Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] as they " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked at his watch pointedly as they met . |
| 2 | to the other side so as they |
| 3 | SHOOTING and shouting will be the key factors for Portsmouth at Villa Park tonight as they attempt to finish with a bang in a season which , after promising so much , could end in double disappointment . |
| 4 | Things like this are always hurtful but I hope that people will have faith just as they have in the resurrection of Jesus . |
| 5 | ‘ Grimwood reports Newman did arrive and spoilt their act just as they 'd got Lennox to agree to sign . |
| 6 | But it is clear that companies should have a strategic approach to the issue just as they would with R&D . |
| 7 | After hearing that they had been attending a high school graduation party , they were released by the judge on the condition that they were each driven to their parents ' home exactly as they appeared in court — with only a blanket for |
| 8 | Fed up with living in ‘ little boxes all the same ’ , they want to stamp their own personality on an older building and have the chance to lovingly shape a new home exactly as they want . |
| 9 | The little blobs of phosphorus flare briefly as they fly off dangerously in various directions . |
| 10 | THE Prince and Princess of Wales tried to steal one another 's thunder yesterday as they swapped traditional roles . |
| 11 | SEXY Joe Cain and Michelle Cleaver were n't hiding too much in London 's Hyde Park yesterday as they showed off a range of new sexy outfits . |
| 12 | A survey last year showed that a frightening proportion of child car seats would not do their job properly as they had n't been fitted correctly . |
| 13 | ’ Some of the older staff have reacted by attempting to do the job much as they have always done it , which means , in effect , engaging in various minor acts of deviance from new bureaucratic demands in order to minimize the trouble caused . |
| 14 | Though it is mistaken to suppose that the British made no effort to leave the Masai better than they found them , it is clear that their potential emergence from the colonial period much as they had entered it was something their administrators could in the end accept with equanimity . |
| 15 | Although change may evolve slowly , problem-posing can be a nurturing process with people exploring visions and building community together as they work on problems . |
| 16 | These differences influenced success or failure just as they did in earlier state-making attempts , especially through their effect upon economic growth , which not only provides resources for extending the state apparatus and developing national education , but is also a major factor in conferring legitimacy upon the regime . |
| 17 | We generally got to their place just as they were finishing breakfast . |
| 18 | The best feature of Dashboard is the Customisation , where every user can modify the ‘ look and feel ’ of their day-to-day Windows desktop exactly as they want it . |
| 19 | Working with a dramatherapist , we can become an outraged , authoritarian father or a rebellious daughter using words written by Shakespeare 400 years ago about situations which have as much meaning to-day as they did then . |
| 20 | And to all Britain 's European allies there seemed to be something incongruous about her ending conscription just as they were trying to expand their conscript forces under American pressure , in order to make the forward defence of Western Europe , which they all desired , a practicable strategy . |
| 21 | It might require them to behave authoritatively , submissively , wickedly or shrewdly ; the role might be labelled explorer , prime minister , designer or archaeologist , but they will do no more than adapt functionally to the situation of the drama just as they would adapt to roles required in a game — just as they once learnt to adapt to the limited number of roles imposed on them in real life . |
| 22 | Thus , local authority departments have to be seen to be spending money wisely as they are more publicly accountable . |
| 23 | You hear beep beep all night long as they try to pass each other . |
| 24 | Used to put a cloth over the back so as they were warm . |
| 25 | Athelstan and Cranston looked at each other despondently as they left the church and reentered the priest 's house where the boy was lapping a second bowl of soup as hungrily as a starving dog . |
| 26 | Coelenterates will resort to territorial squabbles in the aquarium just as they do in the wild . |
| 27 | WIELDING a meat chopper , a man slashed and injured two government workers and a policeman yesterday as they tried to evict him from his home in Kowloon Walled City , which the Hong Kong government says is a slum and should be demolished . |
| 28 | There were lights at regular intervals in the ceiling , with patches of shadow in between , and stripes of light and dark followed each other overhead as they trundled her along . |
| 29 | She too held her head high as they announced the fight and played the national anthems . |
| 30 | She held her head high as they walked slowly , paused , turned and walked back again . |