Example sentences of "[adj] as they [verb] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quate would like to see the SAM used to watch polymer chains in rubber as they stretch and bounce back . |
| 2 | Of the fact that they attracted amused glances and speculative nudges , they were totally unaware as they read and interpreted the message in each other 's eyes . |
| 3 | They do n't blend , but remain discrete and separate as they shuffle and reshuffle their way down the generations . |
| 4 | Sam was as ordinary as they come and proud of it . |
| 5 | Parents may have carried around concerns about a past event that they feel might harm the child but often it is not as serious as they think and the subject can be raised in later sessions with the child present . |
| 6 | Not that I could ever do anything with Nelly , she 's soft as they come and bone-idle . |
| 7 | The tendons to the corners of the mouth may stand out clearly like lengths of string , and the facial muscles will become more and more obvious as they tauten and contract in the normal flat plains of the horse 's head . |
| 8 | United 's best chances came in the first half , but Barnsley gave as good as they got and went close once or twice . |
| 9 | There was silence , filled only by the glare of expression , the tension that sparked between them , just as it always had , always would as long as they lived and breathed . |
| 10 | A winner of two handicaps this season , Azhar is as tough as they come and should be able to hold his own in this stronger company . |
| 11 | I watched smiling as they owled and pussy-catted along the beach . |
| 12 | Thousands of boys and young men , pale , narrow-chested , hunched-up , miserable specimens , smoking endless cigarettes , numbers of them betting , all of them learning to be hysterical as they groan and cheer in panic unison with their neighbours — the worst sound of all being the hysterical scream of laughter that greets any little trip or fall of a player . |
| 13 | Fulmars performed dizzily above and below our position , wings motionless as they banked and swooped in their exploitation of the wind eddies . |
| 14 | His eyes were a warm clear blue as they fixed and held her dark ones . |
| 15 | Drums and bass were as solid as they come and the keyboards filled in any gaps . |
| 16 | The two girls were silent as they cooked and when they had to speak to one another spoke in quick , urgent whispers . |