Example sentences of "[verb] as he [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ He 's on his way back to the hotel , ’ Vashinov reported as he put down the phone . |
2 | Anne could see , though , that he was trembling as he picked up the handles of the handcart and moved away . |
3 | ‘ It was good of you to get in touch with me , Simon , ’ she murmured as he hooked down the loft-ladder and she followed him up into the roof space . |
4 | Bodie nodded as he thought through the implications of that . |
5 | But despite his willingness to collaborate with this tall , blond , handsome editor and publisher with his square , even teeth invariably clamped over fat Turkish cigarettes and whose ice-blue eyes sometimes narrowed as he weighed up the profit or nuisance value of a potential contributor , Vaughan regarded Lehmann critically , detecting mistrust and calculation behind the editor 's apparent kindness and friendliness . |
6 | ‘ We 're nicely tucked away here in case someone comes looking for us , ’ he remarked as he switched off the engine . |
7 | Beefy is a hero to the thousands that turn out to see him through rain and shine as he marches down the south coast . |
8 | 'E collapsed as 'e come out the Kings Arms an' they rushed 'im away ter the 'ospital. 'E 's in a bad way so Maisie Dingle told me . |
9 | His face did not relax as he picked up the brandy and handed it to her . |
10 | ‘ George Vicente Brown goin' be one dead son of a beetch , ’ Miguelito swore as he struggled up the bank . |
11 | She swung her shapely legs inside and began talking as he switched on the ignition . |
12 | His heart hammered as he choked out the words : ‘ Drowning … . |
13 | ‘ We 'll wander back , ’ he said as he picked up the blanket and baskets , ‘ expect we 'll meet 'em coming back . ’ |
14 | Then the dream had shifted to show him whistling as he worked over the bins . |
15 | Information and Planning , he was thinking as he walked up the ramp , shoulders stooped to further alter his appearance . |
16 | She waited as he pointed up the quay , bursting to ask how he knew about the Quakers , let alone where they met . |
17 | His name was Joe Jack , and after my first visit I went back many times to hear him talk as he carved out the shape of a leather sole or polished a repaired shoe on his rotary machine . |
18 | ‘ In the beginning , Freddie did n't have all the powers that he wanted to have as a vocalist ; he worked to achieve those and improved as he worked over the years . |
19 | Hardy had urged as he signed out the gun and ammunition to Denis . |