Example sentences of "as they [adv] [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ace 's blue eyes narrowed in approval as they leisurely explored her . |
| 2 | They were content to leave North , for good or bad , as they already knew him . |
| 3 | that was cos of the fat , the fat so as they just lay it over the top and put the potatoes and onions |
| 4 | That is , previous readers would have grasped the play in Freeman 's terms , in so far as they validly comprehended it , but they would not have been aware of so doing , meantime foolishly talking of it in irrelevant , non-explanatory , " folk " ways . |
| 5 | Their opposite numbers were George , who treated Frank , or Abu Tariq as they still called him , well and Mazzin . |
| 6 | I rather think that the RN instructors on my course must have suffered at the hands of the Customs on returning from a foreign tour as they really gave us a hard time . |
| 7 | The aunt had told Grandma ( or Jane , as they always called her ) that she was being ‘ used ’ . |