Example sentences of "as they [vb past] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a shock it was brought home to Annie Oaks that they were the only family Lydia and Tobias had ever known , coming to Aumery Park Farm from the Union House as they had done at the ages of ten and twelve . |
| 2 | The day often began with people dropping in for breakfast , as they had done at Hamilton Terrace . |
| 3 | Then , just as suddenly as they had grabbed at his throat , the hands released his windpipe and the weight lifted off him . |
| 4 | They scattered for safety as a coach pulled up ; it had begun its final tumultuous dash from Trafalgar Square just as they had hammered at the door . |
| 5 | Instead , Willis found that his lads were very well prepared for work in factories where they could use the same ‘ survival ’ techniques as they had learned at school . |
| 6 | She had known as soon as they had arrived at the lodge that her heart had made the right decision , even though it felt irresponsible and utterly childish to be spending a summer like this , at her age , and after all the work she had done to put the initials MD after her name . |
| 7 | The singers ' chant frayed as they began pointing at the Spiderglass Europa logo , and in amongst the strangeness of a foreign tongue Jezrael heard the triumphant old woman say , ‘ Spiderglass ’ and ‘ Steel City ’ . |
| 8 | Not long after this , Lewis and Williams met in London , as they continued to do at irregular intervals for the next three years . |
| 9 | Carolyn asked , as they sat picking at some smoked ham and coleslaw Alan had found in the fridge . |
| 10 | His hand under her arm steadied her as they moved to stand at the rail . |
| 11 | ‘ It is big , and showy , and , perhaps , too large for the piazza , ’ he said as they stood looking at its massive sculpted rocks and fanciful mythological figures . |