Example sentences of "as they [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Six-year-old Michael Smith and his parents were spotted by a passing yacht as they clung to a tiny buoyancy bag in darkness . |
| 2 | Whether this has any foundation in science or whether it reflects the old-fashioned ‘ punitive ’ approach , men up and down the country , known for their ten-pint capacity or love for fine wine , are receiving old-fashioned looks as they ask for a half-pint of lime juice or a tonic on its own . |
| 3 | Outside is a different matter — protective covers for the cabin and cowling are an excellent idea as long as they let in a free flow of air to minimise condensation . |
| 4 | CAMERA-shy ministers avoided photographers yesterday as they gathered for a crucial Cabinet meeting to thrash out the Government 's public spending plans for the coming financial year . |
| 5 | As they longed for a spiritual assurance of Christ 's presence and received it in the Holy Spirit which literally inspired in them knowledge and love of God so the meditator may grow in inner spiritual knowledge ( c.33 , 36 ) . |
| 6 | As they expand to a much greater diameter ( 24 FG ) than plastic stents , they are not subject to occlusion by debris and bacteria , though some become blocked by tumour ingrowth between the stent mesh . |
| 7 | TSB invite readers to attend Saturday 's local County finals , which take place at the Bebington Oval , to cheer on Merseyside 's budding Christies and Gunnells as they fight for a place in the Merseyside team . |
| 8 | A BOY of 11 beat off a drunken sex attacker who jumped on his mother as they walked through a churchyard . |
| 9 | Charlotte followed obediently at his heels as they walked through a district of narrow , dirty streets . |
| 10 | TWO women and three children were hurt when a car smashed into them as they walked to a firework display . |
| 11 | Anthony , 48 , leaped into action to save Questa from being savaged as they walked down a street near his home in York . |
| 12 | The Christian neglect of the gods , indeed the propensity of the more militant to hiss in disapproval as they walked by a temple , offended polytheists , who feared that heaven would not be propitious : floods , plagues , famines , earthquakes were sent by angry spirit-powers who had not been placated with the customary offerings . |
| 13 | On the one hand , it was simply the period required for the sun , moon , and planets to attain the same positions in relation to each other as they had at a given time . |
| 14 | A MOTHER and her two children were mown down by joyriders as they waited at a bus stop . |
| 15 | As they waited at a pedestrian crossing Merrill watched a boy and girl kiss by the fountain in the square , then she blushed as she realised that Luke was watching her . |
| 16 | Resting gratefully on his pitchfork as they waited for a slow-moving loaded wagon to reach them from the far end of the field , Seb said , ‘ There 'll be another hundred acres to work by the spring . |
| 17 | Among the most widely reported incidents , six people were killed by unknown gunmen as they waited in a taxi queue in Vosloorus township south of Johannesburg on May 1 , while nine other people were said to have been killed in other incidents the same day . |
| 18 | Past cases are only helpful in so far as they act as a guide and some of the main points arising from them are discussed below . |
| 19 | As they filed through a gap in the hedge to their right , the youth glanced back over his shoulder with a furtive , almost hunted expression . |
| 20 | Mansell and Senna were to provide photographic proof of what F1 is likely to miss next year as they engaged in a thrilling battle during the race . |
| 21 | Mendelson calls them ‘ macrobes , ’ artificial multi-celled organisms which change their morphology as they go through a sort of life cycle . |
| 22 | He takes her arm as they go for a closer look . |
| 23 | Some Moslem students who had been visiting the Mosque were set upon as they left by a much larger gang of Copts and in the fracas at least one of the students appeared to have been killed . |
| 24 | as they cling to a hand or an arm — |
| 25 | The woman constable went to speak to the youths , aged 16 to 19 , as they loitered in a churchyard in Guildford , Surrey . |
| 26 | ‘ Maybe your dybbuk 's gone , ’ says Naomi afterwards , as they pause for a takeaway kebab . |
| 27 | ‘ Il Foro Romano , ’ Nicolo said as they shot by a clutch of tumbled white marble ruins . |
| 28 | Shrewd passes from Spurdle underlined Ants ' confidence as they progressed to a big win . |
| 29 | Officials from the leading Ulster team have voiced their opinion in the past that there should be some of form seeding for the preliminary round , and now it has raised its head again as they prepare for a long trip south on November 6 . |
| 30 | Only then , as they swung in a half-circle with a hiss of blades between them , changing places on the slope like a pair of dancers with only a foot of air separating their faces , did Isambard know his mason again . |