Example sentences of "[adv] as [pron] reach the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joe steals two bus tickets to Miami , but Ratso dies just as they reach the place of his dreams . |
| 2 | Cocooned in an ivory tower of antique furniture and unfinished jigsaw puzzles , she spends an inordinate amount of time doing simple things like pouring hot water into a teapot ; then she gets on the telephone to her friends and either hangs up just as they reach the receiver or asks them if they would n't mind coming round to tea and picking up some skate from the fishmonger on the way . |
| 3 | just as you reach the square you will pass , to your left , the Scuole Arcimbolde , a huge building adjacent to the church of Sant' Alessandro . |
| 4 | As soon as you reach the cross-over age where there is no longer a gain , you can contract back into SERPS . |
| 5 | Perhaps the most difficult skill for amateur performers to acquire , though , is the art of speaking to microphone at a constant voice level : most tend to start off strongly as they launch into their speeches , but gradually tail off as they reach the end . |
| 6 | The climb slowly eases off as you reach the summit plateau . |
| 7 | Your weight should suddenly move back as you reach the tip of the wave and you should pull the boom back over your head . |
| 8 | But if you have a slow , sad delivery , try to talk faster , and reach a climax at the end of one or two sentences , at least as you reach the end of the speech . |