Example sentences of "as they [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once on board , I took a look below , where many men folk were as comfortably spread on the saloon sofas as circumstances would permit , and finding a vacant space sufficiently large to stretch my full complement of feet and inches on , I tried to fall asleep before we got into rough water ; but with the first movement of the screw , I was on my feet and on deck , having a view of the hills round Gairloch as they slept in the mist of night ere the faint streaks of dawn disturbed their repose . |
| 2 | As they tottered through the trees this Wednesday morning , she felt herself shaking from somewhere deep inside . |
| 3 | There was no wind and the smoke rose straight from the farm chimneys and the bare branches of the roadside trees were still as they stretched across the cold sky . |
| 4 | But he envied more the great herring gulls and black-headed gulls which he watched through the bars of his cage as they soared on the summery winds , the white and grey of their feathers caught brightly by the sun as they banked into a turn . |
| 5 | Desert Orchid had often won from worse positions , but he seemed unable to quicken , and was half a length down on his two younger rivals as they landed over the last obstacle . |
| 6 | You never saw such a frenzy as her frantic rush to dress herself , me pulling outfits from the wardrobe , she rejecting them as fast as they landed on the bed , trying on and discarding until she stood there in a stew of irritation and indecision in nothing but bra and panties . |
| 7 | The aims of these two movements , in so far as they touched on the rites of death , were sharply dissimilar : the Evangelicals aimed further to sanctify death as the gateway to immortality ; the Benthamites wished to demystify death in order to concentrate on the material means of increasing human happiness on earth . |
| 8 | The book is based on the year that Mackay spent in London in 1887–1888 and describes events of that Jubilee Year , especially as they touched on the lives of the socialist and anarchist German exiles there . |
| 9 | She began to feel a little differently , though when less than an hour later they entered Ven 's hotel suite and as she turned , about to give him her polite but none the less sincere thanks as they halted in the middle of the room , Ven looked down at her and got in first with , ‘ Are you tired ? ’ |
| 10 | As they gathered outside the wire waiting for their guard to open the gate into the camp , they were suspended for a few moments in a sort of limbo . |
| 11 | Even Riven laughed with the rest as they piled into the inn Finnan had told them of , and Ratagan wished the landlord good day in a roar that made the poor man cower . |
| 12 | They heard his step falter and as they pressed into the doorway after him they came face to face with Philippe Maurin , holding a gun . |
| 13 | ‘ Leave the door , ’ Tom growled , then pulled Belinda commandingly into his arms and held her in a close embrace that betrayed every detail of his muscles as they pressed along the length of her softer form . |
| 14 | She shivered as they crossed to the west hill . |
| 15 | As they crossed to the supermarket they had to wait as an assistant wearing a jacket over his uniform wheeled a long line of trolleys from a loading bay into the store . |
| 16 | Lesley rummaged in the depths of her calf handbag for a matching key-case as they crossed at the lights , and flicked out the smallest of the keys on the bunch it contained ‘ You wo n't mind waiting a minute for me ? |
| 17 | The storm that struck Marian , Allen and their captors as they crossed towards the dark Tower struck with equal ferocity the greater part of England . |
| 18 | ‘ And what the plague , ’ demanded Rhodri Parry irritably , grasping her arm as they crossed towards the guesthouse doorway , ‘ did you want with starting such a frantic legal bother , without a word of warning to me , without a hint of your purpose ? |
| 19 | The singer caught their quick look of recognition as they crossed in the doorway . |
| 20 | The pair became used to the waves and hoots from passing motorists , trucks and even train drivers as they journeyed to the Mediterranean coast . |
| 21 | There she played most beautifully , pouncing on leaves and grasses as they blew in the wind , pretending to chase her own tail . |
| 22 | In fact , ‘ have a nice day ’ was originally coined as a deliberately longer and more personal message to have ringing in customers ' ears just as they walked off the premises , instead of the terminal ‘ bye ’ or ‘ see yah ’ , so they 'd come back . |
| 23 | He was still shouting as they walked past the barbed wire and the concrete blocks down to the waterline . |
| 24 | ‘ If you 're going to enjoy Tivoli as it deserves to be enjoyed , I think for tonight at least we should call a truce , ’ he suggested , apparently unaware of her intense reaction to his touch , as they walked past the Pantominteatret , where a performance of the traditional Italian pantomime was taking place on the open-air stage . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll see you at the office on Monday morning , ’ Damian told her as he walked her home in the hot , humid night to her own villa next door and cicadas buzzed metallically as they walked past the fountain . |
| 26 | Mr Flood the butcher had looked at them very strangely as they walked up the street . |
| 27 | Daylight was quickly fading as they walked up the street to the nurse 's house . |
| 28 | ‘ Tell me , ’ said Robert , as they walked up the High Street , ‘ and I 'm not going on about it , but exactly why did Ali sentence me to death ? ’ |
| 29 | If you want to make a start painting , I 'm happy to take my drink into your workshop , ’ Vitor said , as they walked up the drive . |
| 30 | As they walked over the little grey bridges that spanned the canals , as she stared up at tall Dutch gables or floodlit towers , Luke told her a little of the history of the city . |