Example sentences of "[n mass] as they [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Generally my fish are too healthy to require treatment , but in the last few years I have been able to buy fish as they arrive in the country ( usually via the large fish shows . ) |
| 2 | One of the delights of owning a pond is to watch the fish as they move through the water . |
| 3 | Just my $0.02 as they say over here . |
| 4 | The anxiety , hardship and distress suffered by people as they wait for decisions from the Home Office are obvious to anyone . |
| 5 | THE SNORTING TRAIN sent steam swirling through the buzzing crowd of people as they swarmed from the platform into the open wagons drawn up at Leicester station . |
| 6 | In the final chapter the narrator relates the actions of the new people as they flee from their encounter with the Neanderthalers . |
| 7 | We must redouble our efforts to help the Russian people as they struggle in an effort that has no historical precedent , ’ he said . |
| 8 | Kate Bristow commented , ‘ It is a real privilege for ACET to be asked to work with such people as they look for ways to develop an effective strategy . ’ |
| 9 | Cleaning up contamination is wonderfully labour-intensive : some old military sites being cleaned up by the Department of Energy now employ twice as many people as they did at their peak of production . |
| 10 | Walking the river in the close season , when the bankside and aquatic vegetation has blossomed and the water is running clear and low , is the best time for actually spotting the chub as they go about their daily business . |
| 11 | The son of the legendary Derek and himself a former Gloucestershire player , Shackleton also took 5 for 13 to bowl out Cheshire for 80 in their second innings as they lost to Dorset at Dorchester . |
| 12 | Officials were forced to step in to calm the pair as they rowed on board a British Airways flight to a summit in Ottowa , Canada . |
| 13 | The angles should always add up to 720° as they did in question 13 . |