Example sentences of "as they [vb past] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they walked out of the studio , Merry glanced at her thoughtfully . |
| 2 | Their fires were still curling blue smoke into the frosty air as they filed out of the village and across the icy boards of the small bridge . |
| 3 | The Inner Circle of the Brotherhood broke up , scraping back chairs and muttering to one another as they filed out of the Guild Office . |
| 4 | As they filed out of the building onto the sidewalk , Grant eyed the sheriff 's broad back and wondered what Springfield was holding back . |
| 5 | There was a young woman waiting for Ellie and Madame as they stepped out of the elevator , which now only they occupied , on the very top floor . |
| 6 | When they left the house next morning , to a sunny , rain-washed world , the first thing they noticed as they stepped out of the drive was a charcoal BMW with two young men in it , parked twenty yards from the front gate . |
| 7 | As they ran out of the house into the sunshine they both skidded to a halt . |
| 8 | As they rode out of the low narrow gate , their knees banging , their heads ducked , the other monks were mustering for the Holy Office of Vespers . |
| 9 | The tension was such that she felt sudden relief as they went out of the small room into the air . |
| 10 | Frank delivered again for Norway U21 last night as they went out of the european U21 championship with a 3–1 loss . |
| 11 | As they went out of the shop he grinned . |
| 12 | As they came out of the house Philip saw two girls , quite old . |
| 13 | By the frequency of his visits he came to know most of the artists and was fond of addressing them in a loud voice by their first names as they came out of the studio . |
| 14 | Windows opened ; grocers ran to the doors of their shops ; customers stopped discussing bacon and turned ; our teachers wobbled on their bicycles as the noise buffeted them like a violent squall ; and boys sprinted to the school gates as they came out of the building , though many others , cool boys , shrugged or turned away in disgust , gobbing , cursing and scuffling their feet . |
| 15 | As they came out of the toilet and into the bar Maura 's heart stood still in her chest . |
| 16 | The air-conditioning roared softly and they got their first drinks as they came out of the tunnel and on to the New Jersey marshes where gulls circled the refuse dumps among a forest of concrete stilts carrying the highways south . |
| 17 | As they got out of the car and walked across the yard , their feet scrunching on the stones , Jinny had a queer feeling that they were being watched . |
| 18 | But I like him , thought Antony as they got out of the car . |
| 19 | The heavy clouds were edging nearer , and Jessamy glanced up uneasily as they got out of the car . |
| 20 | Insects buzzed in the hot night as they got out of the moke . |
| 21 | As they got out of the car , she made a mental resolve that this would be the last visit she would make in Robert 's company . |
| 22 | As they broke out of the covert on to the open parkland the bright sun made them squint . |
| 23 | Freedom ! ’ shouted men , women and children , hugging each other ecstatically as they poured out of the trains . |
| 24 | BARNET 'S woes mounted as they slid out of the FA Cup last night . |
| 25 | Further , it will document the experience of families as they moved out of the old tenements , often slums , into their new houses in the new schemes . |
| 26 | The guards at the palace 's main gate swiftly let them through but , as they debouched out of the tree-lined path front of the palace , a gruesome sight awaited them . |
| 27 | But a minute or two later , as they turned out of the car park and headed for the road that led back to the villa , Ronni gave way to the growing desolation within her . |
| 28 | ‘ Just give Nether Oldfield a buzz and tell them to close St Benet Church and put a man back on it till we can get down there , ’ he ordered as they drew out of the cathedral close , under the Dersingham arch . |
| 29 | All he said , as they drew out of the village , was , ‘ Next off , we must get you a pair of wings , my son . ’ |
| 30 | They discussed the coming Sunday excursion as they climbed out of the empty hold and trotted down the ship 's gangway on to the wharf . |