Example sentences of "would [verb] as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought about the soaring , almost optimistic leap the Volkswagen would make as it cleared the edge of the cliff ( from Henry 's memory of it there was no safety barrier on that particular stretch of the Apennines ) . |
| 2 | Sometimes it went to sleep on the rag rug before the electric fire and snored quietly , or its paws would twitch as it chased rabbits in its sleep . |
| 3 | The event would conclude as it began with a handshake . |
| 4 | Instead of straightening out the bends on railways the train would tilt as it entered a curve . |
| 5 | Of course , some may in the early years have argued plausibly that the payments would rid England of the raiders for good , for it need not have been evident in the 990s that the problem would intensify as it did . |
| 6 | Most of it would disperse as it found its way through the gravel , and it may not be necessary to form a soakaway at the end of the drain . |