Example sentences of "as it [verb] [noun prp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Australian pack looked a mighty outfit as it blew Scotland to the four corners at both scrummage and line-out during their recent two-test series ( see pages 22 & 23 ) . |
| 2 | And the arrival of the first Its had inspired him , as it had Williams in Birmingham and Lloyd in Edinburgh . |
| 3 | The wind spun the sea into feathers of spume , the rain solid as it struck Mariana in the face . |
| 4 | It was her habit to drop in and see her daughter most mornings , and to take tea and chatter , a habit that John Carter frowned upon , as it interrupted Rhoda in her household duties . |
| 5 | The ferry had reportedly sunk almost immediately on hitting coral reefs as it approached Safaga at around midnight . |
| 6 | ‘ Director ’ No. 5504 ‘ Jutland ’ passes the junction and housing estate as it approaches Nottingham with a train from Manchester in 1932 . |
| 7 | Class B1 No. 61094 passes beneath the former LD & EC viaduct remains at Horns Bridge as it approaches Chesterfield with the early afternoon train from Leicester which would be recessed at Chesterfield before forming the 16.20 departure for Sheffield . |
| 8 | Petersburg encourages his vicious loose-end tendency , as it teases Svidrigailov with phantom images of what it would be like to be an occupied man . |
| 9 | To the north of these mountains along the length of Carinthia flows the Drau , which , as it enters Yugoslavia between Lavamund and Dravograd , becomes the Drava . |