Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A threatened general strike , called by a coalition of unions known as " the Fighting Platform " , failed to materialize as the Army moved in . |
| 2 | He stopped speaking as the drawing room door opened and his brothers entered . |
| 3 | Groggily I tried to turn as the room spun round . |
| 4 | Seven mouths stopped chewing as the boys stared at him . |
| 5 | The village seemed to shimmer as the heat made everything look as though it was under water . |
| 6 | It was just so unreasonable ! ’ she 'd moaned as the tears had begun flowing again . |
| 7 | But things seemed to change as the story progressed . |
| 8 | The embarrassed silence which followed was broken only when everyone turned to watch as the Simonova 's bay tractor beams started to draw the most recently captured platform through the force field . |
| 9 | Not without some difficulty , he forced the door open and at once began coughing as the foul-smelling smoke caught his throat and eyes . |
| 10 | Willi 's magic began to work as the meal progressed . |
| 11 | Within months the party began to self-destruct as the pace of reforms became too much for the Left , and for Mr Lange , to stomach . |
| 12 | Liberal opinion began to waver as the extent of the violence was revealed on newsreels , on television , in Paris Match , across the globe . |
| 13 | The men about me began to shout as the line reached the first houses and a cheer came back . |
| 14 | With a screech , the car began to slow as the brakes were applied , and Richmann could clearly see the startled faces of the occupants as it slewed to a halt only a few feet ahead . |
| 15 | The wipers began to wheeze as the snowflakes built up into hard wedges of ice , and some of the men in the back were stamping feet on the floor of the van trying to improve their circulation . |
| 16 | The mist changed to a warm pink and began to disperse as the sun rose above the horizon . |
| 17 | Just after eleven , more people began to arrive as the pubs chucked out and so Dosh and I ( or maybe it was Freddie ) moved upstairs where we 'd found another front room which had been stripped of furniture and somebody had run a pair of extra speakers off the disco in the lounge . |
| 18 | ‘ Oranges and Lemons ’ the bells began to ring as the worshippers arrived in their hats and gloves and Liberty scarves . |
| 19 | People began to dance as the female vocalist crooned smoky blues into the microphone , almost kissing it . |
| 20 | After a few minutes , her eyes began to close as the lack of sleep caught up with her , and she began to doze off . |
| 21 | The current was starting to tip the canoe over and I began to panic as the boat was filling up rapidly and I tried my best to bail it out with my hands but had little success . |
| 22 | He made his choice and watched fascinated as the arm jerked across and laid the record on the turntable . |
| 23 | ‘ At Kelso … ’ the fellow slurred , then suddenly he went rigid , chest out , face forward , and I watched fascinated as the blood gurgled out of his mouth like water from an overflowing sewer : his eyes rolled in their sockets , his tongue came out as if he wished to talk , then he collapsed , choking on his own blood , on to the shit-strewn cobbles . |
| 24 | Bottles and cans started to fly as the Indians were stopped from running on to the pitch to mob the batsmen by burly stewards . |
| 25 | The head started to smoke as the wax dribbled off it , then the fumes caught light , and the wasp body , a second flame within the crater , flickered and crackled as the fire incinerated the insect from its head down . |
| 26 | I went circling as the rains came down , the track cleared and all the other initial trialists went home . |
| 27 | In India , 47 English wickets out of 60 fell to spin as the Test series was lost 3-0 . |
| 28 | The sound was abysmal and the songs became submerged as the television company lost the age old battle to capture the live atmosphere . |
| 29 | If individual deterrence did work as the theory suggests , we would expect that if we introduced a new kind of harsh punishment designed to deter , the offenders who suffered the new punishment would be measurably less likely to re-offend than similar offenders who underwent a more lenient penalty . |
| 30 | This could be done , and the lord would be in a position to rack-rent , if there was any demand for land , and although this latter condition was not met for much of the fifteenth century , it did apply as the sixteenth century advanced . |