Example sentences of "as they [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | FOUR intrepid Everest climbers had to admit defeat last night as they were beaten back by deep snow and bitter winds on the riskiest bid in history . |
| 2 | " I think I might be falling for you , you know , " he said as they were drinking up at eleven . |
| 3 | As they were phased out of first line units Londons went mostly to 4 Coastal Operational Training Unit , but a few passed to the Flying-Boat Training Squadron ( FBTS ) at Stranraer . |
| 4 | I soon decided it was a mug 's game to get emotionally involved with any aircrew , as they were killed off with such regularity . |
| 5 | Blenning Bombers , er were these Bostons and Harvards they er quite a twin engine quite a wide wingspan and quite heavy for what they were , but as they were stripped down in , in the top hanger , and like I say a lot of stuff was salvaged from them , which was still good as they went out reconditioned at the other end . |
| 6 | The loss of innocence marred their communion with the divine love , and terror entered their hearts as they were cast off from the sustaining life of God . |
| 7 | As they were getting out of the police car a royal blue Land Rover drew up beside them and a coastguard officer got out . |
| 8 | I have to conclude that Leeds did nt play as bad as they were made out to . |
| 9 | ENGLAND men failed to turn their silver into gold in the European Championships in Stuttgart last night as they were brought down to earth 4–1 by Sweden in the final of the men 's team event . |
| 10 | Braking was by means of the fixed gear transmission and an emergency stop could mean bashed knees as they were forced up against the dashboard and steering wheel . |
| 11 | As they were milling about in front of the camera , Rosie said to her husband , ‘ Just think — at breakfast-time you were saying when we opened the shop , we probably would n't have any customers at all , and here they are , queueing up to have their pictures taken . ’ |
| 12 | He passed Caballeros and Bugner as they were holing out at the 15th and driving at the short 16th . |
| 13 | His choice of words , perhaps , was unfortunate , especially as they were picked up by a TV microphone and broadcast clearly to the nations . |
| 14 | The settlers ' attempts at agriculture were frustrated , except on the southern steppe frontier , by frozen subsoil and the sub-arctic climate , and as they were carried out by the primitive ‘ slash-and-burn ’ method , were highly destructive of the forest environment . |
| 15 | Tillard and Royal Marine Lt. R.C. Hay , spotted another Z.506B as they were heading back towards the carrier , and attacked . |
| 16 | Units of the centrally planned national economy existed in many forms as they were set up by ministries , ‘ centres of production ’ , and directorates of production and were managed either on the basis of the responsibility of a single individual , namely a state-appointed director , or ( particularly from and after the 1956 Revolution ) by workers ' councils or a council of deputies elected by the whole work-force of the enterprise . |
| 17 | When she had told Mr Evans , he had gone very quiet ; and then , just as they were going up for their bath , he suggested the picnic . |