Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TIG GAG The creature most like man in the Southern Continent which smiles as it sleeps |
| 2 | In talking about the image of Mitch as a hunk , the girls construct a female gaze which mocks as it dissects . |
| 3 | This they make by chewing wood , masticating it with their saliva and then expelling it as a moist pulp which hardens as it dries . |
| 4 | It is a liquid protein that they squeeze from little nozzles at the rear of the abdomen which hardens as it meets the air . |
| 5 | Everything he draws , she sees as it unfolds thousands of miles away in Hampstead . |
| 6 | Understand why something happens as it does and you are your own master , able to use your common sense and logic to make judgements and decisions . |
| 7 | For males sex may be very important , but for females reproduction may be , may be more significant if it involves as it does in the case of all mammals and certainly human beings , considerable parental investment on the part of the mother . |
| 8 | Nigel : ‘ It beats as it sweeps as it plugs up the hole in the ozone layer ? ’ |
| 9 | It stands as it has always stood , |
| 10 | Yet a business has no ‘ score ’ to play by except the score it writes as it plays . |
| 11 | is crumbly in texture and pale peach in colour when young , although it darkens as it ages . |
| 12 | It roars as it flies . |
| 13 | Its defence mechanism is not rapid reproduction like the greenfly , instead it surrounds itself with the familiar frothy blob of air bubbles that it forms as it spits out the sap it has taken from the plant — instead of spitting it back into the plant . |
| 14 | This is not as easy as it sounds as it needs a change to the German constitution which requires a two third majority in the German parliament . |
| 15 | Provided water is above 4°C to begin with , it expands as it warms , and so becomes less dense . |
| 16 | Perhaps it all goes to confirm that a democratic society will inevitably get the police it deserves as it responds to new pressures . |
| 17 | Complete the following : ‘ a ? \ @*; £ ! % beats as it sweeps as it cleans ’ ; ‘ a \ @*?; & a day helps you work rest and play ’ . |
| 18 | Nigel : ‘ It beats as it sweeps as it plugs up the hole in the ozone layer ? ’ |
| 19 | That summit will set the future course for NATO to ensure that it remains as it has been — a bedrock of stability in a still uncertain world . |
| 20 | This picture broke with the past by dispensing with the idea that everything in nature has a purpose or proper function , which explains why it behaves as it does . |
| 21 | Editor , — Is it not time for the BMJ to set the same standards for the drug advertisements it carries as it does for scientific papers ? |