Example sentences of "[noun pl] as they [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The uncles and my father , jolly and unsuspecting after an evening 's celebrations , blundered in with their sacks of bounty ; the tins and cutlery crashed round their ears as they pushed the door open . |
| 2 | The wind tore at their trouser legs as they circled the cage , and Erlich smiled his admiration of the great stone circle . |
| 3 | She really wanted them to burn tonight , to feel the heat between their legs as they watched the glowing monitors . |
| 4 | They dragged their steps as they approached the villa . |
| 5 | It was a bright day with thin sunshine burnishing up from the snow and men blinked and rubbed their eyes as they crossed the open space between the two compounds , tramping over the road running down to the village and the railway line that stretched far the other way to Pot'ma . |
| 6 | All such speculations were banished by the sight that met his eyes as they followed the Doctor 's pointing finger . |
| 7 | He protected her like a lover , shielding her from curious eyes as they climbed the steep steps of the Rialto bridge with its shops on either side . |
| 8 | Many Clutton players and supporters were still stunned by Royston Marley 's brilliant brace of goals as they boarded the bus home . |
| 9 | At the head of a small cavalry force he rode almost non-stop for two days and nights and on 12 February he fell upon Aimar 's routiers as they attacked the church of Gorre a dozen miles to the west of Limoges , believing him to be still somewhere beyond Poitiers . |
| 10 | She realised that he had n't ever responded to her first mildly scolding words as they left the Hamiltons ' . |
| 11 | He rested his arm lightly along her shoulders as they left the restaurant , and she forced herself to wait a decent interval before ducking lightly away from him , hating the insidious way his touch seemed to affect her . |
| 12 | The monks used to be responsible for the education of the boys , teaching them the three Rs and the elements of Buddhism , the learning being almost entirely by rote , so that approaching a village one could often hear from a distance the shrill boyish voices as they repeated the lesson after their teacher . |
| 13 | We 'll catch up with her continued efforts in a few weeks time when Zoe Muir reviews the progress of all our healthy lifestylers as they hit the three month mark . |
| 14 | There was a strained , listening silence , broken only by Father O'Flaherty 's startled feet as they took the stairs in record time . |
| 15 | He heaved himself to his feet as they approached the table . |
| 16 | Matthew Wilder rose to his feet as they approached the corner table , and instead of shutting his eyes or turning away he scrutinised Lucy with interest . |
| 17 | The Dragoons were bunched like steeplechasers as they reached the foot of the slope . |
| 18 | It was a misty night and she could hear the sound of the water lapping against the pilings as they reached the riverside lane . |
| 19 | Well to-do visitors would have taken it as their right to be given a tour of the house and gardens as they travelled the country in past centuries — today visitors from all over the world come to Blenheim — their entrance fees paying for its up-keep . |
| 20 | But in November 1950 the Chinese sent some 250 000 " volunteers " across the Yalu , and the war swung back in favour of the North Koreans and their allies as they drove the UN forces back to the 38th parallel . |
| 21 | Not a few drivers were surprised to find themselves ‘ held up ’ by a group of clowns as they entered the village . |
| 22 | She was drowning in her own juices as they soaked the sheet . |
| 23 | She envisioned the admiring glances of guests as they noted the sculptural perfection of the two McKintosh chairs poised in the foyer . |
| 24 | My father described to me how the Guides had arrived and gone straight into action after marching day and night from the Punjab ; how Nicholson had been killed leading the troops as they stormed the ramparts of Delhi . |
| 25 | It was well beyond the range of the ‘ oboe ’ radar equipment and meant that they were wide open to fighter attacks as they approached the city . |
| 26 | One or two layers would be in space — first shooting at missiles as they left the atmosphere and then shooting at re-entry vehicles as they travel through space . |
| 27 | He continued walking , past a queue of people filing aboard a sight-seeing bus , jostling for the best positions as they reached the open upper deck . |
| 28 | But it did sell ‘ prime promotion space ’ — the shelves at the end of each island unit that faced customers as they entered the door , and allowed four or five copies to face outwards . |
| 29 | Everywhere he found the same thing : elderly employees , attempting to run things as they thought the old baron would have wanted , out of touch with new ideas , fearful of taking any decision on their own , and consequently stalling , allowing problems to build up . |
| 30 | Twenty minutes later Luke pulled back on the reins as they reached the crossroads . |