Example sentences of "as he [vb past] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ian McCloud , of Unicef , celebrated as he saw off the first UN convoy of food in weeks . |
| 2 | He took the Canal Turn as fluently as he had on the first circuit , then swept towards Valentine 's Brook . |
| 3 | " Why are they doing all this work so early in the morning ? " she asked Captain Duro when he appeared on deck looking as spruce and polished as he had on the first day she met him . |
| 4 | He 'd have quite liked to have spent the night on the couch in Polly 's living room , as he had for the last few months of their marriage , but it had not been offered as an option and he supposed it was just as well . |
| 5 | As he came off the 13th green he was six under fours with five holes to play and Patrick 's prospects of collecting had improved . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ I have a sweet tooth , ’ he said blandly as he disposed of the fourth . |
| 8 | As he tiptoed to the next flight he was distracted by a dreadful howling sound , worse than Plutarch at her most aggrieved . |
| 9 | Just as he got to the last one I said , by the way , I had one of those . |
| 10 | Willie Thorne made light work of the promising Nottinghamshire youngster , Anthony Hamilton , as he eased into the last 16 . |
| 11 | Yohan , an old man , was moved to tears as he read a tract , as he realised for the first time how much God loved him . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , ’ said Jane one afternoon as he emerged for the first time , blinking in the sun , ‘ how 's life in Lotus land ? ’ |
| 13 | Wordsworth felt that he wanted to return to England , settle down , and never go abroad again ; as he stated in the last of the ‘ Lucy ’ poems , written two years later : |
| 14 | Indeed of Hughes , now scoring the simple as well as the specatucal — as he did in the 60th minuted to secure victory — Fergsuon said : ‘ That was his fourth goal in successive games . |
| 15 | He did not benefit much , scoring 23 before he snicked Snell 's out-swinger , as he did in the first innings , to be caught by the keeper . |
| 16 | As he stood on the first tee at New Orleans last week , he noticed a boy in a wheelchair . |
| 17 | ‘ It was the talk of the set — the rumour monitors were working overtime , ’ Jim said yesterday as he talked for the first time about the couple 's whirlwind romance . |