Example sentences of "[noun] as they [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly , parents generally must welcome the news that cuddling is not only nice but necessary ; perhaps , however , we should spare a compassionate thought once more for the intellectual mothers of the thirties , whose sufferings as they tried to be ‘ good ’ mothers are now repeated in the knowledge that all their efforts only led them to be ‘ bad ’ mothers : as one of our correspondents added , ‘ Here is Bowlby , still out to make us feel guilty — about our rejection of the children we loved but were not allowed to love . ’ |
| 2 | They arrived in separate motorcades and barely exchanged a glance as they walked across the tarmac . |
| 3 | He gave the pair a friendly glance as they walked towards the riverside . |
| 4 | Presumably the washed-up film hoofer and the prima ballerina are thinking about each other as a preliminary to working together , falling in love and starting a bright new phase of their respective careers together ; and no doubt their movements ‘ unconsciously ’ fall into a complementary rhythm as they dance to the same music . |
| 5 | It scraped to one side as they slid to the carpeted floor . |
| 6 | The modest target posed no problems for the bubbling Pontblyddyn side as they stormed to a winning 67–3 in the 20th over , opener Mark Hughes ( 31 ) and Mark Williams ( 16 ) ensuring that shell-shocked Colwyn missed out on a zone semi-final . |
| 7 | Hudd was Frocester 's best bowler with three for thirty six … from their forty overs Kington made 191 for 6 … it was anybody 's game … you 'd have possibly put money on the Gloucestershire side as they raced to a 143 for three … but leg spinner Clive Scott took three wickets for just ten runs and Frocester were all out for 189 on the very last ball … victory to Kington by two runs … |
| 8 | Hudd was Frocester 's best bowler with three for thirty six … from their forty overs Kington made 191 for 6 … it was anybody 's game … you 'd have possibly put money on the Gloucestershire side as they raced to a 143 for three … but leg spinner Clive Scott took three wickets for just ten runs and Frocester were all out for 189 on the very last ball … victory to Kington by two runs … |
| 9 | I was able to have the pick of excellent crews practically at the dock side as they arrived in the UK . |
| 10 | The day had turned unseasonably cold and cloudy , and they were glad of their overcoats as they trudged along the windy streets . |
| 11 | They had to take their places on a enormous swing ; once seated it was lowered from the flies until the audience could only see their legs as they went through their act . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , master , ’ she muttered , glaring at his bronzed legs as they disappeared through the hatch . |
| 13 | Expressions used in this subsection and in the said Act of 1959 have the same meanings in this subsection as they have in that Act . |
| 14 | So John Davies and Simon Green of the University of Leicester have collaborated with the Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory in Britain to look for fast-moving objects in IRAS signals as they arrive from the laboratory 's receiving station in Oxfordshire . |
| 15 | My interviewees are taking up subject positions as readers as they talk to me . |
| 16 | During this time , anyone with a satellite dish can watch and listen to the candidates as they prepare for their interview . |
| 17 | NICK FALDO and Severiano Ballesteros both signed off in good heart from the Freeport-McMoran Classic at English Turn yesterday , each having final rounds of 69 to ensure top 10 finishes as they head for Augusta and the Masters . |
| 18 | The Taylor Report on crowd safety , which came in the wake of the Hillsborough Disaster , left many clubs with archaic stadiums facing an uncertain future as they battled against time and their balance-sheets in an attempt to meet safety regulations and secure all-seater facilities . |
| 19 | The lack of any hard eclipse at high frequencies suggests that the eclipse is due to scattering or absorption of the radio waves as they pass through ionized matter surrounding the companion star . |
| 20 | From the response of these waves as they travel through the Earth it is possible to build up a general picture of the properties of its interior . |
| 21 | ‘ He ought not to be standing about in that cold church porch ! ’ muttered Meredith as they strode towards him . |
| 22 | He smiled almost gently , but there was nothing gentle about the glitter in his dark eyes as they ran over her from the smooth shining coil of her silver-blonde hair to the long slender legs encased in elegant sheer navy stockings . |
| 23 | I felt tears come into my eyes as they had into Flora 's at dinner . |
| 24 | A long-eared owl sat on a low bough overlooking the ride and watched them unblinkingly through his great eyes as they passed within a few paces . |
| 25 | He held onto his back as they leapt from shelf to shelf and soon he no longer had to shut his eyes as they flew through the air . |
| 26 | ‘ Rune , please , you do n't have to tell me this , ’ she pleaded , shocked by the emptiness in his eyes as they rested on her . |
| 27 | There was an odd glint in the lawyer 's eyes as they rested on Benedict . |
| 28 | His mouth twisted , a flash of antagonism in the depth of his eyes as they dwelt on her challenging face . |
| 29 | Her lips moved to plead , but no sound passed them , and she glimpsed the flare of satisfaction in Luke 's smouldering eyes as they flickered to her mouth , which was like a crushed flower now , a red rose , brilliant and vulnerable . |
| 30 | ‘ That 's the calm sea , ’ he pointed out the inlet that ran to Ballysadare as they came along the narrow twisting road into Strandhill . |