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

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
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