Example sentences of "as he [verb] [prep] [art] [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 | ‘ We 're gon na play some DEVIL SATAN WOCK AND WOLL MUSIC ! ! ! ’ announces Fabulous ' strangely Mr Bean-like guitarist to the severe bemusement of a hall full of Farm fans , as he launches into the first of two bloody many dismal three-chord punk thrashes , and on struts Simon Dudfield , oozing ugliness from every pore . |
10 | Just as he got to the last one I said , by the way , I had one of those . |
11 | Willie Thorne made light work of the promising Nottinghamshire youngster , Anthony Hamilton , as he eased into the last 16 . |
12 | The Pitman yard , which has done so well in this race — one winner , a second and two thirds since 1983 — believe he will adapt to the unique Aintree fences , and as long as he copes with the first few , they feel he must go close . |
13 | Tillyard engages with the mid-twentieth century as he does with the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | ‘ Well , ’ said Jane one afternoon as he emerged for the first time , blinking in the sun , ‘ how 's life in Lotus land ? ’ |
16 | 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 : |
17 | 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 . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | As he stood on the first tee at New Orleans last week , he noticed a boy in a wheelchair . |
20 | ‘ 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 . |
21 | Furthermore he has a particular site in mind , as he reveals in the next round of the negotiations . |