Example sentences of "[verb] as they go " in BNC.
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| 1 | This trait is not restricted to one variety of style , for we can observe it both in passage [ 3 ] ( " though ( of course ) an undeniably fine infant " ; remorseless twins they are for striding through their human forests , notching as they go " ) ; and in passage [ 7 ] ( " as is not unusual in men of transparent simplicity " ) . |
| 2 | As always , his knack of disarming was successful , and she was even laughing as they went into the foyer of the Tudor Queen where Sam and Anna awaited them . |
| 3 | Speed and distance from the road edge probably would n't make a lot of difference if a landmine was detonated as they went by , but doing it makes everyone feel better . |
| 4 | Some like to have the item fully composed before they begin teaching others prefer to compose and teach parts , discarding and replacing as they go along until it takes shape . |
| 5 | ‘ Suppose old Hilbert 's face were to appear at the window now , ’ Adam had said as they went up the bask stairs to bed . |
| 6 | What has to be described is the sort of thing which Europeans took for granted as they went about their daily lives . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's a bit worrying , is n't it ? ’ she murmured as they went into the room . |
| 8 | Three girls came into the line of fire , each wearing a student nurse 's uniform , walking quickly , but gossiping as they went , and laughing , their heads constantly turning to whichever of them took up the conversation . |
| 9 | Those who gathered there were hissed and hustled as they went in and by evening a large and riotous mob had collected outside the hotel . |
| 10 | For they always avoided towns and traffic ; they avoided also the larger roads which became turnpikes in the eighteenth century and were subject to tolls , and they were short-turfed for the cattle and sheep , grazing as they went . |
| 11 | Twitchers are simply moving easily from one bait to another ; sucking , blowing , tasting as they go . |
| 12 | How far that can be mitigated by more sensitive evaluation of the distinctive contribution individual old people may have still to make , should be one of the questions for all workers in this field to address as they go about their daily work . |
| 13 | The shunters shuddered as they went about their work . |
| 14 | Alice waved as they went back down , until they were lost to sight on their way to Bond Street and then , they had said , to West Hampstead on the Jubilee . |
| 15 | They finished their coffee , and Barton watched as they went upstairs to Harvey 's room . |
| 16 | Now what actually happens , now as I say I 'm going to the far end , your casualty may literally shriek as they go down , now this is the person that has no warning at all , they may shriek as they go down and it 's the air that 's coming out of the body , they will go rigid as every muscle clenches , the teeth clench , the muscles go rigid , erm and they 're going to be very , very blue because erm , because er they 've stopped breathing which seems like an eternity . |
| 17 | Now what actually happens , now as I say I 'm going to the far end , your casualty may literally shriek as they go down , now this is the person that has no warning at all , they may shriek as they go down and it 's the air that 's coming out of the body , they will go rigid as every muscle clenches , the teeth clench , the muscles go rigid , erm and they 're going to be very , very blue because erm , because er they 've stopped breathing which seems like an eternity . |
| 18 | At least out here they had to play according to some sort of standard of fairness , even if it was a standard they could change as they went along according to how it suited them ( like doubling the bus fares just after he 'd found that job way out in Brentford ) , but in prison , even more so than in a mental hospital , there were no real limits to what they could do to him . |
| 19 | ‘ Left , left , I had a good job an' I left , ’ they chanted as they went . |
| 20 | She flew back through imagination to the festival at Shadoxhurst , to the dancers , the nonsense words they often chanted as they went through their formations . |
| 21 | They looked at each other and laughed as they went for the top A and each found that no noise came out at all . |
| 22 | The two behind him joked and laughed as they went along . |
| 23 | my parents took as they went quietly |
| 24 | Barbara had asked as they went in . |
| 25 | They could cook vegetables and meat simply , deal with eggs and bacon and porridge , and they were able to bake and housekeep , learning as they went along . |
| 26 | Schools varied in their capacity to manage resources effectively and were learning as they went along . |
| 27 | Lucy blushed , but had to laugh as they went to find Matt . |
| 28 | Dad , apple ! he cried as they went under a fruit tree on the edge of the old plantation near the house . |
| 29 | Sue was talking as they went , describing the scene , and Kathleen realised they were on air live again . |
| 30 | ‘ He 's not ill , just scared stiff , ’ Albert said as they went into the yard . |