Example sentences of "as we [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dung only penetrated as far as my upper thigh as we struck up the devastated hillside towards Meall a' Choire Leith . |
| 2 | ‘ Pushing and shoving among that lot , no fear , ’ I said as we struck out for the woods . |
| 3 | But as soon as we bring up this question … we come up against a ‘ sore subject ’ . |
| 4 | It is , however , fairly easy to work out the energy as we bring in the charges from infinity one by one . |
| 5 | As we lurched up the soaking , slimy boulders towards it , like a team of wet-look mime artists walking against the wind , one of our party stopped and said , ‘ Let's go back . ’ |
| 6 | The driver did n't have to point out the bullet-riddled windows of the coach as we lurched along from Bucharest airport to Poiana Brasov . |
| 7 | As we bopped up and down over Hampshire in the world 's quietest helicopter , the McDonnell-Douglas 520 , we were told the story of a former Luftwaffe pilot , now aged 65 , who still ferries little propeller craft across the pond from America to England . |
| 8 | All our suppressed mirth escapes in little bubbles as we walk along the road . |
| 9 | As we walk out to our cars , Peter shuffles in beside me , telling me about his children . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd just like you to understand the problems we have … we do the best we can , ’ sighs Soliz as we walk back to the bus stop . |
| 11 | And how beautifully she stage managed it : as we touched down at Heathrow , the final credits were rolling . |
| 12 | And as we brought out first thing this morning , communication within the group , that is across the functions , and also in some cases within the functions , is poor . |
| 13 | As we walked around this pretty little island we were charmed by the friendliness of the local people . |
| 14 | The air was still , the heat intense and the glare from the shingle plains quite dazzling as we walked up to look at this historic site . |
| 15 | But a client is a client and he perked up no end as we walked round to Marlowe Road , Lloyd between us and one of the Dennison boys about ten feet ahead acting as an outrider . |
| 16 | As we walked on , patches of snow laying in the darker areas of the gully grew ever more frequent . |
| 17 | As we walked on to the jetty , I was watching carefully to make sure none of my trunks was left on board . |
| 18 | then gradually uncrossed as we walked on |
| 19 | As we walked off towards the car park , a woman 's voice shouted my name . |
| 20 | As we walked in through the door Kalchu looked up from his food and said in a worried voice , ‘ Where 's your karaso , sister ? ’ |
| 21 | And I remember the first talkie I ever heard , I walked in the elite one night , with the wife and er as we walked in we hear a chap says I 'm I am . |
| 22 | We also managed to find a couple of bottles of Chilean Chardonnay ( trust me , it 's great ) in a very posh wine merchant 's where the staff were half way to calling the cops as we walked in . |
| 23 | Yeah it would as well , he 'll probably bar me as soon as we walked in , he do n't like me , does he ? |
| 24 | I did n't 'ave all this handed on a plate , ’ he said as we walked out into the backyard . |
| 25 | ‘ He 's entered in a race at Worcester the day after tomorrow , ’ Tremayne said as we walked out to the yard at seven in the half-dawn . |
| 26 | People clung to our arms as we walked out and an Officer emptied Pernod over Gibeau 's tunic , telling him that it was Christmas and that we had a right to enjoy ourselves . |
| 27 | As we walked out arm in arm , under the high timber roof , I wondered what the future held in store |
| 28 | I asked the same of Benjamin as we walked out of a postern gate of St Bartholomew 's back towards the river , but my master was only half-listening . |
| 29 | ( She seemed to me to be about eighteen years old , although as we walked along she told me she had five children , all happily married . ) |
| 30 | As we walked along I was delighted to discover that there were some distinguished names among our number . |