Example sentences of "as we [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we parked the car we saw someone being carried off the path into an ambulance — the attendant was n't kidding . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Schoolgirl dreams evaporated as we witnessed the Bangladesh war . |
| 6 | ‘ You have only brought one teacup with you , McAllister , so we may not share the tea as we shared the coffee earlier today . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Where are you sleeping ? ’ she asked as we made the front door . |
| 8 | On Sunday mornings our pace was regularly cut as we passed the animals on their way to bathe in the bay . |
| 9 | 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 ! |
| 10 | He pointed out several good restaurants as we passed the magnificent Stanford shopping precinct . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | As we passed the dam , a little snow lay on the shingle plains and the rivers were a mere shadow of their former selves . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | We felt like gods as we surveyed the distraught insects ' frantic efforts to remove precious eggs from sight . |
| 18 | ‘ As soon as we spotted the advertisement for the lighthouse we were intrigued . |
| 19 | A nerve-wracking wait added to the mounting psychological pressure as we charted the progress of the sun over the Anglesey seascape . |
| 20 | As we heard the Volvo backing up to the house , Caroline jumped up and said , ‘ This is nothing to do with you , Jane . |
| 21 | As soon as we heard the engine his grip tightened . |
| 22 | ‘ So of course , ’ said Bartlemas , ‘ as soon as we heard the ghastly news about Marius , we just had to rush round here … ’ |
| 23 | As soon as we received the tree preservation order we rushed down to pi-n i-t on the tree . |
| 24 | As we received the Minutes of the Personnel Meeting held on the eighteenth of October , nineteen ninety-three . |
| 25 | ‘ As soon as we got the report we suspected — well , we knew , I suppose . |
| 26 | and I said as soon as we got the opportunity of moving away we would do , and we searched all over the erm , when it come to , went into Lincolnshire , went into Wales |
| 27 | Well we all see the other tenner but that do n't make any difference , as long as we got the main . |
| 28 | So we felt quite smug as we manoeuvred the boats ashore for our next instructions . |
| 29 | As we debated the awards in Government , various colleagues told me that my arguments for reductions were ‘ egalitarian ’ and that the pay increase for judges would in no way influence the expectations of the nurses and the ancillary workers . |
| 30 | As we reached the crossroads I looked back . |