Example sentences of "as we [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we parked the car we saw someone being carried off the path into an ambulance — the attendant was n't kidding . |
| 2 | For a few miles , as we hugged the shore of the Strait , the northbound road was paved ; but once we had passed a junction and the track leading eastwards across to Argentina , it reverted to rutted gravel and the wind blew little spirals of dust across it , like ectoplasmic tumbleweed . |
| 3 | In 1984 the youth of the Diocese of Chipata met to discuss the story of Jesus on the road to Emmaus ( Luke 24 : 13–35 ) and ask the question , ‘ What do we talk about as we walk the path of life ? ’ |
| 4 | As we walked the river path towards Dent a pair of curlews rose in alarm close by a pool where one autumn morning I had watched a heron fishing . |
| 5 | Despite the billing on the T-shirts we were told , as we interrupted the jouvert ( dawn fiesta ) to line up beside Scotty 's Bar , that it was 20K . |
| 6 | Madeline and I will be kept very busy over the next months as we visit the pilot centres to attend key events in their validation or approval processes . |
| 7 | Hence , as we follow the orbit around , we oscillate between one point and the other . |
| 8 | ‘ As long as we follow the plan we are provided with there are no problems , ’ he said . |
| 9 | ‘ You have only brought one teacup with you , McAllister , so we may not share the tea as we shared the coffee earlier today . ’ |
| 10 | The brain is neat , segmented , divided into two halves as we imagine the heart should obviously be . |
| 11 | As we passed the dam , a little snow lay on the shingle plains and the rivers were a mere shadow of their former selves . |
| 12 | There was the sound of a T.V. programme as we passed the entrance to the first-floor flat ; on the ground floor all was quiet . |
| 13 | The face has always had a dialectical relationship to art and , today perhaps , this is stronger than ever as we view the face — in portraiture — with a scepticism characteristic of our age and as we witness the convergence of popular culture and fine art in so many spheres . |
| 14 | Just so long as we maintain the candidacy . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ As soon as we spotted the advertisement for the lighthouse we were intrigued . |
| 16 | As we pass the finish line at the end of the first circuit , he lets go all the power in the car 's 333 bhp , the big bonnet lifts , the needle on the rev counter winds towards the red limit and , suddenly , your complacent reporter is hanging onto his seat-belt mounting with white knuckles , his notebook abandoned in the footwell . |
| 17 | The driver of the bus , meanwhile , cheerfully informs us , as we pass the theatre where Malcolm X was assassinated , that round the corner ‘ there 's a good hospital you can go to if you ever get shot ’ . |
| 18 | As we pass the top of the stairs the thought hits me for the thousandth time . |
| 19 | Then as we pass the slaughterhouse at Karantina , I ask the Christian driver the reason for the appalling smell . |
| 20 | As we expand the client server architecture to become a universal solution we will need to integrate more diverse sources of information . |
| 21 | A nerve-wracking wait added to the mounting psychological pressure as we charted the progress of the sun over the Anglesey seascape . |
| 22 | As soon as we heard the engine his grip tightened . |
| 23 | Just in so far as we cause the Government to persecute those who believe in peace , so we may be doing the greatest service … to stimulate the national consciousness in [ the ] direction [ of peace ] . ’ |
| 24 | Our three part series begins tomorrow , as we join the crew of HMS Gloucester , at the sharp end . |
| 25 | As soon as we received the tree preservation order we rushed down to pi-n i-t on the tree . |
| 26 | and I said as soon as we got the opportunity of moving away we would do , and we searched all over the erm , when it come to , went into Lincolnshire , went into Wales |
| 27 | ‘ As soon as we got the report we suspected — well , we knew , I suppose . |
| 28 | Well we all see the other tenner but that do n't make any difference , as long as we got the main . |
| 29 | The years have come and gone and mystery survives , as we await the contact from the sky . |
| 30 | Guide us oh God with your love as we await the coming of your son and give us all grace to welcome him into our hearts as his mother welcomed him in Bethlehem , and we ask her help as we pray . |