Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] as the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Also you are less likely to fall off as the saddle is constructed with two pommels to grip . |
| 32 | Customers in the tea room of the Walker Art Gallery look on as the statue Death of Virginia is cleaned by experts Arlinda Ribeiro , left , and Polina Agapaki , of the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside Picture : RICHARD WILLIAMS |
| 33 | Bucknor said it should be changed , but Azharuddin persuaded him to play on as the game was almost over . |
| 34 | Your abdomen will be automatically drawn in as the ribs move out and the chest expands . |
| 35 | It 's the sort of thing that gets handed down as the women are pounding the manioc root or whatever . |
| 36 | Even at sixteen , Will refuses to stand still at the beginning of a season for a presentation , but clams down as the year progresses . |
| 37 | But too late , at another signal from Jean-Claude , the girl in the mack clutched her side and stumbled , then collapsed on the ground , and shuddering , turned over as the camera came close and moved out to hover over her face and catch her bitter smile as she died . |
| 38 | The girl playing marbles did n't even look up as the travellers left . |
| 39 | They stand up as the PLAYER whips off their cloaks preparatory to execution . ) |
| 40 | There are some cracking discount deals around at the moment as lenders attempt to drum up new business , but watch out as the headline interest rate does n't always tell the whole story . |
| 41 | Then we watched the names being washed out as the sea came in and felt sad . |
| 42 | On the contrary they are being wiped out as the loggers introduce new diseases , alcohol and guns along with the roads they are driving through the rainforest . |
| 43 | About £35bn of Britain 's huge £50bn borrowing debt is due to the recession , and will be wiped out as the recovery continues over the next three years . |
| 44 | About £35bn of Britain 's huge £50bn borrowing debt is due to the recession , and will be wiped out as the recovery continues over the next three years . |
| 45 | ‘ Any time , ’ Fritz bellowed back as the Lout drove off , tooting his horn derisively . |
| 46 | The electorates of Europe stand by as the squabbling continues . |
| 47 | He turned round as the door opened again . |
| 48 | Lucy turned round as the door opened . |
| 49 | And then there was nothing but sky , and Jekub speeding up as the wheels bounced over the field at the top of the hill . |
| 50 | It 's certainly true that the pressure on you builds up as the terms go on — but training is not designed to destroy you , but to challenge you . |
| 51 | They hung on as the plane made an emergency dive to a lower altitude when they pulled him back on board . |
| 52 | She remembers the way the sun would sink down as the combine sliced out the last ranks of the wheat . |
| 53 | Earlier this morning Home Office forensic experts were called in as the police believed they may be dealing with a murder investigation . |
| 54 | The growth axis was said to approximate the product life-cycle , with the rate of growth slowing down as the product market entered a more mature state . |
| 55 | Light flooded in as the bag was opened . |
| 56 | Mr Condon , 45 , currently Chief Constable of Kent who takes over as the Met 's youngest-ever Commissioner in February , added that bombs still went off in Northern Ireland despite having the army on the streets . |
| 57 | Carrefour faltered , doubling over as the bullet caught him just below the sternum . |
| 58 | On March 5 another outbreak of fire caused the search for some 150 missing men to be called off as the mine was sealed . |
| 59 | The benefits are transitory , wearing off as the alcohol is filtered out of the body . |
| 60 | Again unfortunately the only thing lacking was people , but perhaps in Monday we picked a bad night to sample the crack as locals tell me the place livens up as the weekend approaches . |