Example sentences of "as he [verb] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For more than two years from mid-1986 , Mazur — known as Musella to his drug world contacts — risked his life as he sought to infiltrate the smugglers in an operation known as C-Chase . |
| 2 | The upshot was that Bishop had a superb match as he sought to keep the game alive by constructively cautioning and chivvying the players to stay within the bounds of the permissible . |
| 3 | Media coverage of the Berlin rally was coloured by an incident involving anarchist Autonomen demonstrators , who threw eggs at von Weizsäcker as he sought to address the crowd . |
| 4 | I reached his side as he finished scanning the list of names on the last page . |
| 5 | As he finished tying the cravat into an acceptable knot he saw that one of the cheese-knives had stuck to the table linen by virtue of the butter that had been left on it . |
| 6 | I think we despised him in our highhanded way because as he had joined the Met service after the end of the war , he had never actually been in uniform . |
| 7 | After animadverting bitterly on the demands made on his old bones , as he had heaved the lady 's portmanteau into the boot , he had climbed laboriously into the gig without even offering to assist her to do the same . |
| 8 | He is a retired reverend , and I thought that , as he had made the effort , it might be nice to ask him to say a prayer to round off the proceedings . |
| 9 | Murray reached for the mop but Richard pulled it away and squeezed it out in the bucket as he had seen the maids do . |
| 10 | Oliver held up the bottom of the pocket with one hand , as he had seen the Dodger hold it , and pulled the handkerchief lightly out of it with the other . |
| 11 | He had reached for the Ruger as soon as he had seen the taxi pull up , and he had had the Ruger in his grip when the front door opposite had opened , and he had loosened the grip when he had seen that the target carried no cases , only had his daughters ’ hands in his . |
| 12 | He welcomed his wife and Erika briefly , said that as he had prepared the meal he was not going to wash up , and retreated into his bedroom . |
| 13 | She said she thought it was all right as long as he had squared the matter with his own family . |
| 14 | Curtis came in wearing a shabby , fawn mackintosh and looking exactly as he had done the night before . |
| 15 | Eventually , Jack Hayden was promoted to station inspector which made a move away from Covent Garden Station necessary , but he was somewhat frustrated at not being able to re-establish contact with ‘ Charlie ’ , as he had christened the ghost . |
| 16 | Fighting erupted in Beirut yesterday shortly after President Elias Hrawi was quoted as saying that Syrian troops would leave parts of Lebanon as soon as he had overcome the resistance of troops of General Michel Aoun in the Christian enclave . |
| 17 | Jezrael asked , giving an artistic shiver that he missed , even as he had missed the sight of the ice-cliffs all around . |
| 18 | Not only am I not prepared to have a semi-detached marriage , but I 'm convinced that if you really cared for me you would have no hesitation about placing my interests first , ’ had been his parting shot as he had left the apartment , slamming the front door loudly behind him . |
| 19 | As soon as he had left the Commissioner 's office and was back in his own room Commander Adam Dalgliesh rang Chief Inspector John Massingham . |
| 20 | But this was not good enough for French as he had to consider the Wallaby players who had a fixture 24 hours later against Eastern Province and the test with the Springboks four days later . |
| 21 | The ‘ No Smoking ’ and seatbelt signs were on , although this made little difference to Myeloski who had clamped himself into his seat as soon as he had boarded the aircraft . |
| 22 | He steered his way round these words much as he had negotiated the deck . |
| 23 | Images flickered across the disordered screen of her mind — Rune provocatively , dominantly angry at their first meeting ; Rune , eyes shuttered , playing ‘ her ’ song ; Rune , mouth tender , eyes laughing as he had watched the children playing at the funfair in Tivoli ; Rune , seeking her out at her hotel , deliberately drawing her into his life ; Rune , his blond head bent , handling her damaged foot with such tenderness ; Rune … |
| 24 | ‘ OK , ’ he began as soon as he had closed the door . |
| 25 | Kinane , aged 30 , rode the Irish filly The Caretaker to win Europe 's most valuable prize for two-year-olds , the Cartier Million , in Dublin on Saturday , but almost as soon as he had passed the post to complete his lucrative double on Carroll House , who is trained by Michael Jarvis at Newmarket , the klaxon sounded ominously to indicate a stewards ' inquiry . |
| 26 | Just as he had had the nerve to try to pick up the casting director at his first audition , so he had the taste and — in sociological terms — the cheek to seek out the stylish and lovely Nina Bawden , later the novelist . |
| 27 | Gabriel wanted to dive over the back of the stage , as he had to escape the Guildsmen in Greathaven . |
| 28 | In a way , he was glad when the doorbell rang commandingly just as he had got the eggs in the pan . |
| 29 | Corbett dismounted slowly , ordering Ranulf to look after the horses as he went to meet the chamberlain , who had come out to greet him . |
| 30 | Ceauşescu was amused by this story , particularly by his own interpreter 's stuttering as he came to translate the punchline . |