Example sentences of "[noun] as it [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if it is n't true , James 's position was an excellent stimulus for research as it forced people who would adopt an alternative position to consider very carefully how else emotions might come about . |
| 2 | However , such a policy could not be seen in isolation as it had implications for practice more generally , including procedures and training . |
| 3 | The wind was rising again , mocking the arrival of spring as it lashed rain against the windows . |
| 4 | This however was no ordinary wedding as it took place on the Healthcare annual incentive to Mexico . |
| 5 | The driver ran after the vehicle as it gathered speed , tried to warn people on Street to get out of the way . |
| 6 | They accepted that the state had a duty to uphold morality and that private morality ought to be subject to the law as it affected society . |
| 7 | She was making for the telephone box outside the Broken Dolls Hospital when she heard the puttering of a motorcycle engine as it reduced speed in the gutter behind her . |
| 8 | The Kinshasa demonstration followed calls from the opposition alliance , the Sacred Union , for popular protest in support of the national conference as it rejected proposals for its replacement outlined by Prime Minister Jean Nguza Karl-I-Bond . |
| 9 | On the other hand , Woolworth to Comet group Kingfisher bounced 3p to 544p as it reported profits in line with forecasts . |
| 10 | The crash happened yesterday morning when the goods train left the rails as it entered Maidstone East station . |
| 11 | The petrol ignited immediately , a loud whump filling the room as it consumed Connelly 's body , which twisted insanely on the ropes as he screamed in uncontrollable agony . |
| 12 | A witness said : ‘ Two engines cut out and the plane started to eject fuel as it lost height . |
| 13 | If that nose had pleased the gods as it pleased Caesar and Antony , a loose Alexandrian gnosticism might have prevailed instead of the Christian discipline imposed by the two Romes , the old one on the Tiber , and the new one on the Bosporus . |
| 14 | Twenty pleasant minutes retraced the morning 's steps and I stood beside the Land Rover waving goodbye and listening to the blue van 's familiar toots as it continued north . |
| 15 | Few people noticed the event as it took place in an uninhabited part of Kamchatcka and caused no known casualties . |
| 16 | Mr Sugar 's other main company interest , Tottenham Hotspur , was in demand as it climbed 14p to 103p over speculation that chief executive Terry Venables might buy Mr Sugar 's stake in the club . |
| 17 | Carlton was undeterred by HTV 's news as it jumped 6p to 754p . |
| 18 | All together , elbows in ribs , knees in calves , packed tight and swaying with the motion of the train as it struggled north . |
| 19 | Although the enclosure movement in all these forms was the last great revolution in the English landscape , radically changing much of the countryside as it took place , it also gave us a landscape which is aesthetically much more pleasing to most people . |
| 20 | THE Australian pack looked a mighty outfit as it blew Scotland to the four corners at both scrummage and line-out during their recent two-test series ( see pages 22 & 23 ) . |
| 21 | The car joined the evening traffic as it swung south-east towards Moscow . |
| 22 | Half-year results from British Gas left the group a penny weaker at 329p although RTZ , the world 's biggest mining group , added 4p to 721p as it produced profits in line with the City 's expectations . |
| 23 | While the question of refugees highlighted the dilemma facing the government as it established freedom of movement [ see above ] , it also provoked problems in Romania 's foreign relations , especially with Hungary . |
| 24 | The ferry had reportedly sunk almost immediately on hitting coral reefs as it approached Safaga at around midnight . |
| 25 | From some different world , she heard the bird 's song cease abruptly in mid-trill , and the startled flutter of its wings as it took flight , followed by the soft rustle of a breeze through the bushes . |
| 26 | I watched the smoke rising from the liquid as it changed colour from red to purple and at last to green . |
| 27 | To have one 's hand fixed by an elastic band to the telephone receiver was the norm as it encouraged continuity of business — if it was n't used too frequently . |
| 28 | According to official accounts , Spartak Okopyan , 39 , was shot when a column of soldiers returned fire after coming under attack as it patrolled Stepanakert , now exclusively populated by Armenians . |
| 29 | A witness said : ‘ Two engines cut out and the plane started to eject fuel over a lake as it lost height . |
| 30 | He squinted at a car on the road as it hurried north . |