Example sentences of "[adv] as he [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is unlikely that he would have gone to a children 's home in the first place and stayed for as long as he did before fostering was tried . |
| 2 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that on the plain words of section 2(1) ( a ) of the Rent Act 1977 a statutory tenant enjoyed that status so long as he remained in occupation of the dwelling house as his residence , and , therefore , the defendant had remained a statutory tenant after the possession order had been made ; that since she was neither a statutorily protected nor an excluded tenant within the meaning of the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 she was entitled to the protection of section 3 of that Act and could not lawfully be removed from the premises until the possession order had been executed in accordance with rules of court ; that since the only method of enforcement provided by the County Court Rules 1981 was by execution of a possession warrant in accordance with Ord. 26 , r. 17 , the plaintiff was not entitled to re-enter by other means ; and that , accordingly , the defendant was entitled to damages for unlawful eviction under section 27 of the Act of 1988 ( post , pp. 879B , 881D–E , G–H , 882A–B , B–C , 883C–E ) . |
| 3 | Wright — so long as he remained in exile — could write what he liked . |
| 4 | She watched dazedly as he paced in front of the cottage , hands thrust deep into the pockets of his jeans . |
| 5 | Just as he ate with relish in the three-star Auberge de lI 'll or a Greek working-man 's café , so he could be both careless and dandified about his clothes . |
| 6 | In fact just as he relied upon intuition and perception rather than sustained argument in his prose discourse , so his public attitudes were imaginative rather than practical . |
| 7 | Just as he moved with grace , strength and love among men and women , so the Christian under the cross and the Church under the cross will have an effective , attractive and powerful ministry if we show his grace and live in his strength . |
| 8 | Claiming he will have this design ready by the autumn , MacDonald is taking a personal interest in product design , just as he did at AC Scotland . |
| 9 | He is ducking out of his responsibilities as Secretary of State for Education and Science , just as he did on health . |
| 10 | Each morning as soon as he went into school he was obliged to say , ‘ with a distinct voice ’ , ‘ Deus misereatur ’ and ‘ Kyrie eleison ’ together with other prayers . |
| 11 | He ran towards him as soon as he came in sight , and he was still a long way from home when the father first spotted him ( Luke 15:20 ) . |
| 12 | Almost as soon as he arrived on campus , he disappeared into a mass of wiring , flashing lights , bleeping tones and tens of metres of multicoloured printouts on endless rolls of chartpaper . |
| 13 | Tony Atkinson , 16 , was knocked unconscious yesterday as he walked to school in Norris Green , Liverpool . |
| 14 | ‘ I had to come especially to see you this morning , Leith , ’ he said earnestly as he fell into step with her . |
| 15 | He shuddered slightly as he thought about Ramadan . |
| 16 | Even as he drifted into sleep , his eyes pricked with unshed tears and his mind was filled with images of the Irishman snorting like a foraging pig around his mam 's naked body . |
| 17 | Even as he turned in alarm , he carried with him , trapped on his retina , the picture of the Commander 's face , hollow and empty . |
| 18 | Even as he shouted for attention , Jesus had picked a target star and was tracking its apparent movement around the Lift . |
| 19 | … screaming as he lurched from his bed , his hands groping for his throat , his chest heaving convulsively as he fought for air . |
| 20 | He fell gored through the abdomen , and the bull attacked " him again as he writhed in agony on the ground . |
| 21 | Gavin 's eyes shone rapturously as he ran off stage and gripped Josh enthusiastically by the arms . |