Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] as it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reasons why the Eisenhower administration acted as it did in 1956 remain potent , especially when examined without the advantages of hindsight . |
| 2 | Suddenly , Labour wobbled as it appeared that the Tories might have picked a genuine winner . |
| 3 | The horrific headless figure disappeared as it reached the foot of the steps . |
| 4 | A man and woman in the car died as it was crushed under the lorry . |
| 5 | The engine whistled as it came into the wide bay of railway lines beside the colliery , where rows of trucks stood in harbour ( 11 ) . |
| 6 | Her torso itched as it puffed up like a flightless bird 's , and her legs dwindled and divided into a clump of Cthulhoid tentacles . |
| 7 | The frog 's forehead bulged as it tried to get its mind around a new idea . |
| 8 | When Philip of Colombière 's nephew killed the niece of the bishop of Bayeaux , King Henry II 's court behaved as it would have done in the previous century in reconciling the parties by arranging a settlement between them . |
| 9 | Ringed plovers pattered at the water 's edge of a muddy creek and a whimbrel whistled as it flew overhead . |
| 10 | I could hardly conceive what it must be like in winter : the incessant darkness ; the piercing cold when the spray froze as it hit the deck and formed great blocks of ice at the bows ; howling gales and never-ending work ; then a few days in port and out to sea again , week after week , month after month . |
| 11 | Somewhere out of sight , cicadas filled the air with their high-pitched whirring and , in the distance , a woodpecker shrieked as it swooped from tree to tree in a flash of yellow , green and red . |
| 12 | Her dress shrieked as it caught on the comer of the table and tore . |
| 13 | Above him a raven cawed as it flew to hunt over the mudflats along the river . |
| 14 | The furore grew as it was revealed that the testimony of Major Ciro Jijena of the rural guard had been supressed . |
| 15 | Carried by some freak of the acoustics of the place or by the mist , Jotan 's voice said as it seemed to Alexei in his ear , ‘ If you move or call out , I shall kill you . ’ |
| 16 | In the country 's fifth air disaster in four months , the China Southern Airlines plane crashed as it approached to land at the city of Guilin . |
| 17 | ‘ She 's leading you too , ’ Maggie reminded him quietly and his hand came as it often did to tilt her chin imperiously . |
| 18 | The fleeing ship shrank as it climbed a column of billowing grey cloud . |
| 19 | When Mr Rowse took a rest , the line stayed as it was , sometimes for hours . |
| 20 | The dull gold in his headdress shimmered as it caught the light . |
| 21 | The blade flashed as it was drawn over the leather . |
| 22 | At Manchester Airport on 25 August 1985 , a British Airtours charter jet crashed as it prepared for take-off . |
| 23 | Meanwhile the little tailor , aided by the little grey man , had stroked the glass case containing the castle with the two feathers from the cock and hen , and with a strange rushing and rumbling the castle appeared as it must always have been , with noble staircases and innumerable doors . |
| 24 | Mr Clarke 's solicitor said as it was the first time the new offence had been tried under the 1991 Road Traffic Act they would be considering an appeal against sentence . |
| 25 | The release pin holds the pack closed as it passes through this loop after securing the eyelets . |