Example sentences of "as they [verb] at [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A colleague from Christian Aid phoned me from Addis Ababa last night and he reported what had happened in the Red Sea port of Assab on Saturday which was when 15 trucks and trailers were loaded each with 22 tons of U N grain and there was a little ceremony as they left at 12 noon for Desai . |
| 2 | There was a long , emotionally charged silence as they stared at one another , before he began to roughly shrug the jacket from his broad shoulders . |
| 3 | There was a pause as they looked at one another and adjusted their minds to the needs of conversation . |
| 4 | There was a silence as they glared at one another across the coffee-table . |
| 5 | The images were still as clear as the rain that had fallen so dispiritedly on the mourners as they stood at one side of the grave while the rector had intoned the fateful words . |