Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] as they [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trees were bursting into leaf and birds singing as they wandered along the banks of the river , their arms entwined round each other . |
| 2 | ‘ At least you 're honest enough to want to end one affair before starting another — ’ He broke off abruptly , his eyes narrowing as they rested on her tense face . |
| 3 | His mind recalled the familiar ambience of his trade ; men moving like black shadows behind the glare of the arc-lights the police cars tidily parked ; the flap of the screens , desultory voices conferring as they watched for the first lights of his approaching car . |
| 4 | Her breathing quickened , her eyes dilating as they stared into his . |
| 5 | Bertha 's eyes widened as they turned to him . |
| 6 | On parents ' evening/parents ' consultation sessions it 's a good idea to invite neighbouring schools serving other phases to send displays of photographs , children 's work , brochures , prospectuses etc to be arranged for the parents to view as they pass through the school during the evening . |
| 7 | Hoarse cries busied the air , and Riven heard the gulls screaming as they fought for odd fish on the quay and whirled round the masts of the ships , speckling the docks with guano . |
| 8 | The trek proves long and arduous , with casualties mounting as they forge through swamps and mountains before finally breaking into the Dalek city . |
| 9 | The first deals with the reasons of the ( apparent ) diminution of objects as they recede from the eye , and is known as Perspective of Diminution : the second contains the way colours vary as they recede from the eye : the third and last explains how objects should appear less distinct in proportion as they are more remote . |
| 10 | A PAIR of teenage sweethearts suffocated as they cuddled in a car inside a garage . |
| 11 | The women wore coloured skirts down to their ankles , their earrings and beads jangling as they moved with sinuous grace over the uneven ground . |
| 12 | The locked wheels shrieked as they slid along the rails and the train finally shuddered to a halt in a cloud of hissing steam . |
| 13 | Their Technical and Mathematical concepts begin as they wrestle with the problem of size and shape at the woodwork and glueing tables . |
| 14 | He now had the neatly trimmed beard which his father expected his sons to adopt as they grew to manhood . |
| 15 | She let herself down gingerly into the hot water , gritting her teeth as various bruises stung as they came in contact with the heat . |
| 16 | Closer , there were her outstretched fingers to study as they burrowed through the sand . |
| 17 | The shunters shuddered as they went about their work . |
| 18 | Their necks stretched as they tried for a beak hold . |
| 19 | In Danzig it was not possible for the Nazis to proceed as they had in the Reich . |
| 20 | The stars were fading , the half moon had set ; the land behind floated in the blind blackness , with nicks of silver where the leaves of certain trees shone as they moved in the breeze , as if it were an irregular and battered meteorite floating in the emptiness . |
| 21 | The lords-of the manoirs and their servants converged as they had in medieval times . |
| 22 | But as it grows it will look deep into its hardback licences , and I fear some ugly clawback scenes arising as they did with Mandarin . |
| 23 | When he appeared , riding , and the sun flashed on the gold , his own men turned as they stood with their spears and called to him , ‘ Albanaid ! ’ |
| 24 | It is because such interfaces are believed to be dangerous that men act as they do in ritual situations . |
| 25 | They provided many of the resources for the celebrations and allowed the students to proceed as they wished with few officials presiding over events . |
| 26 | My second premise is that in such a complex area , where social , cognitive pedagogic , affective , inter-personal and indeed ethical factors interact as they do in all aspects of education — there is unlikely to be a simple or single answer . |
| 27 | Two were already straining from the hands of their masters , neck ruffs erect as they waited for the moment of release on to the sawdust-strewn pit floor . |
| 28 | May I thank the Prime Minister for allowing his Ministers to vote as they wish on the Wild Mammals ( Protection ) Bill on Friday 14 February , St. Valentine 's day ? |
| 29 | Irish women cried as they heard from two Chilean women of the horrors being committed in post-Allende Chile . |
| 30 | At the end of our period John of Salisbury wrote his Historia pontificalis , with its centre in Rome and the curia — a chronicle of events seen as they impinged on the eternal city ; and he talks much less of pilgrims , much more of diplomatic visits and of litigants . |