Example sentences of "as they [verb] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably Tom 's fellow commuters sincerely enjoyed their Sunday morning Martinis , just as they enjoyed shining the tail-fins and chrome of the Plymouth and cutting their grass with power mowers ( power mower sales quadrupled ) . |
| 2 | By placing a tethered owl under a tree , the branches of which had been covered with sticky lime , it was possible to trap small birds as they gathered to mob the bird of prey . |
| 3 | Children read incomplete sentences such as " the dog ran after the … " , and as they finished pronouncing the final word , which was always the word " the " , a completing word was presented . |
| 4 | The fields became parched and brown and the cattle required additional concentrate feed much as they had done the previous year . |
| 5 | As soon as they had turned the corner , however , he put his paper down and headed for the row of pay phones that lined the wall . |
| 6 | The movies could not hope to escape , especially as they had accumulated a mass audience in one great swoop that bypassed the schools , the churches , the charities , and all the other traditional agencies of cultural influence . |
| 7 | Faye asked her brother archly as soon as they had exchanged a brief kiss in greeting . |
| 8 | The presence or severity of the lesions contributing to the anaemia was difficult to interpret at endoscopy in 43 of the patients as they had received a course of H 2 antagonists ( n=18 ) or had reduced or stopped aspirin or NSAIDs ( n=32 ) , or both , before the first hospital attendence . |
| 9 | Most chairmen continued to believe , as they had told the Ministry in July 1953 , that ‘ the role of tariff policy , taken by itself , in improving the load factor of the system is not capable of much further advance . ’ |
| 10 | They were used to heavy work as they had to run the crofts & do all the work themselves when their husbands were away on the boats . |
| 11 | There was a satellite dish out in the grounds , and she was keen to keep up her French and Spanish as they had improved no end since she had begun working in Peter 's cosmopolitan little shop at the resort . |
| 12 | As soon as they had left the room , Nancy took off her shoes and crept silently up the stairs to listen in the passage — as she had done once before . |
| 13 | She sat down at the table for two Roman had selected , and tossed her hair back from her face ; Roman had pulled the pins out as soon as they had left the hotel and placed them in his pocket . |
| 14 | He said the Government had failed to understand the depth of feeling amongst unionists , especially as they had to share the council chamber with Sinn Fein . |
| 15 | She immediately fell into conversation with Jack as they waited to board the mini-bus that stood in the centre of the courtyard , ready to transport them to the Parc de Prafance with its famous forest of bamboo . |
| 16 | But as soon as they come to rest the wings close and the animals become completely cryptic again . |
| 17 | The lake 's many arms , and its very irregular shape with constrictions here and twists of direction there , contribute greatly to its fascinating charm as they combine to provide a series of dramatic changes of vista and of interest . |
| 18 | In London Whigs and Dissenters not only organised counter-demonstrations , where they burnt effigies of the Pope , the Pretender and Tory defectors , but they also engaged in vigilante activity , as they sought to suppress the activities of the Jacobite crowds . |
| 19 | And she was initially awed by the plots which the girls concocted as they sought to shame a particular teacher or fellow pupil , or simply to escape at impermissible hours from the school grounds . |
| 20 | And I am certain he would love to have been given the chance to impress the NIBA selectors as they prepare to pick the side for next month 's senior championship in Dublin . |
| 21 | A GROUP of charity cyclists are appealing for support as they prepare to cover the 950 miles from Lands End to John O'Groats . |
| 22 | The use of plants is recommended as they help settle the catfish down and provide spawning sites . |
| 23 | Invaluable for planting among tall ‘ leggy ’ bulbs like tulips , as they help cover the soil . |
| 24 | I do n't think needy people from other countries should be deprived of treatment , but surely our citizens should come first — especially as they help fund the NHS . |
| 25 | As they began to turn the silver handle with the strange , serpent-like beasts engraved deeply into it , Fenella felt the Melanisms creep nearer . |
| 26 | She stopped his hands as they began to release the buttons . |
| 27 | But as they began to see the possibilities of the data highway , they also realised that they did not have the technical expertise to build the sorts of switched networks necessary to bring it off . |
| 28 | Katherine asked as they began to descend the gently curving marble staircase . |
| 29 | As they began to gather the berries , eating the sweetest , darkest red ones , and putting the rest into their baskets to take home , the sun came out . |
| 30 | The others paddled and scrambled over somehow and as they began to reach the other side , Hazel plunged . |