Example sentences of "[vb pp] as the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was wounded as the marines opened fire . |
| 2 | For one thing it was not as easily won as the trust of adults , or children or animals . |
| 3 | Colours also may get distorted as the eye lens gets yellower with age ; in some pictures of Mulready he believed he could demonstrate this defect . |
| 4 | Her lips split , her jaw cracked as the branch thickened , then was still . |
| 5 | Compressed as the battle arena had become , losses suffered among the senior commanders were every bit as grievous as among the rank-and-file ; in one French division , three out of four full colonels were killed during the mid-March fighting . |
| 6 | It 's claimed as the hangar burned the two men were seen pointing at the flames and laughing . |
| 7 | Furthermore , Webb himself indicated that ‘ much of what is claimed as the progress of socialism might be equally well described as a merely empirical development from the principles of Canning , Peel , Bentham and Gladstone ’ . |
| 8 | The head started to smoke as the wax dribbled off it , then the fumes caught light , and the wasp body , a second flame within the crater , flickered and crackled as the fire incinerated the insect from its head down . |
| 9 | John Aubrey , the famous diarist , described the great stones which then lay around the scene ‘ scattered as the sower does his seed ’ . |
| 10 | ( A strange distinction , this , since the KEF arrangement is probably the closest yet to a true concentric — the others are misnomers and should really be termed coaxial. ) claim that their composite driver is essentially free from the dispersion discontinuities in and around the crossover region , which inevitably result when tweeter and bass/midrange driver are physically separated ( because the directivities of the two drive units do not match in the crossover region the perceived tonal balance is modified as the listener moves position ) . |
| 11 | The timetable should be reviewed and , if appropriate , should be modified as the project progresses . |
| 12 | However , it is a very similar process to the one by which the pitch of the siren on a fire engine is deepened as the vehicle rushes away from the listener . |
| 13 | At No. 10 on the evening of 30 May , the gloom deepened as the results came in , worsening as the night dragged on . |
| 14 | After a little practice the full statements may be omitted as the mnemonics will ensure that the data is transmitted in the correct sequence . |
| 15 | Because of the low status of part time training and the realisation that it makes the period between registration and achieving a consultant post even longer , the proportion of doctors training part time has dropped as the proportion of women graduates has increased . |
| 16 | Her shoulders dropped as the tensions began to ease and she raised her face to the condensed water on the ceiling , trying to relinquish control . |
| 17 | Her jaw dropped as the woman walked past her and stopped by the car . |
| 18 | There was no fire escape , and guests at the birthday party were trapped as the flames spread . |
| 19 | They were trapped as the blaze broke out at the house in Farnborough Close , Matchborough , near Redditch , Hereford and Worcester , just before midnight . |
| 20 | The following Opens were cancelled as the venues were completely frozen : Ely Beet , Ouse , Ely ; Stamford Welland , Welland , Stamford ; Biggleswade , Hitchin , Ivel , Tempsford ; Kettering Thrapston , Nene , Thrapston ; Vauxhall , Ouse , Radwell ; Littleport , Ouse , Littleport ; Waterbeach , Cam , Hatleys Wash ; Whittlesey , Cock Bank Drain , Coates ; Peterborough DAA , Nene ; Long Buckby , Grand Union Canal , Buckby Wharf . |
| 21 | Crawford was reported to be doing excellent work , but as the inter-provincial matches were cancelled as the war worsened , the association 's finances worsened too : the Coach 's Fund was now deeply in debt . |
| 22 | A batch of dates on the tail end of the tour , chiefly in Scotland and Southern Ireland , had to be cancelled as the singer struggled with flu , a lost voice and a frightening panic crisis . |
| 23 | a proposed meeting between officers of the Board and the LEA was cancelled as the county council had no clear policy over adult educational provision and the only result of the proposal was confirmation of the LEA 's existing policy of specific grant-aid . |
| 24 | mechanically , with LENGTHS of rod being added as the device travels towards its target . |
| 25 | Eve heard Benny cry out , and then she saw the faces frozen as the car came towards her . |
| 26 | These can now be studied in turn in greater detail and the original list can be edited , moved and deleted as the plan develops . |
| 27 | The glass transition can then be visualized as the onset of co-ordinated segmental motion made possible by an increase of the holes in the polymer matrix to a size sufficient to allow this type of motion to occur . |
| 28 | Asmodeus stiffened as the beam engulfed him , let out a roar of disapproval and was promptly atomized . |
| 29 | The rate of inflation is included as the growth rates of nominal cash flows are not necessarily equal to the rate of change in retail prices . |
| 30 | No serial lead is included as the Pocket is small and light enough to be attached directly to a PC 's serial port . |