Example sentences of "[noun] as they walked [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A couple of men waved white handkerchief frantically above their heads as they walked gingerly to where other forms were lying , deadly still . |
| 2 | Jacques Devraux and half-a-dozen Moi trackers were waiting beside the narrow river that flowed past the camp , and the senator put his arm lightly around his son 's shoulders as they walked over to join them . |
| 3 | Even in the twenty minutes it had taken to get some nourishment , the light had faded and the dull day was darkening into a cold night ; the beginnings of a frost crackled under their feet as they walked briskly along the embankment . |
| 4 | She had watched from the window as they walked down the jetty , anxious as a mother sending her children off on their first day at school . |
| 5 | All they had done was to pick ears of corn as they walked along , rub them in their hands and eat the grain . |
| 6 | She left the interview-room , straining against the grip Luke kept on her waist as they walked out into the courtyard . |
| 7 | ‘ An appeal for the other man , sir ? ’ asked Marshall as they walked back to Fleet Street . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't think Hunter-Blair knew the truth , sir , ’ said Marshall as they walked back to their car . |
| 9 | McLeish asked Catherine as they walked back through St James 's Park . |
| 10 | Hazlitt set out with Coleridge that morning on the road back to Shrewsbury , observing how his companion continually moved from one side of the footpath to the other as they walked along , though only later connecting this odd movement with ‘ any instability of purpose or involuntary change of principle ’ . |
| 11 | All were transfixed by this group of laughing and exultant lesbians as they walked resolutely towards the rocky promontory stripping off their clothes with Amazonian brazenness . |
| 12 | ‘ I rest my case , ’ said X as they walked back to the clubhouse . |
| 13 | Piers was in the living-room as they walked in , half naked , the top button of his faded jeans undone . |
| 14 | Of Time In They sang as they walked along the clause as they walked along tells when they sang . |
| 15 | Mary and Dad ducked their heads to avoid the waving arms as they walked along and everyone was smiling , including Mum . |
| 16 | They began opening every door as they walked up its length . |
| 17 | A burst of applause greeted caddies and players as they walked up into the arena . |
| 18 | The young man , who is now 23 years old , was only 16 when a car ploughed into him and a couple of friends as they walked home from a party . |
| 19 | Either way , Senna was keen to discuss the matter in an amicable fashion as they walked back . |
| 20 | He took her hand as they walked slowly along the cliff edge , and a feeling of peace and security swept over her . |
| 21 | They stripped in silence and he took her hand as they walked down to the water 's edge . |
| 22 | ‘ This is the place sure enough , ’ said Corporal Riley as they walked over to the Bar . |
| 23 | Luke did n't pursue it , but he wore a slightly grim expression as they walked on in silence . |
| 24 | Shivering in their nakedness , and all shorn of their hair , the actors kept on only their stage boots as they walked back the way they had come . |
| 25 | Jessica felt sweat break out fresh on her skin as they walked in . |
| 26 | Willie hung on to Tom 's left trouser leg and peered gingerly round at the mare as they walked past it . |
| 27 | But that offer was declined too , courteous goodbyes were exchanged , and Omi took Erika 's arm as they walked back to the S-Bahn . |
| 28 | Dermot Kinane took Kelly 's arm as they walked back towards his cottage . |
| 29 | And Marie , oblivious of her cold , wet jacket , clung on to his arm as they walked along . |
| 30 | Nellie was holding on to his arm as they walked out into the corridor and he felt her tense . |