Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj -er] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it got worse as the day wore on , especially since it began to rain . |
| 2 | Erm , we carried on , er , it got better as it went on . |
| 3 | Its essence stayed the same but now there was something new in its texture , and it became clearer as it approached . |
| 4 | It shot past the wizard 's head and he watched it grow smaller as it plummeted towards the circle of upturned muzzles . |
| 5 | Of course it grows colder as you move away from the equator , and it is rarely above 5°C at latitudes greater than 50 degrees , north or south . |
| 6 | It gets colder as you go up ( by 0.5°C with each 100 m rise ) , and the plants and animals change accordingly . |
| 7 | ‘ It gets easier as you go on , ’ she encouraged . |
| 8 | Only the bobbing ice raft felt safe , and every day it grew smaller as the waves grew warmer under a sun which rose a blazing orange and filled the sky with streaks of scarlet and gold . |