Example sentences of "[verb] as it [is] [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Use that ‘ eye ’ to hold the end of the Spectra line as it is pulled back through the length of the braid until an inch or 25mm emerges . |
| 2 | Sapphire , the Black woman who is light-skinned enough to pass for White is pregnant by her White fiance ’ , but again the child does not appear as it is annihilated along with its mother . |
| 3 | Balance is better achieved by a mixture — often sold as ‘ blood , bone and fish ’ — although in recent years the fish content has been considerably reduced as it is used more and more in animal and pet foodstuffs . |
| 4 | Answer guide : The land is normally not depreciated as it is assumed not to wear out . |
| 5 | But in the Arctic , summer is just past its peak , with the pack ice as far north as it is likely to be , although in a month the first skin of new ice will tinkle and shimmer as it is broken up by the morning breeze . |