Example sentences of "[pron] [det] [noun] as they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Hall denied this and maintained his 270 new recruits had been bonded together by the ugly scenes which confronted them each day as they passed picket lines . |
| 2 | The constitution should guarantee respect for equality and autonomy , yet leave individuals to pursue their own interests as they wish . |
| 3 | I suspect that [ the ] very absence of quality is what makes such stuff attractive to children , not just because it is easy to read , undemanding , untaxing , but because the simplistic plots and characters leave children free to embroider and enrich the stories in their own way as they read . |
| 4 | The carpeting of the floors served to enhance the illusion ; they could not even hear their own footsteps as they moved around . |
| 5 | I think in the long view it is all to the good that the government have to look after their own chickens as they come home to roost , and get a lot of the dirt cleared before we come in . |
| 6 | As soon as he got to Aix he wrote to Chamberlain : ‘ I think in the long view it is all to the good that the Government have to look after their own chickens as they come home to roost , and get a lot of the dirt cleared up before we come in . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ The steam locomotives themselves will provide their own fireworks as they blast their way up the steepest sections of the Embsay Steam Railway , ’ added Commercial Manager Stephen Walker . |
| 8 | Moi , " he knew from his reading , was an Annamese term derived from the Chinese word for " savage , " and looking at the dark-skinned , low-browed men , he could see they were of a different racial stock from the Annamese ; they wore only breechclouts that left their haunches naked and they grinned and chattered animatedly in their own language as they moved quickly about their work . |
| 9 | And it must help pupils to come to their own commitments as they live their lives in a world of confusing , diverse and often conflicting values and beliefs . |
| 10 | Children learn to change their own shapes as they go from one to another and also gain further experience of spatial order , as overtaking is impossible and ‘ first in , first out ’ becomes the rule . |
| 11 | However remote their political views remained from the rest of the electorate , the " Clyde group " remained as secure in their own area as they had ever been . |
| 12 | He sensed her own excitement as they made what amounted to — considering the circumstances and the time lapse — quite desultory conversation . |
| 13 | And , oddly enough , there was a tightness in her own throat as they exchanged their promises of loving and cherishing and , in her case , of obedience . |
| 14 | She was drowning in her own juices as they soaked the sheet . |
| 15 | The Sandrat did n't give them any resistance as they took her weapons away from her . |
| 16 | Fuchs , however , held ultimate responsibility for Mr Lees 's actions and seems not to have made adequate attempts to investigate problems within his own museum as they developed . |
| 17 | Paul raises his lover 's head and lowers his own lips as they kiss , Paul taking the weight of John 's body , and then John straining upwards with new strength to consume Paul , to tear his soul out through his mouth . |
| 18 | There was an instant when both parties halted at gaze , no more than a quarter of a mile apart ; and though they were so far from him across the valley , he felt the shock of confrontation and recognition quiver through his own body as they measured each other . |