Example sentences of "[noun] as they [vb past] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he was forced to one side as they bundled their way in . ’ |
| 2 | Once in the lead there was no stopping the home side as they reinforced their gathering momentum with five second-half tries . |
| 3 | She glanced at Guido and saw that his eyes were fixed on Silvia , who was following behind Jeff as they made their way down the landing plank . |
| 4 | Middlesbrough 's battle-weary troops were cheered by thousands of fans as they made their way to a civic reception in an open-topped bus . |
| 5 | The word " home " in fact raised in his mind as they spoke their tedious sentences a mental image which it did not even occur to him to describe to Mr Rose . |
| 6 | The womenfolk would no doubt be beside the wood stove , talking over the din of the roof as they did their needlework ; the men would be in the wool-shed , cleansing and grading the fleeces in time for the next lorry down to port . |
| 7 | Earlier this week we joined them in Hungary as they rehearsed their display for the Fairford show . |
| 8 | There was no doubt in the minds of the directors of the polytechnics as they received their formal designations from the end of the 1960s that the polytechnics were to remain distinctive . |
| 9 | They were good , big bells , the bells of St Saviour 's , and when they rang that crisp Saturday morning in December , the echo of their music returned across the harbour to the people of Polruan as they made their way up the hill to see the two couples joined in matrimony . |
| 10 | It 's now thought a hundred and eighty people were detained by the Iraqis as they made their way to the pick up point for the last British convoy from Kuwait . |
| 11 | Some of the early groups joining the Modular Course as they faced the same problem of replacing London external degrees ( humanities and social science ) felt the strong hand of management as they exercised their ‘ academic ’ decision to join . |
| 12 | I did n't even wait for the curtain call and the audience must have seen me charging through the lobby as they made their way out . |
| 13 | They made a sound like hysterical laughter as they played their games . |
| 14 | They seemed unaffected however , and threw their heads back , howling with unnatural laughter as they twisted their bodies in ever more contorted movements , some of them even brushing into one or other of the fires and continuing their dance as if they had n't noticed . |
| 15 | Under a sky shrouded by deep snow clouds , some boys threw snowballs at each other , shrieking with laughter as they hit their target . |
| 16 | ‘ How do those old devils get through seven courses ? ’ asked Milton of Pooley as they ate their grilled Dover sole . |
| 17 | The uniformed officer did n't appreciate the joke and pushed Robinson out onto the landing where , already , a steady file of men were spilling from their cells , joining the long line on either side of the landing as they made their way to the toilets . |
| 18 | They had discussed the possible reasons for such a meeting as they made their way to the farm , and all feared the worst . |
| 19 | Occasionally the Lincoln crews had the advantage of working with British Austers who acted as Forward Air Control units , relaying information to the Lincolns as they made their way into their bomb runs . |
| 20 | DEESIDE Dragons went goal crazy in the British Ice Hockey Conference as they preserved their perfect home start and created a new club record . |
| 21 | He called in the Army who arrived on Thursday afternoon and dealt with the object — a spent two inch ‘ smokey ’ designed to screen troops as they made their advance . |
| 22 | Riven was already thinking of bright hearths and warm beds as they made their way along the summits , following Bicker in single file now , their mounts ' hoofs throwing up bobbles of snow that were swept away into the air as quickly as they were kicked up . |
| 23 | There was a fair wind spattering them with rain as they made their descent to the beach . |
| 24 | Having cruelly ignored the band for two years as they dragged their own equipment between some of London 's less than prestigious live dives , people are finally beginning to wake up to the idea of Suede . |
| 25 | A stunned silence fell upon the room as they focused their attention on what they thought was princess Voluptua . |
| 26 | Something of the MLs ' agony as they fought their way towards the quays can be seen in the diagram on page 41 . |
| 27 | The second half opened with Hemel threatening a stunning transformation as they outscored their opponents 9-2 to go one point ahead on the night and seven down overall . |
| 28 | Many of the films took radical political positions as they told their stories . |
| 29 | TRANMERE went back to the top of the Third Division on goal difference last night as they extended their unbeaten home League run to 26 games with a 2-1 win over Walsall . |
| 30 | COUNCILLORS in St Helens were jeered last night as they made their way through a crowd of angry protesters . |