Example sentences of "[verb] as they [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Figures taken from an American survey indicated that ‘ learners retain about 10% of what they read , 20% of what they hear , 30% of what they see , 50% of what they see and hear , 70% of what they say as they talk and 90% of what they say as they do a thing ’ . |
| 2 | There are some glorious cameos full of subtle humour and insight , such as when Seth desperately invites an Indian film crew to visit as they re-enact a truly dreadful song and sitar number on the back lawn . |
| 3 | Both turned as they heard a door opening . |
| 4 | On Series 11 this is easily done as they have a separate filler and level plug . |
| 5 | Firemen needed police support as they tackled a car in the driveway which had been set on fire . |
| 6 | Users were intercepted as they approached a terminal to either catalogue and asked to undertake their searches under controlled conditions . |
| 7 | The members of these death squads are often difficult to identify as they make a habit of killing anyone who witnesses their activities . |
| 8 | Maxwell nodded as they watched a little , hustling minx sashay her way across the floor . |
| 9 | Also chlorine liberating agents should be avoided as they have a similar effect . |
| 10 | The timber opened as they breasted a ridge and Trent glimpsed a steeply-sloping meadow up ahead and a patch of white . |
| 11 | Then I flinched as they took a threatening step towards me . |
| 12 | for it is clear that the recitals , containing as they do a statement of the reasons for the measure adopted , facilitate an interpretation of the operative Articles of a measure in accordance with its purpose . |
| 13 | Such views have an ideology behind them ( though not necessarily a conscious one ) , involving as they do a decision that the language of ‘ the Oxford Common Room and the Officers ’ mess ' is an appropriate object of study , whereas that of ‘ illiterate peasants ’ is not ( Wyld , 1927 ) . |
| 14 | They charged into the other dressing rooms , gabbling as they started a quick change for another number . |
| 15 | But if the physical violence that Dick Francis writes of so well , without glorying in it , without dismissing it in the way cruder writers do as they allow a hero to leap into action after some terrible beating-up if this does not fire your imagination you can still write suspense novels that will satisfy readers every bit as well . |
| 16 | She smiled as they relaxed a touch . |
| 17 | ‘ You look tired and frazzled , ’ he accused as they drove a winding route through city streets on which the traffic had thinned noticeably now . |
| 18 | They will tell me they can ‘ see ’ the theme emerging as they interview a person . |
| 19 | It is impossible to exaggerate the importance that the Danakil attached to this practice , rating as they did a man 's prowess by the number of his kills ; many raids were undertaken principally for this purpose . |
| 20 | On the whole , I hope that there is sufficient material in the book for analysts of any persuasion to make a start on the process of using system ideas to investigate and understand human activity ; at the same time , systems students and researchers may well benefit by studying some of the interpretations and practical examples given here , reflecting as they do a Weltanschauung with which they may not be familiar . |
| 21 | Handwritten ephemera have a special interest , bringing as they do a sense of intimacy , of closeness to the people concerned , that does not belong to the printed word . |
| 22 | There was a long pause , the kind of pause that winners always display as they create a little time to savour their victory . |