Example sentences of "as it [vb past] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A member of staff said that the patients could not be evacuated out of the town as it Continued on Page 5 Continued from Page 1 was cut-off . |
| 2 | The jump in share prices was comparable to yesterday 's but the euphoria quickly ebbed away as it dawned on investors that — in terms of the immediate prospects — not much had changed and what had changed was not entirely for the better . |
| 3 | The catch was usually gutted as soon as it came on board , and the gulls would go in a flock from boat to boat , cleaning up the discards . |
| 4 | Having taken such measures , as it did on Aug. 6 , the Security Council could go further if sanctions " proved to be inadequate " , by taking under Article 42 " such action by air , sea or land forces as may be necessary to maintain international peace and security " , and specifically including blockade . |
| 5 | In 1972 the US spent three times as much on family planning programmes in the Third World as it did on health programmes . |
| 6 | No one ever looked ‘ a little lovelier each day with fabulous new Camay ’ — a bar of green Fairy soap worked as well on faces as it did on floors . |
| 7 | The £550m mentioned above was charged against profits for the year following an actuarial valuation of the company 's main pension fund as it stood on January 1 1993 . |
| 8 | as it dripped on parquet marked with muddy tracks — two mackintoshes in distress |
| 9 | ‘ Why did you come back ? ’ went on Eleanor , her green gaze bright with dislike as it fixed on Jessamy . |