Example sentences of "as they [vb past] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ These people were cold bloodedly shot in the head as they slept in separate bedrooms . ’ |
| 2 | Statutory advisers from the conservation bodies all gave us a list of the areas that they wanted included and , for the most part , we followed those lists in so far as they agreed with one another . |
| 3 | Andy Lloyd believes they ultimately failed last year because of the onerous programme confronting them , as they competed in all directions for an elusive honour : ‘ There was so much concerted effort and no reward . |
| 4 | All she got was a glimpse of the empty Pyrenees , and the tiny concentrated ball of the rising sun , alternately revealed and hidden as they crossed from one face to another with first one peak throwing its dark bulk between them and then another . |
| 5 | Irish women cried as they heard from two Chilean women of the horrors being committed in post-Allende Chile . |
| 6 | She felt weightless as they pitched into empty air . |
| 7 | THE house was built on a rectangle that surrounded an inner courtyard and Maggie 's steps dragged a little as they walked into this . |
| 8 | The trees had begun to loosen themselves of leaves as they had of golden pears , rough-skinned and scarred , a little while before . |
| 9 | He relished the thought of showing that he could create a viable large-scale industrial organisation in the public sector , as they had in private industry . |
| 10 | But with the tide of war now running against the Allies , many of the natives decided to join the winning side , just as they had in Dutch Timor the previous winter . |
| 11 | The lords-of the manoirs and their servants converged as they had in medieval times . |
| 12 | For several months the Hong Kong Sevens waited , hoping that the country 's two rugby bodies would unite as quickly as they had in some other sports — most notably cricket . |
| 13 | If they had polled the same plurality as they commanded in 1987 , there would have been no overall party majority . |
| 14 | But already the ships in the Morpork docks — laden with grain , cotton and timber , and coated with tar — were blazing merrily and , their moorings burnt to ashes , were breasting the river Ankh on the ebb tide , igniting riverside palaces and bowers as they drifted like drowning fireflies towards the sea . |
| 15 | ‘ Who was that man , Virginia ? ’ he persisted quietly , as they waited at more traffic lights . |
| 16 | As they waited for these to declare , the television lights in the club 's library lightly grilled nervous Liberal Democrats as the party 's organiser , Mr Des Wilson , discussed their prospects . |
| 17 | A colleague from Christian Aid phoned me from Addis Ababa last night and he reported what had happened in the Red Sea port of Assab on Saturday which was when 15 trucks and trailers were loaded each with 22 tons of U N grain and there was a little ceremony as they left at 12 noon for Desai . |
| 18 | Later , as they strolled on neat walkways and over pretty Oriental stone bridges , Luke 's mood grew more relaxed , so Maria reintroduced the subject which had been the initial cause of their earlier conflict . |
| 19 | Khrushchev 's denunciation of Stalin had angered the Chinese Communist leaders , as they believed in rigid adherence to the Stalin type government , and they disapproved of any form of ‘ co-existence ’ . |
| 20 | The sun blazed down on the ancient circle of stones , bees buzzed diligently as they searched for late pollen , and birds sang cheerfully in the nearby trees . |
| 21 | Both men lapsed into silence as they searched for familiar faces amongst the last of the crowd trickling into the stadium . |
| 22 | There was silence as they glanced at each other , and Sophie said irritably , ‘ It 's exactly as I said . |
| 23 | They provided many of the resources for the celebrations and allowed the students to proceed as they wished with few officials presiding over events . |
| 24 | The traditional Conservative cry against the nationalised industries thus had some plausibility for anyone concerned with a correct allocation of investment resources in the economy : though it should be remembered that the electricity boards were ( unlike private industry ) not in general free to invest as much as they wished at low rates of return , but were subject to annual quantitative limits agreed with the Minister . |
| 25 | There will still be those people who try and find a quiet corner , as they discovered with similar bans in hospitals . ’ |
| 26 | The Cherry and Whites kicked off with a win in their first game … more like a romp as they ran in 45 points against Casale … |
| 27 | Wigan began so explosively that they had raced into a 34–0 lead within a mere 20 minutes as they ran in six memorable tries . |
| 28 | thank heavens for Gloucester rugby club … they won at the weekend … well it was more a walkover as they ran in forty two points against Newport . |
| 29 | There was a long , emotionally charged silence as they stared at one another , before he began to roughly shrug the jacket from his broad shoulders . |
| 30 | A wave passed , so high that its spray burst against a side porthole as they stared at each other . |