Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] as he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His insecurity will persist so long as he bottles up change , no matter how well his ruling party behaves . |
| 2 | It was the red-haired left-hander 's first win over the squash legend , the first time he had played a match lasting an hour and 50 minutes at this level and won , and the first time he can ever have gambled so audaciously as he did at 13-13 in the final game . |
| 3 | She darted past him and opened the door that led to the store-room , then helped somewhat ineffectually as he dragged the mattress through and hefted it on to a stack of boxes . |
| 4 | " I do n't know why I came , I ca n't possibly tell them , " she thought as she watched the tiny man , perched up high as he circled meticulously round about on his chosen futureless employment , shouting : " Wor'-oss , Wor'-oss " to the dogs that followed him , as faithfully as seagulls follow a plough , when he made one of his grand and speedy turns . |
| 5 | Izzie left them deep in animated conversation — the monk laughing out loud as he realized he was being lured into an acting profession — and went inside the house to find Gabriel . |
| 6 | The Colonel was used to acting in loco parentis and would certainly not have responded as warmly as he had done to Miss Danziger 's maturity had he not discerned in it a vulnerability : something he could defend . |
| 7 | Karl stopped laughing as suddenly as he had begun , his face grave and concerned and kindly . |
| 8 | The latter had vanished as punctually as he had appeared . |
| 9 | Dandelion swam as well as he ran , swiftly and easily . |
| 10 | He was really playing great tennis , ’ McEnroe conceded , ‘ I did n't realise he moved as well as he did . |
| 11 | Somehow she could never hear disembodied footsteps on the stairs without wondering fleetingly if it might be Mark returning as unexpectedly as he had left . |
| 12 | He stopped as abruptly as he had begun . |
| 13 | He broke off , repeated a passage , and then stopped as abruptly as he had begun . |
| 14 | ‘ It is curious that he is dying as picturesquely as he lived , ’ wrote Mr Gosse . |
| 15 | He can continue to shoot so long as he keeps hitting , up to a maximum of 6 shots per turn . |
| 16 | Her pride made her speak as formally as he did and always be the one who moved away first . |
| 17 | He stopped trembling as quickly as he had begun a moment before and seemed to withdraw down the dark passage to the daydream he was locked in when they first arrived . |
| 18 | Eliot by writing as badly as he knew how … . ’ ) |
| 19 | Angel had never had a lesson ; he played as naturally as he walked . |
| 20 | Griffith 's breakthrough came almost accidentally as he attempted to forge a career in a new industry about which he knew little . |
| 21 | A MAN was shot twice yesterday as he fled from five masked youths . |
| 22 | ‘ No man practises so well as he writes . |
| 23 | He 'd run away repeatedly as he 'd got older , never with anywhere to go but just anxious to be free of the confining walls and restrictive atmosphere . |
| 24 | Facing him , she wasted no time , the words pouring forth just as he drew a reluctant breath before speech . |
| 25 | The girls hurriedly departed , and the bouncer withdrew as quickly as he had appeared . |
| 26 | As the man withdrew as silently as he had arrived , Joan was surprised to find herself alone with the young king . |
| 27 | There was over an hour left when Malcolm came in , and had some of the others defended as well as he did the game might have been saved . |
| 28 | The shrieking sent shivers up Tallis 's spine , and Wyn-rajathuk paled even more as he straightened and stared , alarmed , through the lodge walls , towards the mortuary hill . |
| 29 | He could see quite clearly as he climbed the hill out of the village . |
| 30 | He sighed heavily again as he moved over to sit down beside her , leaning forward and burying his face in his hands for a moment . |