Example sentences of "they [vb past] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of them asked as we got to the landing . |
| 2 | ‘ You bastard , ’ one of them shouted as he raced after it . |
| 3 | Fenna might have given her both appetite and menstruation in his parting , but neither of them seemed as though they were worth the effort . |
| 4 | ‘ This is better than fox-hunting ! ’ one of them laughed as he mounted his horse . |
| 5 | What opulence they met as they settled into their private salons : Spanish leather armchairs embossed with gold , mahogany panelling inlaid with rosewood marquetry , damask curtains held by silk cords with gold tassels , thickly-carpeted floors , and each compartment was heated . |
| 6 | It brought a tragic end to a love story that began when they met as they walked their dogs after each had lost a marriage partner to cancer . |
| 7 | And just lately they got as they do er whatsername . |
| 8 | So they lived as he wanted them to live and all the time there were a few who disappeared . |
| 9 | They straightened as Alice entered , laughing in a conspiratorial manner . |
| 10 | The lords compelled the peasants to hand over a considerable portion of the agricultural goods that they produced as tenant farmers on small strips of land , and also to perform customary services directly for the benefit of the lord . |
| 11 | They fought as rookie amateurs , Ruddock taking the decision , but even Razor admitted : ‘ That wo n't have anything to do with our next fight . |
| 12 | This they avoided as they followed their Head Girl 's strict instructions to keep out of the rough areas . |
| 13 | Under the patriarchy of Winston Churchill , homosexuals and teenagers were not marginal but invisible , except when they surfaced as victims of the latest moral panic , of which there were many in those days . |
| 14 | ‘ A film , ’ they shouted as he rolled the camera . |
| 15 | Helluva fella ! they shouted as he thumped into the chair beside the student , one hand gripping round her shoulder , the other smearing red drops from lips and chin . |
| 16 | They moved as one , with different mutations on each side of the army and another type , at the head of the travelling mass , to clear away obstacles . |
| 17 | They moved as in a dance . |
| 18 | My view was that people wanted what they regarded as their own pension and my aim was to ensure an expansion in provision . |
| 19 | The latter were incensed at what they regarded as hitting below the belt and retaliated with vicious shootings at policemen regardless of whether they were the men responsible . |
| 20 | The colleges were requested , in conjunction with their local education authorities , to submit academic plans in broad programme areas for their advanced courses in 1984–5 and to specify the programme areas which they regarded as of the highest priority . |
| 21 | But anything which seemed to offer a challenge to what they regarded as their rightful status was certain to cause resentment . |
| 22 | The most depressing aspect he had found had been the neglect of the fundamental issue of liberty raised by MPs ’ proposals to prevent what they regarded as abuses by the press . |
| 23 | A weird island , they found as they walked the last half mile — after leaving the Mercedes in a car park with Dillon seated in the rear . |
| 24 | By contrast , some of Marx 's and Engels 's views on slavery , views which owed much to the classical historians whom they used as their sources , still seem to hold up extremely well . |
| 25 | However , James Valentine of the University of California suggests worms may have evolved from arthropods ( jointed-legged creatures ) rather than the other way around , because they had cavities in their middle layer ( known as coeloms ) which they used as skeletons to support themselves when burrowing . |
| 26 | Simmo , who has become a favourite of pupils of Hurworth Primary School , near Darlington , described the slow build up to the conflict and the dangers they encountered as they came within four miles of the Kuwaiti coast . |
| 27 | Those who had moved from what they described as ‘ inland ’ had made and experienced some choice about the kind of life they cared to lead . |
| 28 | The hon. Gentleman does not remember that , under the previous Labour Government , the rate of VAT on things that they described as luxuries , such as petrol and caravans , was 25 per cent . |
| 29 | The group had earlier threatened to attack French , United States and United Kingdom targets in the city in revenge for what they described as planned Western aggression against Iraq . |
| 30 | They behaved as though the European exchange rate mechanism had equipped them with a monetary policy and had left no point in discussing the subject further . |