Example sentences of "a [noun sg] as it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two girls , travelling together in the back of a car as it passed close by the explosion in St Mary Axe on Friday night , are being treated for facial and eye injuries in neighbouring beds at Guy 's Hospital . |
| 2 | Eucalyptus oil will also help patients with a cold as it clears nasal passages . |
| 3 | This can not be done from behind a desk as it requires direct observation of the operation , sometimes for an extended period , to find out what is actually done on site as well as what should be done . |
| 4 | To liberate desire from oppression is not — could never be — a matter of resuming or regaining a desire/subjectivity as it existed prior to discrimination . |
| 5 | Midland may at its discretion change these Terms and Conditions , give notice of variation in such a manner as it considers appropriate and may vary its charges and interest rates by general notice in branches . |
| 6 | For many years I have experience severe rain leakage through the canvas tilt on my Series III.1 once made the mistake of coating another vehicle 's tilt with polyurethane paint but the result was that it hung in tatters within a year as it became brittle . |
| 7 | The girl , Jamie Auld , and 13 other children , aged between 10 and 13 , built a den in 60 tons of hay in the barn and lit a candle as it got dark . |