Example sentences of "as we [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is were double bed tuck comes into its own , because the single needle per tuck rule no longer applies as soon as we bring the front bed into work and carrying stitches . |
| 2 | As we parked the car we saw someone being carried off the path into an ambulance — the attendant was n't kidding . |
| 3 | For a few miles , as we hugged the shore of the Strait , the northbound road was paved ; but once we had passed a junction and the track leading eastwards across to Argentina , it reverted to rutted gravel and the wind blew little spirals of dust across it , like ectoplasmic tumbleweed . |
| 4 | In 1984 the youth of the Diocese of Chipata met to discuss the story of Jesus on the road to Emmaus ( Luke 24 : 13–35 ) and ask the question , ‘ What do we talk about as we walk the path of life ? ’ |
| 5 | Out go the small birds : no longer does the song of the skylark , the flirting wheatears , or the parachuting meadow pipits greet us as we walk the moors . |
| 6 | As we walked the river path towards Dent a pair of curlews rose in alarm close by a pool where one autumn morning I had watched a heron fishing . |
| 7 | Despite the billing on the T-shirts we were told , as we interrupted the jouvert ( dawn fiesta ) to line up beside Scotty 's Bar , that it was 20K . |
| 8 | Madeline and I will be kept very busy over the next months as we visit the pilot centres to attend key events in their validation or approval processes . |
| 9 | Schoolgirl dreams evaporated as we witnessed the Bangladesh war . |
| 10 | But William Wright 's has a sort of voyeuristic interest as we follow the neglected child of the shipping tycoon from her English boarding school via her wild goings-on in St Moritz to her battle for control of her father 's business . |
| 11 | Hence , as we follow the orbit around , we oscillate between one point and the other . |
| 12 | ‘ As long as we follow the plan we are provided with there are no problems , ’ he said . |
| 13 | ‘ You have only brought one teacup with you , McAllister , so we may not share the tea as we shared the coffee earlier today . ’ |
| 14 | The brain is neat , segmented , divided into two halves as we imagine the heart should obviously be . |
| 15 | ‘ Where are you sleeping ? ’ she asked as we made the front door . |
| 16 | It 's a cold , wet night all the way down the West coast , but as we round the Lizard , about 7:00 in , it comes on to blow hard and there 's quite a storm up the Channel until the serene sounds of Dungeness ( at 9:40 ) leading to the mysterious aleatoricism of South Foreland . |
| 17 | On Sunday mornings our pace was regularly cut as we passed the animals on their way to bathe in the bay . |
| 18 | The waves seemed to increase in size as we passed the first section of headland , continuing to smash with awesome power to our right , too close to our right ! |
| 19 | He pointed out several good restaurants as we passed the magnificent Stanford shopping precinct . |
| 20 | By the week 's end the proctologist was saying that it had been the best goddamned vacation he had ever taken , and as we passed the bunkering moorings near McIllvanney 's yard I saw him take Ellen aside and I guessed he was offering her a job . |
| 21 | Looking at it and the bleak shore of Flotta beyond , the memories came flooding back : pink gins before Sunday lunch at twopence a throw ; dressing up as Tartars and Eskimos and Bedouins for Tribal parties ; cinema shows where the reels were laced up in the wrong order ; darts competitions in the wardroom flat ; early winter morning torpedo firings in the Flow , very dark and cold ; walks to Longhope for fresh eggs , or fishing for sea-trout in the bay ; piping the admiral as we passed the headquarters ship and eased our way down to Switha Gate bound for distant waters , the captain on the compass platform with cap at an angle , elbows on hips and gloved hands turned upwards , Spider beside him puffing smoke through a black holder and advising courses to steer ; and then , as the ship adjusted herself to the roll and rhythm of the sea , a last flashing message from the signal station at Hoxa Head ( now vandalized and abandoned ) , as it would be the first on our return , days or weeks later . |
| 22 | As we passed the dam , a little snow lay on the shingle plains and the rivers were a mere shadow of their former selves . |
| 23 | There was a storm as we passed the southern tip of Cuba , and the ship I was on was smashed on to offshore rocks by the weather . |
| 24 | There was the sound of a T.V. programme as we passed the entrance to the first-floor flat ; on the ground floor all was quiet . |
| 25 | Everyone was very friendly , and there was much jolly laughter as we passed the frankfurters and Quigley made as if to ward off the evil eye . |
| 26 | We felt like gods as we surveyed the distraught insects ' frantic efforts to remove precious eggs from sight . |
| 27 | It is the correspondences that summon forth the jealousy and hold it , throughout the novel , under the reader 's gaze , as we witness the perceptions of a mind pulled awry by the pressure of an overwhelming suspicion . |
| 28 | The face has always had a dialectical relationship to art and , today perhaps , this is stronger than ever as we view the face — in portraiture — with a scepticism characteristic of our age and as we witness the convergence of popular culture and fine art in so many spheres . |
| 29 | Just so long as we maintain the candidacy . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ As soon as we spotted the advertisement for the lighthouse we were intrigued . |