Example sentences of "as they [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the picture are two men , almost interchangeable , working side by side as they dig a ditch . |
| 2 | As they crossed a stream the precious manuscript slipped from his hand and disappeared in the water . |
| 3 | Minutes before three youths had been seen in a car driving at high speed … as they crossed a junction they collided with another car and spun into Mr James . |
| 4 | Both turned as they heard a door opening . |
| 5 | In their experiment , subjects listened to sentences and pushed a button as soon as they heard a target word . |
| 6 | They were accompanied on their tour by Hanley Salvation Army Captain Ian Payne and are pictured with ornamenter Paul Harper as they signed a Jasper sweet dish to commemorate their visit . |
| 7 | Liverpool get a penalty — ‘ suprise suprise ’ ( especially as they had a pen against them during the week , one of very few no doubt ) . |
| 8 | Norwich did not appeal , as they had a right to do , against the notice of 30 October 1990 . |
| 9 | As soon as they had a family got out , they rushed indoors with poles and burst out the slates near the ridge tree of the roof . |
| 10 | ‘ But those do n't apply to us as they imply a sharing that 's total , and there 's only one area of my life that I can bring myself to share with you . ’ |
| 11 | WESTERN powers threatened yesterday to suspend Serbia 's membership of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe as they launched a campaign against the republic to try to halt the bloodshed in Bosnia-Hercegovina . |
| 12 | Clark was named by police as they launched a manhunt following the bloodbath in the market town of Melksham , Wilts . |
| 13 | A new director , responsible for a large section of the company 's business for the first time , was not in a particularly enviable position ; there were men equally as bright and considerably younger , poised ready to pull the mat from under him as soon as they saw an opportunity ; Hank could be their chance . |
| 14 | But this is not sufficient to explain the behaviour of some felines which will run and hide as soon as they hear a man approaching . |
| 15 | In June the chairman of the opposition Birlik organisation , Abdurakhim Pulatov , needed emergency hospital treatment for skull fractures after four men beat him and a companion with metal bars as they left an interview at a police station in the capital Tashkent . |
| 16 | And then suddenly , just as Artemis felt Buttons was beginning to tire and that she was regaining control , as they topped a hill and began the run down the opposite side , a hedge loomed up in front of her , divided by a solid looking five-bar gate which was firmly closed . |
| 17 | But not content with that , the England international also cut out at least two of City 's most dangerous attacks as they sought an equaliser . |
| 18 | Henceforward the black vote had to be considered by every politician , and black leaders became more outspoken as they demanded an end to segregation . |
| 19 | Team loyalties are thrown aside as they form a group they call l'autobus . |
| 20 | Both participants can make changes and annotate files with handwritten notes as they keep an eye on each other in the video window . |
| 21 | This is regarded as a Good Thing by Orcs who are universally content with their lot , being ultimately happy to meet their end in battle so long as they get a chance of a good fight . |
| 22 | ‘ How did you know he was waiting for us ? ’ asked Billie as they took a taxi into the centre of London . |
| 23 | Theories were valuable not as a guide to research , but as a prop to the young sprig : they were good insofar as they made a mass of information easier to handle and to remember . |
| 24 | One church 's house groups were doing this as they made a study , chapter by chapter , of Richard Foster 's Celebration of Discipline . |
| 25 | The timber opened as they breasted a ridge and Trent glimpsed a steeply-sloping meadow up ahead and a patch of white . |
| 26 | Two men , as they realized a moment later , when they heard the sound of voices . |
| 27 | As they prepared a meal one day , Aunt Margaret chalked : |
| 28 | The school librarian or teacher would use the programs on disk to create a list of references and the pupils would be able to use the microcomputer in the same way as they use a subject index . |
| 29 | The lethal message is that those who have AIDs can engage in sex as long as they use a condom . |
| 30 | The arsenal of weapons and live ammunition were discovered by bailiffs as they served an eviction warrant on Mr Bland 's home in Vine Street , Darlington . |