Example sentences of "as they [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had they not seen in the evening the clouds in the West with seas and lagoons , and in the night the lights of the canoes as they sail on for ever ? |
| 2 | It was breathed against her lips , as they came up for air , and the erotic fire scorching through her made her dizzy with illicit longing . |
| 3 | Suddenly , as they arrowed in for the kill , the man-thing did something they had never experienced before in any hunted victim . |
| 4 | His unexpected action momentarily surprised them , but their canine brains instantly readjusted speed and timing of strike , as they arrowed in for the kill . |
| 5 | So they follow their pseudo-parents as they set off for the village shops , until they feel themselves getting too far from the ‘ nest ’ , and then break off to return to safety . |
| 6 | Louise kept up a flow of bright chatter as they set off for Wigmore Street . |
| 7 | Maggie was not cheerful as they set off for Granada . |
| 8 | SIXTH formers are perfecting their accents as they set off for work in the French town of Dunkirk . |
| 9 | ‘ As they strap in for holiday flights , how many people imagine themselves at the controls ? ’ said a Virgin spokesman . |
| 10 | We are loudly human all the way back as they light up for me just how far I had strayed . |
| 11 | ‘ Piece of cake , ’ Nails agreed as they lined up for the first time on the pool edge . |
| 12 | Library users lobbied councillors as they turned up for todays education committee meeting . |