Example sentences of "[adv prt] as [pron] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Large numbers of the birds are believed to have been shot down as they crossed Afghanistan and Pakistan en route to their summer breeding grounds along the River Ob , in eastern Russia . |
| 2 | The yachts are slowing down as they approach Fremantle and the effect of the high-pressure zone becomes apparent . |
| 3 | The yachts are slowing down as they approach Fremantle and the effect of the high-pressure zone becomes apparent . |
| 4 | Thomas ran through and was pulled down as he rounded Walton , Dicks scoring with the penalty after 72 minutes . |
| 5 | Greg blenched before the tempest he had stupidly unleashed , but Viola quietened down as he murmured apologies . |
| 6 | Wearing a green and red tartan dress , she kept her head down as she spotted newsmen . |
| 7 | The severe turbulence , with the jet bucking up and down as it encountered windshear , had Myeloski wishing he was sitting in the back . |
| 8 | But the excitement of adventure took over as we prepared Faith 's 1954 Tri-Pacer . |
| 9 | Likewise , control clicking ( holding down the CTRL key while you click ) allows you to select multiple items for processing and shift clicking highlights everything from the last highlighted item to the one your pointer is over as you shift click . |
| 10 | She saw the recklessness take over as he abandoned speech impatiently . |
| 11 | She was twenty-five years old and still a virgin , and as she looked at her image in the mirror great tears welled up and spilled over as she relived Ace 's words . |
| 12 | Then you can just chop them off as they become constants . |
| 13 | And her voice trailed off as she surveyed Sally-Anne in all her proud and pampered beauty . |
| 14 | Another possibility is that a woman had a bomb wired to her , and that it went off as she gave flowers to Mr Gandhi . |
| 15 | The superb choruses , picking up as they do lines from various Crabbe poems , inherit the point-of-view of his editorial stoicism . |
| 16 | She saw that Talvi 's frizzled up as it met Rosa 's , like a brand which is doused , and she also saw that Rosa did not notice , but went on as if a bubbling sulphurous spring rose inside her . |
| 17 | On 4 March the Belgian ship La Coubre — carrying weapons purchased by the Castro regime — was blown up as it entered Havana Bay by a bomb allegedly planted by the CIA . |
| 18 | If I get married I will definitely give prostitutes up as I take marriage seriously and think it would be very insulting to a woman . |
| 19 | ExerCal makes an excellent companion to any training program and can help keep your motivation level up as you balance calories-in with calories-out . |
| 20 | Tension can build up as you open doors and walk round corners . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's best to make yourself a timetable for Christmas Day , then you know what to do and it cheers you up as you cross things off . ’ |
| 22 | She got up as she saw Ian beckoning from the doorway . |
| 23 | Barbara looked up as she dragged Jimmy to one side , and saw Duvall stoop to pick up the broken neck of the whisky bottle that she had dropped . |
| 24 | She felt her top lip swell up as she tasted blood , and she said nothing more . |
| 25 | Billy 's eyes popped out as she kissed Yanto on the cheek and flopped into a chair beside him . |
| 26 | Moma Parsheen cried out as she sensed environment flooding back , the way that sensation needles through a frozen limb . |
| 27 | ‘ See you next Saturday , ’ she called out as she handed Jean the night-safe wallet and left . |
| 28 | When the best man cleared his throat and announced that he was going to fix the puncture he had before leaving , all Moran 's children followed him out to the road and stood around as he got levers and patches and solution . |
| 29 | Penry came to lean in the doorway , his eyes following her about as she took packets and tins from the cupboard , making her decidedly uneasy . |
| 30 | The conversations of the ‘ Lunatics ’ , as they were called , would often carry on as they took advantage of the moonlight to find their sometimes uncertain way home over the ruts and rubbish in their path . |