Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] as it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The strongest smell on the roof , though , was of the coke that sang as it burned in the brazier . |
| 2 | In Kepler 's construction of the solar system , each planet had its own melodic line associated with a changing speed that increased as it approached its closest point to the sun . |
| 3 | In addition , numerical modelling of the geochemical trends indicates that within one cycle the magma may have evolved by inputs of discrete batches of primary peridotitic partial melt that fractionated as it rose and mixed with earlier magma prior to eruption . |
| 4 | And as in uffish thought he stood , The Jabberwock , with eyes of flame , Came whiffling through the tulgey wood , And burbled as it came ! |
| 5 | and trembled as it fed — |
| 6 | It remains true that , apart from the foral provinces , government became more effective , defined , and concentrated as it approached the subject . |
| 7 | This picture of a universe that started off very hot and cooled as it expanded is in agreement with all the observational evidence that we have today . |
| 8 | Maybe we are like a photocopy of God that got a bit crumpled and smudged as it came out of the machine so that his image in us has got a bit spoilt , but that does not alter the fact that every person has something of God about them . |
| 9 | There the microscopic ovum was revealed and followed as it started its monthly journey to await possible fertilisation . |
| 10 | The question is whether or not the document , prepared and signed as it was , satisfies the requirements of the substituted section 9 of the Wills Act 1837 . |
| 11 | It was travelling fast and wobbled as it hit the bumpy piece of road under the railway bridge . |
| 12 | Bernice shook loose the amiable scrap of nothing and watched as it fluttered away , lost in moments in the gentle glow of Moloch 's endless day . |
| 13 | Another avenue of enjoyable information-seeking — sadly , not as well-known and patronized as it deserves to be — is the programme of private gardens opened in aid of various charities like the Gardeners ' Benevolent Fund , from whom you can obtain a county-by-county week-by-week guide giving details of location , times of opening and points of interest . |
| 14 | Handing him one of the cans , she drank from her own , and coughed as it went down the wrong way . |
| 15 | The tram whined and sparked as it pulled up at the fare stage near the Dennistoun Palais and Whitehill Street . |
| 16 | He tried a grin , but winced as it hurt him . |