Example sentences of "as they [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They became nearly invisible as they crossed a huge , echoing corridor . |
| 2 | Flook claimed he did not see the family as they crossed a dual carriageway in Patchway , Bristol , as he was chased ‘ bumper to bumper ’ by two men in the other car . |
| 3 | On Sept. 18 security forces claimed to have killed 70 guerrillas as they staged an abortive attack on a police garrison to free prisoners held in the El Sepa prison colony situated in Loreto department in the north-east Amazonian region . |
| 4 | The children themselves were not present at the Hearing , as they had a legal obligation to be . |
| 5 | Two minutes later Zurich area control centre asked Base whether they had an aircraft flying outbound towards the Hochwald beacon ( ten miles south of the airfield ) as they had an unidentified trace . |
| 6 | As they launched a follow-up operation to Mr Major 's fight-back speech to Scottish Tories at Edinburgh on Friday , Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley warned that the Government must take seriously claims it is out of touch with what ‘ ordinary people ’ are thinking . |
| 7 | A SQUAD of Cambridge University rugby players turned the air blue as they terrorised a packed jetliner during a two-hour rampage . |
| 8 | As soon as they saw a lonely person , they had to drag him off to the woods Jesus Christ ! |
| 9 | The Manton trainer said : ‘ Dr Devious is in great shape and on course for the Juddmonte International where I think the 10 furlongs will suit as long as they go a fast enough pace . |
| 10 | It was rough going for some of the exhibitors as they put a new four wheel drive model through its paces . |
| 11 | People laugh and point as they recognize a particular god by his mannerisms , by the way he contorts the dhāmi 's body to dance , or smile , or leap high into the air . |
| 12 | When they disappeared he turned his attention to a couple of girls who were laughing and giggling as they flung an orange frisbee at each other . |
| 13 | In so far as they secured a satisfactory response then they succeeded in lifting their own fiscal crisis up to the central level of the state . |
| 14 | Caroline stared at them as they began a rapid , incomprehensible exchange in Malti , sickened by her own feelings of painful rejection . |
| 15 | Then , as they looked a little bit further and were a bit more adventurous , they found that there were some more interesting molecules such as alcohol . |
| 16 | Sitting at breakfast on the verandah of Bombay 's Sun'n'Sand hotel , some while after reading Philip Callahan 's Tuning in to Nature , I found myself quietly observing a highway of tiny , high speed ants as they took a specific path to and from their nest under the edge of the patio , gathering up enticing goodies from further down the flowerbed . |
| 17 | The friends laughed and squealed with delight as they took a short boat trip to see the crocodiles and hippos that live on the lake . |
| 18 | Then I flinched as they took a threatening step towards me . |
| 19 | SEXY Sara Crowe turned veteran comedy actor Jim Dale weak at the knees as they made a passionate bedroom scene for Carry On Columbus . |
| 20 | The reaction of local farmers to this disruption of their normal farming activity was to wait the situation out , as they expected a high price for their lands . |
| 21 | 1,400 ready to become priests as they win a historic vote FOURTEEN hundred women who want to be Anglican priests got the green light yesterday when the church 's ruling body voted for women to be ordained . |
| 22 | ENGLISH Premier League clubs yesterday staged an about-turn as they accepted a British record £12million four-year sponsorship with brewers Bass . |
| 23 | The voices grew louder , and presently I caught sight of the men as they rounded a sharp bend … . |
| 24 | Suddenly the road grew wider and the trees were left behind as they reached a small town of almost glaringly white buildings set against a backdrop of hills and fronted by a tiny harbour . |
| 25 | He fairly hauled her along the street afterwards , giving her no time for nerves as they reached a white-painted door with a large brass dragon for a knocker . |
| 26 | Division One teams accounted for £46m of the business as they adopted a Premier League or bust approach and clubs from the Third and Fourth Divisions made a net profit of more than £7m on dealings . |
| 27 | Tonight Nick Clark follows the RAF Falcons as they make a spectacular descent into an American Football stadium in San Diego , where sixty five thousand people are waiting to greet them . |
| 28 | Vintage & Rotary Wing Collection are recreating a Flying Flea with a view to arousing local interest in aviation as they seek a permanent home for their exhibits . |
| 29 | The senior officials of these institutions are therefore more or less free to act as they wish , so long as they show a reasonable profit . |
| 30 | ‘ You look tired and frazzled , ’ he accused as they drove a winding route through city streets on which the traffic had thinned noticeably now . |