Example sentences of "as they [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The poor Chinese footballers understandably got a coolish reception in their World Cup qualifying tournament here , especially as they spoilt the script by winning their opening match . |
| 2 | The beetles immediately started running around in circles chalking the ground , and falling over themselves as they stretched the tape measure across from one side of the circle to the other . |
| 3 | The Russian fleet managed to destroy the Turkish fleet and that caused Britain and France considerable concern as they feared the Russians , so they joined Turkey in March 1854 . |
| 4 | On Saturday 16 February SPAG decided to take legal proceedings against Mogul , as they feared the company would continue to do nothing to rectify the situation . |
| 5 | Instead of sitting lost in their own thoughts or sleeping , the patients had been stimulated and they now chatted to each other as they recalled the places , the people or the events of the past . |
| 6 | The old committees where clergymen of various denominations talked in polysyllables to each other 's waistcoats were given a sudden strength as they touched the aspirations of the peoples . |
| 7 | And then , in a very orderly way , and with a strange bell-like tinkling , the coffin broke into a collection of long icicle splinters , that rang and vanished as they touched the earth . |
| 8 | But WIN was leaking like a sieve , the Polish militia were told in advance and the men were picked up as soon as they touched the ground . |
| 9 | He got up and went back down the stairs , going out into the gathering darkness , across the priory grounds behind the chapel from where he could hear the sweet , melodious chant of the nuns as they sang the first psalm of Compline . |
| 10 | In their view this had hopelessly inhibited the quest for the causes of crime in the case of classical criminology , and diverted attention away from social defence in the case of the neoclassicists ( since the latter were only interested in ‘ determinants ’ of crime in so far as they reduced the offender 's responsibility ) . |
| 11 | Several teachers suggested the re-introduction of group membership as they felt the change over had caused many not to renew and teachers did not seem able to keep track of those who did . |
| 12 | He is the only one who saw the monk 's face , by the altar lamp as they lifted the reliquary . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm hoping the doctors 'll have broken the news about her husband and her daughter , sir , ’ said Camb as they crossed the black and white checkerboard foyer of the station . |
| 14 | ‘ I want to make sure that everything is in order , ’ Frau Nordern said , grimly , as they crossed the square . |
| 15 | Karl tucked Erika 's arm under his as they crossed the bridge over the green , splintered ice of the Spree which formed a chill moat around the great museums , by the great dome of the Protestant Cathedral , and on to the broad stretch of Unter den Linden . |
| 16 | ‘ Good German efficiency , ’ Karl said , as they crossed the street and climbed into the back of the car . |
| 17 | As they crossed the broad reach of the Spree at Elsenstrasse , where tugs were crunching through the ice , Erika pointed out what sights there were to see but Karl merely gave a perfunctory nod and returned to his absorbed stare through his window . |
| 18 | He stood listening as they crossed the hall and waited for the sound of the lift gates closing . |
| 19 | Cruising Altitude passed the pacemaking Floyd as they crossed the final hurdle and he looked all set for a comfortable victory . |
| 20 | He invited them in and , as they crossed the threshold , a small dishevelled hunchback made his faltering way towards them . |
| 21 | The pain , agony and exhaustion were replaced by an enormous sense of achievement and relief as they crossed the finishing line . |
| 22 | They encountered no opposition though Ranulf maintained that he had seen a rider watching them as they crossed the bridge at Dalmeny . |
| 23 | Having marched from Inverness along the side of Loch Ness he waited for a day in the hope that more pack-horses would turn up , but when none were forthcoming left behind most of his supplies and provisions , though his men were still heavily burdened as they crossed the mountains in search of the enemy ; roads in the Highlands , and local sources of supply , were almost non-existent . |
| 24 | Even so , they might all be shot as they crossed the moat with their explosives , or wounded before they could leave , having planted them . |
| 25 | As they crossed the bridge and began their long ride home , Jonadab heaved a heavy sigh . |
| 26 | Their civilian Folbot canoe had no added buoyancy of Mae-West lifebelts , no navigation aids , not even a spray cover as they crossed the sound from the Scottish mainland to land on the isle of Mull . |
| 27 | It was a bright day with thin sunshine burnishing up from the snow and men blinked and rubbed their eyes as they crossed the open space between the two compounds , tramping over the road running down to the village and the railway line that stretched far the other way to Pot'ma . |
| 28 | As they crossed the end of the runway , he slapped the big flaps on , chopped the power and extended the airbrakes . |
| 29 | As they crossed the foyer to the lift Godolphin whispered : |
| 30 | The growing population , particularly in the towns of Flanders , provided the manpower for conflicts throughout West Francia ; in the future , they were to collect an odious reputation for pillaging as they crossed the countryside . |