Example sentences of "as they [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm afraid stocks are still pathetically low , ’ Louise said as they looked at the half dozen dresses that were the only ones the assistant had in Constance 's size . |
| 2 | Young men and women , not so young men and women , wended their way across Cambridge to sit for an hour with Esther Breuer , sipping coffee , tea , or , if they were favoured , vermouth or wine , as they gazed at the red-draped walls , the crowded bookshelves , the umbrella stand , the hatstand , the cabin trunk , the medley of different-patterned fabrics , the little figurines that marched along the shelves in front of the books , the carefully assembled strip of photographed Roman frieze , the little glass doves in front of the tiny mosaic fountain . |
| 3 | Independent soft-commission brokers regard it as an acceptable method of payment so long as they deal at the best price . |
| 4 | At weekends it makes for a good day 's outing to take the family for a picnic , after which they can gather as many strawberries as they want at the various fruit farms dotted around . |
| 5 | I see ( and Summerchild sees ) the young provincial historian becoming even more silent and preoccupied than Summerchild himself as they look at the worn carpets and unoccupied chairs . |
| 6 | He feels that , for such an important event , countries should have a day 's rest between their games , as they did at the 1986 World Cup in London , where England lost in the final to Australia . |
| 7 | He feels that , for such an important event , countries should have a day 's rest between their games , as they did at the 1986 World Cup in London , where England lost in the final to Australia . |
| 8 | Then she and the president can set about hacking away as vigorously at the wasteful government machine as they have at the sheltered private sector . |
| 9 | They put on separate roadshows as they appeared at the same event for the first time since Mr Major 's statement in the House of Commons . |