Example sentences of "[n mass] [noun] as they [verb] " in BNC.

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1 In racing terms the going was good for the championships which were split into four age groups … in all of them the start was like a cavalry charge as they ran off to tackle the 6000 metre long course … the best local performance came in the girls race where Nicky Slater from carterton who runs in the Radley colours came second …
2 They could have as many fish tanks as they wanted , so things came right again .
3 However , arithmetic can not be done on these byte strings as they stand ; instead they must be converted to a different string data-type , known as packed decimal .
4 His wife , Mary Rose , slipped into a mink coat as they prepared to disembark .
5 McCallen and Robert Dunlop may again share the two 250cc races as they did last year and Moodie may lift the 400cc .
6 Do n't miss these two chances to see red deer and roe deer as they leave the cover of their reed beds in the Leighton Moss Nature Reserve .
7 Marines hit the ground either running or flopping on to their stomachs at three points along the 10,000ft runways as they took up positions .
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