Example sentences of "as they [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they waited for these to declare , the television lights in the club 's library lightly grilled nervous Liberal Democrats as the party 's organiser , Mr Des Wilson , discussed their prospects . |
| 2 | The sun blazed down on the ancient circle of stones , bees buzzed diligently as they searched for late pollen , and birds sang cheerfully in the nearby trees . |
| 3 | Both men lapsed into silence as they searched for familiar faces amongst the last of the crowd trickling into the stadium . |
| 4 | The significance of this comparative quiet will not be lost on party leaders as they prepare for provincial elections in the next 18 months . |
| 5 | And as they prepare for first division football he 's relishing another challenge , just as he 's looking forward to renewing acquaintances with certain Meath players today . |
| 6 | Jessica swung , clinging hard to Rory , as they made for another barn . |
| 7 | " Were it not for what they receive out of the tax … they would not knit or spin for so small wages , as they receive for that work , because they would starve by it . " |
| 8 | Hoarse cries busied the air , and Riven heard the gulls screaming as they fought for odd fish on the quay and whirled round the masts of the ships , speckling the docks with guano . |
| 9 | Not all were as exotic as those with a succession of Miss Worlds , some of whom had to be nursed along ( with a few retakes ) as they struggled for appropriate poise and vocabulary . |
| 10 | The Ruiari Og outfit swamped Loughguile in he semi-final — a win that bolstered confidence in their camp as they bid for back-to-back honours . |
| 11 | Official recognition of the importance of the cliff , in danger of eroding away , will give campaigners added weight as they press for greater coastal protection measures . |
| 12 | The effect of this responsiveness is that they are well able to foster innovation , as they look for inventive solutions to emerging problems , but they are in no position to protect those innovations from fluctuating demand . |
| 13 | For others , such as Miró and Calder , the boundary between painting and sculpture is continually displaced as they search for new ways of combining the two , with the emphasis on space , in the case of Giacometti , or real movement of forms . |
| 14 | The heaters that can kill — warning to elderly as they search for cheap fuel |
| 15 | As outpatient clinics developed in local general hospitals , GPs started to refer patients to consultants in exactly the same way as they did for other medical specialties . |
| 16 | However , in the midst of a changing countryside , it is rural and suburban gardens rather than fields and hedgerows that now provide some of the best havens for these mammals , as they do for much of our native wildlife . |
| 17 | The Head and Governors have a special burden of responsibility as they do for all matters concerned with the running of the school . |
| 18 | Those risks can turn sour , as they do for any pin-striped market-maker . |
| 19 | We have been and are very well served in N V C O. Our President , Sir Kenneth , our vice-presidents , and in particular , the Chair , the Vice-Chairs , and Treasurer , give us a great deal of their time , and I do mean give , as they work for many hours on behalf of N C V O without payment . |
| 20 | They should have done much better as they dominated for long spells , but failed miserably in the art of scoring . |