Example sentences of "[conj] as they [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twenty four spokes slide over a fixed cam , so that as they move they change length and unbalance the wheel . |
| 2 | The principal rivers of the Empire flow from the east to the west , and as they converge they become greater still . |
| 3 | And as they marched they 'd joyously sing , |
| 4 | The more nitrogen they have available , the better marine plants will grow , and as they grow they take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere . |
| 5 | Once hatched , they begin to feed on zooplankton and as they grow they prey on larger species and they are even cannibalistic . |
| 6 | As they played and as they sang and as they danced they made no mark on the sand at all . |
| 7 | Well , the answer is , giraffes tried to eat food on higher branches of trees , strained upwards , and as they strained they stretched their necks and they passed on their stretched necks to their , to their descendants . |
| 8 | As young animals most are carnivorous , but as they mature they consumer more vegetable matter in their diet . |