Example sentences of "[adv prt] as [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lin Foh seemed incensed , but kept his voice down as they reached the outside steps of the Coroner 's Court . |
| 2 | She was relieved when Nigel had to slow down as they reached the outskirts of Cheltenham . |
| 3 | Apparently at this particular time there was a considerable amount of traffic on the road in question and traffic from one direction had halted in order to allow that the young girl and her friend to cross the road they began to cross on the zebra crossing but , as she reached the centre of the road Mrs was driving her vehicle in the opposite direction and she failed to stop the young girl , in her teens , was unable to take , avoiding acci action and she was knocked down as she crossed the road . |
| 4 | Vicky Whitemore , knowing the problems that 'keepers face in these situations , was delegated with the responsibility and let no-one down as she launched the ball safely into an unguarded part of the net . |
| 5 | She broke down as she surveyed the scene . |
| 6 | The train slowed down as it reached the next station and the Punk stood up and came down the aisle towards them . |
| 7 | It will still bob up and down as it hits the successive wavefronts . |
| 8 | Try not to break down as I read the roll of honour : the golden vision Alex Young , the Huyton Hercules Peter Reid , the Blackpool buzzbomb Alan Ball , the Tyneside tornado Howard Kendall , the Birmingham blockbuster Bob Latchford and the Llandudno leopard Neville Southall . |
| 9 | After years of hardly giving a thought to their pension , panic suddenly sets in as they consider the prospect of no longer drawing a regular salary . |
| 10 | This , then , is the state we are in as we approach the 1990s . |
| 11 | There was a Dan-Air flight coming in as he crossed the asphalt lot , dropping like a gull with its undercarriage outstretched . |
| 12 | He managed to get his question in as he crossed the Hammersmith Flyover . |
| 13 | He comes across a flock of sheep belonging to the priest , one of which he takes ; he then returns to the priest , pretending not to be the traveller already refused entry , and this time is accepted in as he offers the sheep in payment . |
| 14 | The wind roared in as she opened the front door , lifting the filthy curtains and blowing the parish magazine into a corner . |
| 15 | It seemed almost too heavy for him to lift but he managed it , resting it against his leg and swinging it along as she held the door open for him . |
| 16 | THE reign of the supermodel is over as they become the losers in a takeover led by Dracula actress Monica Bellucci . |
| 17 | The pictures showed her overseers standing by ant-files of ‘ natives ’ doubled over as they hacked the roads of progress through mountainous desert ; more grinning Italians cheered soundlessly under the joined twin arcs of a new bridge . |
| 18 | He looked her over as they reached the gallery , pausing at the top of the stairs . |
| 19 | Trent slewed the motorbike over as they hit the highway . |
| 20 | The descriptions can be as varied as you like along this sort of theme , providing the adventurers with something to think over as they approach the Castle . |
| 21 | My stomach turned over as I watched the ball heading for the out-of-bounds , but to my relief it looked as though it had stayed in , even if it seemed in an awful spot . |
| 22 | First Nigel Lawson kept interest rates too low for too long , letting the boom boil over as he shadowed the D-Mark . |
| 23 | ‘ My wife and I are not badly off as we have the state pension , my police pension , and a police civil staff pension . |
| 24 | Perhaps the most difficult skill for amateur performers to acquire , though , is the art of speaking to microphone at a constant voice level : most tend to start off strongly as they launch into their speeches , but gradually tail off as they reach the end . |
| 25 | Her voice trailed off as she noticed the boy watching her with grey , expressionless eyes . |
| 26 | Rain heard her flow of talk about the journey from Nice break off as she noticed the view from the window , an oppressive sky , a turbulent sea . |
| 27 | ‘ If anything had happened to your precious boat , or we 'd both drowned , you 'd never have let me forget — ’ Her voice trailed off as she recognised the absurdity of what she was saying . |
| 28 | ‘ Oh , how lovely , ’ she breathed , her imagination taking off as she pictured the scene in her mind 's eye . |
| 29 | The climb slowly eases off as you reach the summit plateau . |
| 30 | The Floridante Overture nearly throws him off as he takes the corners with no evidence of concern for his own safety , but the overall effect is thrilling as he leads us on an absorbing and unexpected journey with an orchestra and cast consisting , in the main , of unknown and unpronounceable Hungarians . |