Example sentences of "as they [verb] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | As they departed an Annamese servant appeared soundlessly at Joseph Sherman 's elbow , offering him another glass of champagne . |
| 5 | As they controlled an absolute majority of shares , the club was effectively closed . |
| 6 | Herbs mentioned in the Bible make another interesting collection , so do those which Shakespeare brings into his plays , particularly as they give an authentic picture of plants used by the Elizabethans — poor , mad Ophelia 's flowers included rue , fennel , rosemary , violets , a daisy and some pansies , all good herbs , even the daisy , which was once called " bruisewort " . |
| 7 | In this area we have your successors at of Woodbridge as they continue an honourable tradition . |
| 8 | The events of that year , combining as they did an enormous outflow of dollars ( the overall deficit for 1971 of $30 billion exceeded by 70 per cent the cumulative total for the previous ten years ) with considerable ‘ cashing in ’ of dollars for gold in the weeks preceding the suspension of convertibility , reduced massively the extent of potential gold backing for the dollar . |
| 9 | When we deal with social phenomena , however , things are more complicated as they have an additional dimension not found among inanimate objects , namely the meaning of behaviour . |
| 10 | Certain industries because of data problems or their particular role , for example construction and distribution , are worth studying in detail , in as much as they have an important impact on the properties of the overall model . |