Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] as [pron] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 6 If you wish to make use of the scripts as they stand or in some adapted form for some purpose and use distinct from those outlined in paragraphs 2 and 3 above , you will please first seek our written permission to do so . |
| 2 | Herons abounded on the desert bank , rising awkwardly out of the reeds as we approached and flapping heavily away . |
| 3 | She has consistently refused to accept food and other necessities from the authorities as she believes that by accepting such favours she would be condoning her illegal detention . |
| 4 | She liked to look at the visitors as they arrived and try to match them with the patients . |
| 5 | No , well it is one of the sights as you know but erm I 'm sure you heard about it when you were there did n't you ? |
| 6 | But what does the apple mean to the pickers as they stretch and bend , stretch and bend , dawn to dusk , for less than $19 a week ? |
| 7 | Even so , The Survivors is less convincing as a portrayal of a dire predicament than as a formal arrangement set up by the figures as they stretch and strain over the raft . |
| 8 | Those are the the figures as they stand as of thir at the thirty first of August nineteen ninety three . |
| 9 | The best remedy to all such difficulties is not to harbour grievances silently but to raise the problems as they arise and to deal with them before they get out of control . |
| 10 | This result could have been spelled out more clearly in the statutes but it seems to me to follow from the provisions of the statutes as they stand and , contrary to the argument of Mr. Page , to be no more curious than the alternative for which he contends . |
| 11 | Instinct attached my hands to the reins as she accelerated and headed for home with me in tow . |
| 12 | all the rest of the finances as we go and work it out |
| 13 | I managed somehow to contain the tears as I played but , at night , I was crying myself to sleep . " |
| 14 | Boys and girls are apprentices to the professionals as they plan and build their own playhouse in the school grounds . |
| 15 | His small elbows stuck out at the sides as he cut and ate food in a frenzy . |
| 16 | There will be considerable opportunity in this kind of shared activity to talk with the children as they play and for the teacher to discuss the mathematical ideas involved . |
| 17 | The antics of the children as they scrambled and tried to pick up the coins were one of the highlights of the day . |
| 18 | He can sense the options as they come and go , day by day . |
| 19 | The captain can interpret the records as he wishes as long as he maintains a certain standard . |
| 20 | The disadvantage of this method is easily demonstrated by asking the students as they finish if they are sure that they have not forgotten something . |
| 21 | The extraordinary thing was , you could see them coming down on to the leaves as you passed and waving their heads around , sniffing , and when you were underneath they would just drop and go straight down your neck , or on to your ears , hundreds of them . |