Example sentences of "[adv] as he [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.

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1 The 31-year-old Scot skidded across the track into a fence after the back wheel of his Banco Yamaha broke away as he powered round a bend .
2 As soon as he sat down a slave laid a plate in front of him .
3 Weaver ran through the gap between the houses , waving his right hand almost uselessly as he snapped off a second shot at Bodie .
4 Barbados had witnessed a rather different Hanif a year earlier as he took out a 16-hour 10-minute lease on the crease and sculpted a monumental 337 against Worrell and Co .
5 Slit-eyed against the blinding rain , he hurled his weight forward as he powered up a ridge , the rear wheel tearing at shale and mud .
6 ‘ Well , at least it was positive , ’ he said ruefully as he put up a blunt-fingered hand to touch his cheek .
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