Example sentences of "[noun sg] as they made [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't even wait for the curtain call and the audience must have seen me charging through the lobby as they made their way out . |
| 2 | The uniformed officer did n't appreciate the joke and pushed Robinson out onto the landing where , already , a steady file of men were spilling from their cells , joining the long line on either side of the landing as they made their way to the toilets . |
| 3 | They had discussed the possible reasons for such a meeting as they made their way to the farm , and all feared the worst . |
| 4 | There was a fair wind spattering them with rain as they made their descent to the beach . |
| 5 | COUNCILLORS in St Helens were jeered last night as they made their way through a crowd of angry protesters . |
| 6 | He flicked away another cigarette as they made their way towards him to continue the drive still higher into the hills . |
| 7 | Miranda sniffed the heavy scent of the lilies ; in the flower room beyond the bar , she could hear Elinor and Buzz talking as they made their way slowly into the summer salon . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 10 | Dot clutched tight to Gloria 's coat as they made their way through the dark rustling leaves of some tall shrubs . |
| 11 | A long white strip of cloth linked them all from hand a hand as they made their way down through the sleet and the open snowy fields . |
| 12 | ‘ I ca n't wait to get into those waves , ’ she shouted over her shoulder as they made their way carefully down . |
| 13 | He liked best the stormy winter evenings when , working late , he could see the lights of shipping prinking the horizon as they made their way down the coast to the Yarmouth lanes , and see the flashing lightships and the beam from Happisburgh Lighthouse , which for generations had warned mariners of the treacherous offshore sands . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |