Example sentences of "as he [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly , this had become a special event and Lewis knew it , for his playing took on a new intensity as he began to alternate between rock ‘ n ’ roll classics from his early career back in the Fifties Sun era to later country material . |
| 2 | He does n't like to think about them as he likes to sleep at night . |
| 3 | The nerves on the first night at Taunton had been bad ; so had the understudy nerves of the first night at the Variety ; but they were nothing to the sheer blind terror that attended Charles Paris as he waited to go on stage in the role in which Michael Banks 's career had been so tragically cut short the night before . |
| 4 | Another superb serve led to no more than a defensive return from Sampras and Forget was so confident that the American would not be able to return his first volley that he only just stopped himself from throwing his racket into the air as he started to dance for joy along with the crowd . |
| 5 | Henry Cecil 's colt pulverised his rivals to win the Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster last autumn and is now guaranteed similar conditions as he bids to return to Group One winning form on Saturday . |
| 6 | Boldly coloured ties draped Levinsky 's neck ( he sold them on the street ) , his synapses now like two eggs over light , in permanent sizzle , as he tried to move into stride with a young Cassius Clay . |
| 7 | Sergeant Alan King died after being stabbed repeatedly by Vernage as he tried to crawl to safety . |
| 8 | CHRIS WILKINSON suffered a painful reversal of fortunes today as he slumped to defeat by world No 191 David Witt at Queens . |
| 9 | He had the air of an aristocrat and as he turned to gaze at Blackberry from his great , brown eyes , Hazel began to see himself as a ragged wanderer , leader of a gang of vagabonds . |
| 10 | " Well , " Mr Smith began , a pained expression on his face as he turned to look at Grout again , " if that 's the way you really feel , Steve … " |
| 11 | It gnawed at him as he wanted to gnaw at food . |
| 12 | In the wake of his early film success , he rejected the idea of uprooting himself and moving to America as he wanted to work in theatre as well as films . |