Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [pron] as they " in BNC.
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| 1 | The moon was high above them as they walked cautiously through the dark forest and the pale , eerie light lay across the woodland path , cold and unfriendly . |
| 2 | But if this is a mistake and animals are properly to be understood as primitive beings , at least as different from us as they are similar , then their modest entitlement to humane treatment , accorded them by common sense and enshrined in the law , might well be vindicated . |
| 3 | They are , however , particularly interesting to us as they are not entirely in ruins , because in A.D. 1563 Michelangelo converted the tepidarium into the nave of his Church , Santa Maria degli Angeli and retained the circular caldarium as an entrance vestibule with its domical roof now decorated with caissons and central roses . |
| 4 | Her sons were delighted to see her , and were as warm with her as they were distant with their wives , greeted , after eight weeks on the river , with diffident handshakes . |
| 5 | Many of the materials used were brought by the Israelites from Egypt ( 11:2–3 ) and willingly given , so that God 's tent might be as worthy of him as they could make it . |
| 6 | The dead king seems mesmerized by them as they lead him gently but determinedly down the long ramps . |
| 7 | Those exposed to it often make changes in themselves , but that is because they want to , not because we are dissatisfied with them as they are . |
| 8 | The Ring does not boast as many members as the Society by maybe that is not so important for them as they are not in receipt of grant aid . |
| 9 | It would be best to start with young Geophagines , allowing the dwarfs to get used to them as they grow . |
| 10 | Venetia was a woman of unusual quality , as is testified to not only by her ability to make two such disparate figures as Asquith and Montagu as obsessed with her as they both were between 1912 and 1915 , but also by the strength of her impact upon many other friends for the remaining 33 years of her life . |
| 11 | You know , if the erm that if the family think you 're going to actually take the child off them because they 're not looking after it properly , then I mean obviously they 're not perhaps going to be as frank with you as they might otherwise . |
| 12 | He was close behind her as they rounded the L-bend of the restaurant — and he very nearly cannoned into her when she suddenly stopped dead . |
| 13 | The trained females who have calves at foot keep their young with them as they work . |
| 14 | ‘ Your lips are even redder now , ’ he murmured , his face close to hers as they crouched over the same clump of fruit . |
| 15 | He was disturbingly aware of her as they moved off . |