Example sentences of "train as it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The waiting silence was broken by , ‘ I 'd say the train is leaving Carrick now , ’ and they all went to the fields behind the house to catch a glimpse of the train as it passed . |
| 2 | We gazed enraptured at the city of Bath from the train as it drew in to the station — it was all laid out on the slopes of Lansdown like an aerial map of a moon landscape . |
| 3 | Just north of Killamarsh Junction , another run-down Royal Scot No. 46143 , makes steady progress with an up coal train as it is about to cross the Midland ‘ Old Road ’ route . |
| 4 | I thought of the corruption of the North American Indians ' dress and the sullen dejection Robert Louis Stevenson had observed in the ragged groups of defeated Indians which gathered around his train as it moved through the Great Plains . |
| 5 | He could hear the muffled sound of the train as it plodded round the curves . |
| 6 | The wagon broke free from the freight train as it passed through the German town of Northeim . |
| 7 | Experience all the glamour and nostalgia of the world 's most romantic train as it winds its way through the English countryside . |
| 8 | All together , elbows in ribs , knees in calves , packed tight and swaying with the motion of the train as it struggled north . |
| 9 | For the next five minutes he pounded frustratingly at the seal lining , the task not made any easier by the rhythmic rocking of the train as it sped through the rain . |
| 10 | The question crossed Sabrina Carver 's mind as she stood with her left hand looped through the handle hanging from the rail above her in the aisle of the packed subway train as it hurtled through the cavernous tunnels beneath New York . |
| 11 | She used all her strength to grip the frame , her body buffeted by the high-speed wind that swept against the train as it roared along . |
| 12 | The Milk Race , which has been running for 25 years , is like a wagon train as it winds its way through the country . |