Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these situations the Pump Wagon sustains D6 strength 6 hits due to damage sustained as it crunches and smashes its way through . |
| 2 | The problem is that it would be very hard to justify the cost : much of this could go on after students arrived , and the course modified as it went along . |
| 3 | The car protested as it settled into muddy pools , heaved itself out , scraped through fields of boulders and crossed innumerable rickety bamboo bridges . |
| 4 | Suddenly the boat dipped as it hit a swell and she staggered , cannoning heavily against Luke before reeling towards the rail . |
| 5 | Leonora gripped a rail with white-knuckled hands when the boat bucked as it met the wilder waters of the sound . |
| 6 | And the programme ended as it dropped onto the fire to a chorus from the rest of Alf 's family of ‘ unclean , unclean ’ . |
| 7 | The sooty plume from its stack flattened as it grumbled under the bridge , and Mungo caught a last glimpse of the redskin , still absorbing scandal and sport . |
| 8 | But it came too late for him to do anything about it , for when he straightened up and turned towards the bank the bullet hit him in the chest and his body seemed to disintegrate and fly in all directions , and he knew that death was on him and that it was something that divided you into a million parts and each fragment screamed as it flung itself into eternity . |
| 9 | She heard her name called from below , the sound distorted as it echoed from the depths . |
| 10 | She pushed the yoke forward and the plane 's nose dipped as it started descending towards the runway . |
| 11 | These attitudes are probably not specific to the South Wales population studied as it seems among the population at large there is a general antipathy towards institutional care . |
| 12 | ‘ There were so many commodity businesses trying to make a living out of exporting , so when sterling strengthened as it did , our commodity activity was priced out of existence . ’ |
| 13 | The sickle slowed as it approached , and she imagined the biker licking his lips inside his helmet , anticipating a tasty morsel . |
| 14 | The day ended as it had begun with a win for Carl Fogarty , with Robert Dunlop getting his hat-trick , and Jim Moodie , making it only three winners for the seven races . |
| 15 | But their old propensity for self-destruction surfaced again , much to the joy of Adrian Davies , and an exciting though careless game ended as it began — with Cambridge on top . |
| 16 | However , on the facts of the case the plaintiff 's claim failed as it had not proved : ( a ) the existence of a " maturing " business opportunity ; ( b ) that it was actively pursuing the business either when the defendant resigned or when he subsequently obtained the contracts ; or ( c ) that his resignation was prompted or influenced by the wish to acquire the benefit of the contracts for himself . |
| 17 | His voice cracked as it rose in pitch . |
| 18 | To questions about tax and public services , the public responded as it did in the days of Thatcher : by denying her creed of the Rich Samaritan and countering with approval for self-sacrifice and public services . |
| 19 | I play each whirr the dial made as it wound back , I clunk the recorder switches , I fidget with the stopwatch , and it gives him a pain between the eyes . |
| 20 | Where the lawn narrowed as it skirted the side of the elegant house , it was traversed by a high lattice fence complete with ornate archway . |
| 21 | The creature 's member swayed as it moved , a thin , thorned length of tendril that flexed like a worm between the rustling thighs . |
| 22 | The house looked as it had done for three centuries ; Lord Cumbermound was in no doubt that it would manage another three . |
| 23 | On Oct. 27 the founder and leader of the Spanish Labour Party ( PTE ) Santiago Carrillo , 75 , declared his party dissolved as it integrated with the Socialist Party ( PSOE ) . |
| 24 | The Queen Mother 's absence left the royal party depleted as it arrived by carriage procession down the racecourse . |
| 25 | As the mass of water raced upstream , the restriction increased as it reached the ever narrowing upper reaches . |
| 26 | The ‘ tseep-tseep ’ of a rock pipit echoed as it flew to a seaweed-strewn ledge . |