Example sentences of "the [noun pl] as it [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adam was under one of the lamps as it burst to life . |
| 2 | Standing in the back of one of the pick-ups as it sped across the hard sand , with the dust spiralling out behind us across the vast plain , it seemed that a whole new world was opening up . |
| 3 | SD ACOUSTICS IS ANOTHER IN THAT RICH crop of small British manufacturers with something interesting to say to the discerning listener who is wiling to seek out a brand that is by no means as widely distributed in the shops as it deserves to be . |
| 4 | The River Aire , then purple with dye from the mills as it coursed under Leeds Bridge , began its journey as a pure , gushing stream tumbling cold and clear down through Airedale from Malham Cove — not far as the kestrel flies . |
| 5 | Militarisation worked for the Nazis as it had for the Prussians in that it helped control large numbers of people , allowed a cheap and easy growth of populist emotion and nationalist identity and became the mainspring of industry by providing demand . |
| 6 | With a screech , the car began to slow as the brakes were applied , and Richmann could clearly see the startled faces of the occupants as it slewed to a halt only a few feet ahead . |
| 7 | The layout can give as many messages to the pupils as it does to colleagues and senior management . |
| 8 | What hope there is resides primarily in the same section of the news-stands as it has for several years — the ‘ serious ’ and ‘ specialist ’ music press . |
| 9 | Although the maker and even country of origin of these pieces surprisingly remains unknown , one view holding that they are German rather than French , this uncertainty did not matter to the bidders as it sold to an anonymous private collector for $1,700,000 ( £944,400 ) . |
| 10 | Merseyside Coroner Roy Barter told the Liverpool hearing that she must have inhaled the bacteria as it floated through the air as vapour from a contaminated hot water outlet . |