Example sentences of "' [noun sg] as they " in BNC.

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1 Secondly , we can turn to Berger and Mohr 's account of migrants ' experience as they travel from an economically peripheral society to a thriving industrial economy in Western Europe .
2 Though slow motion can be comic , it usually is not ; rather , it increases viewers ' concentration as they try to determine what is being emphasized .
3 Shrewd passes from Spurdle underlined Ants ' confidence as they progressed to a big win .
4 The only carpet was in the best room , or the visitors ' room as they called it .
5 Something of the MLs ' agony as they fought their way towards the quays can be seen in the diagram on page 41 .
6 While the three-quarters enjoyed the glory , there were hard-working displays from back-row forwards Ben Clarke and Richard Webster while lock Damien Cronin took most of the Lions ' line-out as they shaded this department 18–16 .
7 I can put up with missing pizzicato detailing at bar 383 of the first movement — one of Beethoven 's happiest small orchestral fancies , beautifully brought out by Böhm and the VPO on DG — but the second violins ' inaudibility as they pick up the shepherd 's song of thanksgiving leaves a gruesome hole in the texture .
8 But , with only 48 seconds separating the top nine riders overall after more than 1,000 miles ' racing as they headed out through the Birkenhead tunnel , Lillywhite and his team-mates had to be on their guard in today 's 85-mile penultimate stage to Salford Quays .
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