Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] [verb] [adv] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The engine noise changed abruptly as the car leapt forward . |
| 2 | In vertical section the sand frequency decreases upwards as the detrital source retreats ‘ landwards ’ and sedimentary onlap occurs . |
| 3 | The dun cock went down as the blue followed through , landing full-flush and kneading the gaffs on the dun 's heart as if he were working a treadle . |
| 4 | Customers in the tea room of the Walker Art Gallery look on as the statue Death of Virginia is cleaned by experts Arlinda Ribeiro , left , and Polina Agapaki , of the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside Picture : RICHARD WILLIAMS |
| 5 | The Audi followed , spinning slightly on the wet road , the back end swinging round as the driver revved too hard . |
| 6 | The torch beam jerked suddenly as the Baronne moved her hand in an irritable gesture of negation . |
| 7 | The protectorate agreement came just as the Russo-Japanese War seemed to suggest new hopes of Asian independence , and Japan 's claim to champion the cause of Korean modernization and Asian nationalism was rendered particularly insulting by the brutality with which all manifestations of anti-Japanese sentiment were suppressed under the protectorate . |
| 8 | This does not happen in the normal expansion of the universe in which the matter energy density goes down as the universe gets bigger . |