Example sentences of "the [noun pl] as he [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ignored the bluntness of the queries as he went on , ‘ Misty also says you are not to be nervous . |
| 2 | The keeper had problems coaxing Sam to take the tablets as he did n't want to eat anything . |
| 3 | Duncan at L.A.B. dropped off my gear at the shops as he did n't have my address , when I went to get it only half was handed over . |
| 4 | His instincts , honed over the years as he lived continuously on the threshold of danger , warned him that things were about to change . |
| 5 | She imagined the young doctor coming to this simple village , the home of his grandmother , to build his business empire , getting to know and love the villagers as he did so , and deciding to live with them and spend his spare time caring for them as a doctor . |
| 6 | An astonished officer found him still clinging grimly to the controls as he trundled along at a snail 's pace . |
| 7 | She could see the soles as he knelt down . |
| 8 | But time was running out and with just two minutes remaining , Nigel Mott secured the points as he headed home Paul Biddle 's cross to make it two nil . |
| 9 | Over the wall , Frear had come in and was talking to one of the waiters as he wiped down the outside tables . |
| 10 | As the cavalcade proceeded through the city , Edward smilingly acknowledged the acclamations and Richard of Gloucester — well aware that it was the very day , the fourth of May , appointed by Elizabeth Woodville for her son 's coronation — addressed the citizens as he rode by . |
| 11 | It was hard to see and he touched the stones as he walked along by the wall . |
| 12 | Rogers was thinking about a cricket match in which he had made a good score , reliving the running between the wickets as he bucketed about between the shell-bursts . |