Example sentences of "[vb past] as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A quiver ran through her which heated as it travelled through her body and which he must have noticed , for he smiled mockingly at her . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He tried a grin , but winced as it hurt him . |
| 4 | At Manchester Airport on 25 August 1985 , a British Airtours charter jet crashed as it prepared for take-off . |
| 5 | A Netherlands DC-10 crashed as it tried to land during a storm at Faro , Portugal , on Dec. 21 , killing 54 people . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It remains true that , apart from the foral provinces , government became more effective , defined , and concentrated as it approached the subject . |
| 8 | and trembled as it fed — |
| 9 | Göring 's popularity in particular suffered as it became evident that , whatever successes German troops were having in distant parts , as head of the Luftwaffe , he was unable to guarantee the protection of the homeland . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Meh'Lindi reached into the trunk and lifted out a small tentacle , which squirmed as it left the stasis-field . |
| 12 | Her torso itched as it puffed up like a flightless bird 's , and her legs dwindled and divided into a clump of Cthulhoid tentacles . |
| 13 | It is certain the board would prefer to see Mr Weir re-elected as it tries to keep a united front over the next few months when it has to produce new proposals for its future which are acceptable to the Scottish Office and the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 14 | It whitened as it climbed the sky , casting a long path of broken moonlight across the river . |
| 15 | The reasons why the Eisenhower administration acted as it did in 1956 remain potent , especially when examined without the advantages of hindsight . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Her dress shrieked as it caught on the comer of the table and tore . |
| 18 | Quite why ‘ Olliemania ’ happened as it did , and with such intensity , confounded almost everyone . |
| 19 | Ronni sighed as it embraced her . |
| 20 | Gloucester 's first match was home to the Wasps.It finished as it started , all square . |
| 21 | The old pals reunion at White Hart Lane … that 's Spurs v Swindon finished as it started all square … former Town favourite David Kerslake set up the Spurs goal for Jason Dozzell … and then another old County Ground hero Colin Calderwood went and gave away a penalty … it looked like a handball at first but Calderwood was guilty of pushing … |
| 22 | I watch , entranced as it gurgles its way |
| 23 | Sword clanged on stone , and Fedorov cursed as it jarred his wrist . |
| 24 | There the microscopic ovum was revealed and followed as it started its monthly journey to await possible fertilisation . |
| 25 | The lion turned , jaws slavering , eyes ablaze with fury and Corbett flinched as it came towards him , belly crouched , its tail twitching , its hind legs tense , then it sprang . |
| 26 | Tolby flinched as it touched the skin . |
| 27 | Discovered as it went along ; and fed , |
| 28 | There was a very light cross wind from the right which caused a swing in that direction , and as the Nimbus has only a tail-skid , it swung as it started its take-off run . |
| 29 | One of the maids yelped as it pinned her skirt to a cupboard . |
| 30 | It was travelling fast and wobbled as it hit the bumpy piece of road under the railway bridge . |