Example sentences of "they [vb past] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Pau survived , and in the late 1860s was at its most popular with British and , by this time , some American winterers , with up to I , 500 of them registered yearly as staying or living there . |
| 2 | With that the three of them made off as best they could . |
| 3 | I wondered how many of them glanced down as they processed in their finery into the castle for tea with the Queen . |
| 4 | Most of them worked intermittently as hotel kitchen porters , and they slept where they fell . |
| 5 | None of them looked up as they passed . |
| 6 | In ready response , his embrace grew masterful , and they clung together as he kissed her face and neck repeatedly , each time catching her lips with more desire and more breathless pleasure . |
| 7 | They met there as fellow travellers , as masters and servants , as patrons and employees . |
| 8 | Passing the eastern spur of Mount Alageuz , they gazed intently as the broad bulk of Great Ararat slowly revealed itself . |
| 9 | The timing seemed fortuitous , for they expanded just as demand was booming in the Middle East . |
| 10 | Tucked in battle-dress pocket , gas-mask holder or factory overall , they created a link between the civilian and military worlds , and in the years of rationed poetry and imaginative confinement , it is no surprise that they sold out as soon as they appeared on the bookstalls . ’ |
| 11 | They fought back as the enemy continued to bomb hangars and parked aircraft . |
| 12 | They operated mainly as market centres for local areas and , as such , they were overwhelmingly dominated by the countryside , where wealth and power were concentrated . |
| 13 | At first white-maned monsters , they plunged forward as dark shiny hump-backed whales , each wave a living being . |
| 14 | They swirled together as though they had been stirred with a spoon . |
| 15 | Darkling they drew off as best they could , dragging their wounded with them , carrying them when they dropped . |
| 16 | And er then of course when I got better It hit me all on the head and that well Then er when I went back to school they found out as I could n't see the board properly . |
| 17 | She was very attached to her brother Joshua Cristall [ q.v. ] , who later became an eminent water-colourist : ‘ They studied together as children , and hand in hand did they daily walk to London for their schooling when the family lived at Rotherhithe ’ ( J. L. Roget ) . |
| 18 | They played hard as well . |
| 19 | and er with my son particularly earlier on in his career things were going round and round in circles and in the end I had to step in at one point , grab all the papers as they came past as they were and saying , come on . |
| 20 | They tensed again as she paused . |
| 21 | There were the usual grumbles , but they faded instantly as the ambulance backed up to the entrance , doors already opening . |
| 22 | They fanned out as they approached , and the Hearthwares on the catwalk produced bows from the sheaths at their backs and notched them with pale-fletched arrows . |
| 23 | Watch how they escaped here as Digby was drawn off his line and Speedie shot just wide . |
| 24 | As captains , they served sometimes as leaders of small expeditions , sometimes under the personal leadership of the king ; as lieutenants , they exercised authority in castles and garrisons ; while others still served as men-at-arms in the armies of both sides . |
| 25 | They clattered downhill as though they were chasing an enemy . |
| 26 | They hung on as the plane made an emergency dive to a lower altitude when they pulled him back on board . |
| 27 | They broke off as Cobalt joined them , unlocked the car . |
| 28 | Evidently this belonged to the couple , for they settled down as though at home and made no objection when Hazel did the same . |
| 29 | As one man , which included several honorary woman , they stumbled backwards as we managed to heave the dog into a sitting position and slide him on his backside the last 20ft to the parcels ' office . |
| 30 | ‘ They flew out as we flew in . |