Example sentences of "as he [verb] [adv prt] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Bath , Nicholas Godfrey , 16 , was plucked to safety from the swollen River Avon as he clung on to a branch . |
| 2 | ‘ Barns to the right , grooms ’ quarters to the left , Alejandro 's straight ahead , ’ said Luke as he drove up to a large ugly mulberry-red house with flowerbeds full of clashing red tulips , primulas and wallflowers , and a water tower completely submerged in variegated ivy . |
| 3 | He watches his expression carefully as he goes up to a beggar and puts a coin in his tin . |
| 4 | She had a friend who kept them caseless in huge straw baskets and crunched the loose cases to bits , muttering ‘ Oh , shit ’ as he wandered through to a five-by-eight foot kitchen where nine wires ran from the central lightbulb . |
| 5 | His chest felt as if it was going to burst and he felt sick and dizzy as he settled down to a steady plod . |