Example sentences of "[n mass] as they [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To the north-west of Lake Baikal it was the Evenkis who absorbed Ket people as they advanced westward to the Yenisei and beyond . |
| 2 | Like any other European colonialists , they were content to rely upon the services of interpreters from among the local people as they advanced farther into unknown territory . |
| 3 | He was standing at the door , greeting people as they came in , simpering and giggling and asking them how so-and-so was . |
| 4 | In other camps rats lived under the seats and bit people as they sat there naked . |
| 5 | ALTHOUGH relationships with parents determine in large measure our longer-term preferences , attitudes and values , during adolescence it is often relationships with friends that cause most concern and which pre-occupy the thoughts of young people as they grow up . |
| 6 | There is no mention of it being outside the camp , and instead we are left with the picture of the tent , filled with the glory of God , travelling with the people as they continue onwards ( 40.34–8 ) . |
| 7 | The movement continued to grow and develop and to absorb new media as they came on to the market . |
| 8 | They were a very sober pair as they set out again for Gore . |
| 9 | This phenomenon they used to their advantage by constructing net traps at such points which caught the confused fowl as they fluttered down to Earth . |