Example sentences of "as they [verb] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dot listened as the grown-ups continued to grumble along as they had done for as long as she could remember , like the harmless rumble of gunfire faraway . |
| 2 | People came out of the forest and went into the forest as they had done for centuries , making the deep tracks down Steep Ridgery . |
| 3 | The hot water pipes gurgled as they had done for ten years . |
| 4 | Jessica had said , as they had dressed for dinner with her parents , that he would probably be mentioned , and Karen was not to corpse . |
| 5 | Saturday was another day for outings , as they had arranged for us to go to an Art Exhibition in the afternoon , and to a singing and dancing programme by ‘ Minority Nationalities ’ ( Ughars , Kazaks , Mongolians , Tibetans , etc. ) in the evening . |
| 6 | Ireland survey the wreckage of their worst ever Five Nations campaign as they prepare to leave for New Zealand . |
| 7 | The warning her anxious mother had impressed on her as they 'd waited for Folly 's plane at Athens airport had obviously been quite correct . |
| 8 | There are two new ESP courses from OUP : Oxford English for Computing and Oxford English for Electronics and these should be welcomed as they try to cater for both the technical expectations of students and the non-technical background of most teachers . |
| 9 | These muscles have the function of keeping us upright against the ever-present force of gravity ; they have the advantage of never tiring as they need to work for long periods at a time . |
| 10 | Before the case came to a hearing Parliament sought to improve the revenue 's position by enacting with retrospective effect section 47(1) of the Finance Act 1986 , but this proved ineffective for the purpose and on 31 July 1987 Nolan J. [ 1987 ] S.T.C. 654 decided that the regulations complained of were ultra vires and void in so far as they purported to provide for the imposition of tax on interests and dividends paid by building societies prior to 6 April 1986 , and made an order accordingly . |
| 11 | The car 's hydraulics soughed as they tried to compensate for the sudden shift of the bubble but against that gale they were all but useless , and the bubble-canopy clanged on the car 's shell . |
| 12 | But the couple , now both retired , have learned to lean on each other for support as they continue to grieve for their youngest child . |
| 13 | ‘ I feel so conspicuous in these clothes , ’ Chris whispered , as they turned to look for their luggage . |
| 14 | The terms of desire , fantasy and the unconscious as they have functioned for film theory seem to me to lose much of their explanatory power at the level of subjectivity and identification , and it may be , as Gillian Skirrow has suggested for video games , that television can be more adequately thought through a theory of object relations . |
| 15 | Nothing guarantees that the Americans and Russians will go on supplying it as they have done for the past couple of years . |
| 16 | In this heart-warming play , an elderly couple spend the summer , as they have done for many years , at their lakeside home in Maine . |
| 17 | ‘ I am sure that both Prince Charles and Princess Diana will feel a tremendous sense of sadness and of failure too , as they have done for some time . |
| 18 | They congregate in favoured places such as Quendale Bay , Ronas Voe and north of Hascosay , as they have done for generations , and here they complete their moult into their smart summer dress , to replace the drab dark grey and white . |
| 19 | Now say your diabetic has stabilized as they have done for , a couple of years or so with their insulin injection in the morning and their breakfast and that 's how they carry on then till their tea break or lunch time they know exactly how much they 're taking . |
| 20 | They tend , as they have done for the past fifty years , to respond to the events of the day without projecting forward the effects of their policies for the necessary 18–24 months . |
| 21 | I would still prefer to see the priority being a quick release of the ball to the backs , purely because they are looking as dangerous now as they have done for years . |
| 22 | My hon. Friend has been a staunch ally in trying to resolve difficulties as they have arisen for my constituents . |
| 23 | The actual notes used are not completely constant , as they have to change for tonal reasons , but one has a general impression of constancy through the unchanging regular movement and similarity in note shapes : |