Example sentences of "[vb past] as he [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Otley objected as he waited under the trees with his bunch of Brits . |
| 2 | Maxham winced as he walked across the kitchen . |
| 3 | ‘ Touch nothing ’ , he shouted as he sped towards the police station . |
| 4 | ‘ Georgina , ’ the Dean shouted as he passed through the hall . |
| 5 | Otley shouted as he raced towards the bridge . |
| 6 | Helluva fella ! they shouted as he thumped into the chair beside the student , one hand gripping round her shoulder , the other smearing red drops from lips and chin . |
| 7 | ‘ Wotcher ! ’ he shouted as he scraped on the strings . |
| 8 | Kress stopped as he looked at the blued muzzle of the .38 . |
| 9 | His voice trembled as he stood in the pulpit . |
| 10 | The first memorable and momentous occasion for the ornithologist occurred as he strolled beside the river at sunrise and caught sight of a ‘ new and beautiful pigeon ’ , a bird never before encountered by any of the natives he questioned or any of the stockmen at the out-stations . |
| 11 | The needle immediately showed a reading , which then strengthened and weakened as he moved about the warehouse . |
| 12 | Outwardly he was calm and composed as he walked in the warm evening sunshine towards the House , but like the swans gliding serenely across the water , he too was paddling like hell underneath . |
| 13 | His tongue-in-cheek comment came as he departed from the text of his speech launching a campaign to encourage hotels to adopt environmentally friendly practices to praise the restoration of Warsaw 's new Bristol Hotel . |
| 14 | Going home next day , he noticed as he waited on the platform for the tube to Baker Street , that the track sings as the train comes into West Hampstead , long before you can see it , and the silver lines shiver as it approaches . |
| 15 | Cotterell nodded as he looked at the list of biographical queries . |
| 16 | He frowned as he gazed down the road to where a black limo was parked . |
| 17 | He frowned as he stared at the brown water still gushing from the tap . |
| 18 | He frowned as he moved about the room . |
| 19 | ‘ So you 're a neighbour of Fenella 's ? ’ he huffed as he strained up the stairs . |
| 20 | William sighed as he reached for the matches to relight his pipe . |
| 21 | A bell tinkled as he went in the shop . |
| 22 | I 'm sure it was , Patrick grinned as he walked down the corridor and climbed the half-dozen steps from the servants ' quarters up to the hall ; he had seen the look on the butler 's face , and knew how uncomfortable it had been for him . |
| 23 | ‘ It just grew and grew , ’ Alan grinned as he talked about the development of the book , ‘ I soon realised that a circular including anecdotes to keep former members in touch was not possible , we had given rise to a book ! ’ |
| 24 | The last thing Ardamal heard as he raced down the corridor was the tinkle of metal parts hitting the floor . |
| 25 | He slowed as he came to the first of the two rows , leaning across the dashboard in order to be able to see up the slope . |
| 26 | Prentice 's foot and leg shuddered as he rolled on the grass . |
| 27 | In the 73rd minute Philliskirk netted as he got on the end of a cross from Boro substitute Bobby Barnes . |
| 28 | Otley called as he charged at the Romans . |
| 29 | Tommy bolted off like a greyhound released from the slips , and the two other men watched as he scampered across the open ground , until some twenty seconds later he reached the safety of the trees . |
| 30 | They watched as he ran into the black mouth of the tunnel . |