Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] as they made " in BNC.

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1 He flicked away another cigarette as they made their way towards him to continue the drive still higher into the hills .
2 In the absence of any corporate direction , BR 's excursion trains then were not much more than a mishmash of bright and not so bright ideas by divisional and area managers , which lost as much money as they made .
3 Such concessions as they made were mere delaying tactics .
4 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 .
5 Three of the dead , including two policemen , were shot overnight and the other six were gunned down by masked snipers as they made their way in a crowd of thousands of peace protesters into the city centre .
6 Ronni had plenty of time to torture herself with these thoughts as they made the journey back to Olbia , barely exchanging a word the whole way .
7 Ellie was ordered to keep her new lingerie on under her old black dress as they made their way back downstairs to the ready-made department .
8 The market was in full swing as they made their way slowly round the piazza , the Brigadier leaning on the horn to make a path through the jumble of cars and people milling about in the bright but fitful sunshine .
9 ‘ I love it when you do that … ’ she whispered to him one day as they made love , and he laughed softly , looking down at her , such warmth in his face that her heart stopped and her smile faded .
10 He sensed her own excitement as they made what amounted to — considering the circumstances and the time lapse — quite desultory conversation .
11 Dennis , who was down to ride work with her on another twoyear-old smiled with open hostility as they made their way up to the gallops .
12 But because of their concern they made a direction at the same time as they made the care order .
13 At the same time as they made it more terrible .
14 City gave another disappointing display as they made their second Cup exit of the week , when in their replay in the O'Brien Trophy game , they went by the went down by three goals to one .
15 COUNCILLORS in St Helens were jeered last night as they made their way through a crowd of angry protesters .
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