Example sentences of "[noun pl] as it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It rustled round her ears as it had done before she went into mourning . |
| 2 | You could feel the dismay amongst the Leeds players and their fans as it thundered past John Lukic and into the back of the net , leaving them searching for three goals to progress in the competition . |
| 3 | as if this were not bad enough , the great mudflow rolled on into the sea at the mouth of the Riviere Blanche , setting up a series of waves as it did so , one of which was powerful enough to capsize the yacht Precheur moored off the river mouth . |
| 4 | Tenderly he wiped its mouth and nostrils and eyes as it coughed into life , vomiting saline nutrient over his hands . |
| 5 | In occasional clearings the American boys caught sight of slender natives in conical , palm-leaf hats bending over fishing lines or snares for river fowl , but they rarely looked up ; only the naked , potbellied children paid any attention , staring at the Avignon with brown , expressionless eyes as it swung past the low banks on which they stood . |
| 6 | Donna closed her eyes as it climbed through turbulence . |
| 7 | One of the most bizarre examples of this ‘ Expressive Revolution ’ occurred ( under my own eyes as it happened ) at the London School of Economics during one of the frequent student occupations . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Throughout the seventeenth century , and far into the eighteenth , the issue of precedence continued to arouse strong feeling and generate disputes as it had done in earlier generations . |
| 10 | It struck two cars as it came to rest . |
| 11 | Chased by police vehicles and a helicopter it rammed three cars as it careered down the wrong side of city centre roads . |
| 12 | Slowly she eased it open , offering up a silent thanks as it slid noiselessly over the carpet , then made her way one careful step at a time downstairs . |
| 13 | The barking was getting closer by the second and we could hear the hunters whistling and shouting orders to the dogs , and the sound of the boar scrunching dried leaves and snapping dead branches as it hurtled down through the trees . |
| 14 | Warning lights flashed on the suit 's shoulders as it lumbered slowly to the airlock outer door . |
| 15 | Three men held the yak 's head down with ropes , their weight pitted against the great muscles of its neck and shoulders as it threw its head about , crazy with the pain of the knife in its withers . |
| 16 | Behind him the dragon roared and crashed through the bushes as it tried to turn around , but Hrun was running , running , with his gaze fixed on Liartes and a dead branch in his hands . |
| 17 | To the Marxist historian Michael Chanan the halls were merely ‘ tools of commercial exploitation ’ but a more balanced view would rely on an appreciation of the way in which ‘ live ’ variety revealed as much about showmen as it did about ‘ humanity at large ’ . |
| 18 | This was the first that the community of professional scientists had heard about it , and it caused the pair much trouble during the subsequent months as it became clear that several of the claims were wrong . |
| 19 | I was within half a mile of Darrowby with the lights of the little town beginning to wink between the bare roadside branches when a car approached , went past , then I heard a squeal of brakes as it stopped and began to double back . |
| 20 | The combination roared along Castle Walk , echoing into the empty courtyard of the Berkeley Hunt kennels as it careered up the last hill into the tiny village . |
| 21 | He hugged himself against the sudden freezing wind then scrambled to his feet as it whipped the first drops of rain through the open door . |
| 22 | Secondly , the Board of Trade was allowed to form JACs in co-operation with LEAs in such areas as it thought ‘ expedient ’ . |
| 23 | It might have been thought that the massive level of population decline experienced by Britain 's cities since the 1960s , principally affecting their inner areas as it did , would have helped to reduce these problems . |
| 24 | The train groaned and eased its aches as it drew into the small station . |
| 25 | Meanwhile , Easy Rider , itself , began to take on more menacing tones as it neared its climax . |
| 26 | It seems to me a matter of the highest possible importance that where a quasi-judicial function is being exercised , under such circumstances as it had to be exercised here , with the result of depriving people of their property , especially if it is done without compensation , the persons concerned should be satisfied that nothing unfair has been done in the matter , and that ex parte statements have not been heard before the decision has been given without any chance for the person concerned to refute those statements . |
| 27 | The driver spun the wheel as the Mercedes reached the end of the row of parked cars and it skidded sideways , the left corner of the rear bumper crumpling in a flash of sparks as it glanced off the wall . |
| 28 | At that moment , with a shower of sparks as it hit the superstructure , the flare died . |
| 29 | I have only seen one badger in the so-called ‘ wild ’ , caught in the beam of car headlights as it dashed across a small country road in Cornwall . |
| 30 | When one turns to his large-scale tonal designs , unexplored until now , it becomes apparent that Lully 's influence is as preponderant in Campra 's cantatas as it had been in his stage music . |