Example sentences of "[adv] as they [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She found herself smiling at him suddenly as they gained the shelter of the sitting-room and went in search of towels . |
| 2 | It appeared quite suddenly as they turned a sharp bend , an imposing stone edifice with ivy-clad walls , set among tall poplars , well back from the road . |
| 3 | ( c. 1 ) Writing shortly after Charles 's death , he believed that a new generation of both kings and nobles could preserve the realm so long as they had the right personal qualities . |
| 4 | The senior officials of these institutions are therefore more or less free to act as they wish , so long as they show a reasonable profit . |
| 5 | People are like chameleons : they can adjust themselves to any environment so long as they 've no alternative . |
| 6 | The limitations on the power of these liberal groups within protestant loyalism are demonstrated by the fact that they have only been allowed to function among the leadership of the people so long as they obeyed the basic tenets and values common to the alliance as a whole . |
| 7 | No , I 'm sure that they that so long as they pass the audition they are always welcome . |
| 8 | This is regarded as a Good Thing by Orcs who are universally content with their lot , being ultimately happy to meet their end in battle so long as they get a chance of a good fight . |
| 9 | It is irrelevant to the Purchaser whether or not the Vendors know the warranties are right or wrong so long as they accept the risk . |
| 10 | The intermediate targets should be destinations in their own right so long as they offer a good starting point for the next stage . |
| 11 | Ailing animals , so long as they have a solvent owner in two , are our bread and butter . |
| 12 | Liverpool get a penalty — ‘ suprise suprise ’ ( especially as they had a pen against them during the week , one of very few no doubt ) . |
| 13 | The poor Chinese footballers understandably got a coolish reception in their World Cup qualifying tournament here , especially as they spoilt the script by winning their opening match . |
| 14 | My concern in the present chapter is mainly with linguistic patterns , which amounts to a description of the main methods and principles of social dialectology as we have tried to develop them , especially as they concern the analysis of what are usually called ‘ non-standard ’ varieties . |
| 15 | It was windy up on the ridge , and the ponies jogged impatiently as they reached the stretch of open turf which led over to the wood and the track through it . |
| 16 | Both the girls were small and looked exceptionally so as they crossed the Bridge with their handcart . |
| 17 | No if we er do something so as they have a checklist and we can all , you know like me and Jim say , have a copy to say oh right , can we take your name and address , telephone number |
| 18 | Still in their independent reveries they walk closely together as they near the end of the park . |
| 19 | The approaching fleet , now seen to be wearing banners showing the Leopards of England , did slow down and bunch together as they approached the harbour entrance , to negotiate the fairly narrow channel . |
| 20 | Athelstan and Cranston looked at each other despondently as they left the church and reentered the priest 's house where the boy was lapping a second bowl of soup as hungrily as a starving dog . |
| 21 | There are certain bars where artists and writers are always to be seen , talking animatedly as they set the world to rights . |
| 22 | Too many pilots allow their glider to zoom up too steeply as they leave the ground . |
| 23 | Just as they reached the top and comparative safety , Lilley yelled for everyone to bale out . |
| 24 | Indraugnir 's strength failed just as they reached the Blighted Isle . |
| 25 | Cocooned in an ivory tower of antique furniture and unfinished jigsaw puzzles , she spends an inordinate amount of time doing simple things like pouring hot water into a teapot ; then she gets on the telephone to her friends and either hangs up just as they reach the receiver or asks them if they would n't mind coming round to tea and picking up some skate from the fishmonger on the way . |
| 26 | Joe steals two bus tickets to Miami , but Ratso dies just as they reach the place of his dreams . |
| 27 | Is there any evidence that bats have " discovered " it too , just as they did the send/receive system ? |
| 28 | He , like Beatty , manipulates women just as they do the media . |
| 29 | Just as they approached the doors , he stopped as if he had suddenly come to a decision . |
| 30 | Embarrassment , she thought , was fear but of a very reduced kind , just as they say an itch is pain to a very mild degree . |