Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [verb] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Birds sang riotously in the thick foliage , and squirrels squawked indignantly as they passed . |
| 2 | Glancing surreptitiously around , she glimpsed knowing smiles and heads drawn close as people whispered . |
| 3 | STUDENTS carrying their luggage and books queued solemnly as they waited for lifts home yesterday morning , a day after the University of Zimbabwe had been shut down indefinitely . |
| 4 | The Co-ordinator and tutors meet collectively as the MAC twice termly and as a Stage I examinations committee termly . |
| 5 | Once on the island he lost no time getting to the prison , and within the hour was waiting in the ante-chamber to an interview room , listening to the distant , hollow sound of metal ringing on metal , and footsteps echoing morbidly as men exercised and moved about their token business . |
| 6 | One was the recognition that leadership was of prime importance if discipline was to be maintained and armies kept together as teams rather than as collections of individuals . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | A tenant could be held responsible for an absentee landlord , in the same way that a married couple and partners living together as husband and wife will be responsible for each other . |
| 9 | For readers there were books and rooms set apart as libraries , and there were people who learnt a great deal and people who read furiously and learnt nothing . |
| 10 | THE five-year-old boys and girls listen attentively as their teacher explains that men who live with men are not figures to be frightened of . |
| 11 | All the teachers and pupils stood respectfully as he entered the schoolroom . |
| 12 | The thesaurus may be kept in machine readable form and sections printed only as required . |
| 13 | He twirled her again , hands clapped a rhythm , and faces glowed briefly as pipes were lit . |