey sweeps of empty beach from which , at Aldeburgh , you can buy goggle-eyed skate direct from the fishing boats as they come out of the water . |
| 4 | While Cubism aims at purity of draughtsmanship , Orphism is an attempt at ‘ pure ’ painting , not that it involves pure colours , that is to say colours as they come out of the tube . |
| 5 | ‘ The plates at least for the first four courses are washed as they come out of the dining room . ’ |
| 6 | And , as they come out of the water the fa , the bible says the spirit takes Philip away and he goes down now to so to Somaria and and he starts preaching there in Somaria a and there 's this tremendous result ! |
| 7 | As they came up into the May morning he hopped over the ditch and skipped into the long grass as blithe as a squirrel . |
| 8 | As they came up to the warren bank he suddenly caught sight of Fiver . |
| 9 | She said coolly as they came up to the stuffed spaniel , ‘ What do you call him , that very fierce dog ? ’ |
| 10 | As they came up to the gates , Aziz sidled up to the little boy with his mop , an ingratiating smile on his face . |
| 11 | The movement continued to grow and develop and to absorb new media as they came on to the market . |
| 12 | ‘ He does n't totally trust them either , ’ the Director said to Rostov as they came out into the open . |
| 13 | As they came out onto the path a muffled roar sounded from the football pitch . |
| 14 | As they came out of the house Philip saw two girls , quite old . |
| 15 | By the frequency of his visits he came to know most of the artists and was fond of addressing them in a loud voice by their first names as they came out of the studio . |
| 16 | Windows opened ; grocers ran to the doors of their shops ; customers stopped discussing bacon and turned ; our teachers wobbled on their bicycles as the noise buffeted them like a violent squall ; and boys sprinted to the school gates as they came out of the building , though many others , cool boys , shrugged or turned away in disgust , gobbing , cursing and scuffling their feet . |
| 17 | As they came out of the toilet and into the bar Maura 's heart stood still in her chest . |
| 18 | The air-conditioning roared softly and they got their first drinks as they came out of the tunnel and on to the New Jersey marshes where gulls circled the refuse dumps among a forest of concrete stilts carrying the highways south . |
| 19 | ‘ I see , ’ said Doyle softly as they came out at the bottom of the stairs . |
| 20 | It was noon before they had completed the morning 's tasks , and as they came out from the buildings to go across to the house , the snow had ceased to fall . |
| 21 | I joined a party to climb down the great west cliffs to the boulder scree of Carn Mør , where we stayed until darkness fell and listened to the calls of Manx shearwater , Leach 's and storm petrels as they came in from the ocean to feed their young , hidden deep under the boulders . |
| 22 | As soon as they came in from the fishing , John — Augustus left Robinson and his potboy to take the tackle and the satisfactory number of dead char back to the inn while he went over to Hause Point . |
| 23 | He was waiting for them with his barge by the first footbridge over the canal as they came down from the moor . |
| 24 | As they came back into the City , buses had to slow almost to a halt to safely make the turn into Winchester Street ; it was not only steep but also had a tricky camber . |
| 25 | Hats were flung into the air , the cheering reached higher and higher levels , and Dawn Run and Jonjo O'Neill were engulfed as they came back past the stands and up the walkway to the unsaddling enclosure in the parade ring . |
| 26 | And now there were the two black and white kittens found abandoned on the grass verge of the coast road as they came back in the van from Ipswich . |