Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] [noun] as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many a time had Preston 's youthful slumbers been disturbed by the sound of the deluge from Nan 's bedroom window as it hit the corrugated iron roof of their garden shed and the wild feline howls as their coitus was so balefully interrupted . |
| 2 | One flailing arm caught Twoflower 's picture box as it skittered past on its tripod . |
| 3 | They found that £15 or £20 a week went as far in an erstwhile fishing village on Spain 's Costa Brava as it did at an English seaside hotel or holiday camp , with cheap wine and reliable sunshine thrown in . |
| 4 | Although the pond now lies under the garden and the road , it is still possible to trace the mill 's tail race as it flows to meet the stream in the gardens of Westbury Court . |
| 5 | Jimmy Johnson sank his teeth into the family 's bull terrier as it had the arm of an 11-year-old boy locked in its jaws . |
| 6 | Stockholm : Dealers welcomed the rise in other countries ' interest rates as it closes the gap with Sweden 's own high rates , which are unchanged . |