Example sentences of "as he [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he passed through a small piazza there was a shout and a boy appeared at a window holding a bulging plastic shopping bag which he let drop to a friend in the street who stood , arms raised to catch it . |
| 2 | The Cheltenham course was one he completed to the College 's satisfaction , and as he left as a qualified master his first thought was to return home to North London , at least for the time being . |
| 3 | Such a conflict of conversational goals is the domain of pragmatics and will be dealt with later , but its seriousness is strongly implied by Anderson 's very flawed linguistic performance even as he resorts to a higher lexical register to excuse his actions . |
| 4 | ‘ Well … maybe one , ’ and he goes on to tell me that in 1967 he once served the Singing Postman ( whose career was then in its ascendance , as a result of his seminal work ‘ Av yew got a light , boy ? ’ ) with a vodka and orange juice as he returned from a triumphant evening at the Ipswich Folk Club . |
| 5 | Lester Piggott as he recovered from a racing fall . |
| 6 | It was just too easy , he ruminated , as he bit into a huge hamburger at the drive-in . |
| 7 | Consequently , he endured the pain as he went through a few simple movements . |
| 8 | Then the hard body overpowered her completely , thrusting into her , hands biting into her hips as she sprawled beneath him , her mouth slack and her eyes dazed , and as he looked down and saw the expression on her face he began to groan louder with pleasure , whispering incoherent words in a ragged , dehumanised voice , devastating her with the absolute possession he took , sliding his hands under her rear , his face contorting barbarically as he went into a violent climax in a series of deep , fast thrusts and jerked against her with a fierce cry , his body shaking as with the spontaneous release of an electric current . |
| 9 | She felt Adam 's ribs swell suddenly as he took in a huge breath ; he thrust her away from him , seized hold of the roof slab as if to pull it down on top of them ; and screamed . |
| 10 | His head fell to the side ; his cheek to the canvas of the deck chair , and his feet slowly slipped forward as he fell into a deep sleep . |
| 11 | As he wrote in a revealing letter dated 20 September 1963 : |
| 12 | The pose had thrust his hips sideways as he leant at a slight angle and his free hand was at the level of his pelvis , thumb hooked into the waistband of his jeans , fingers doubled into a loose fist at the top of his hard , powerful thigh . |
| 13 | ‘ The first Svend knew that there was a search on for Suzie and himself was when my agent arrived at the house earlier this evening , ’ Rune told her calmly as he sorted through a small pile of leaflets . |
| 14 | Britain 's javelin maestro confesses he has no idea when he will be back in action as he struggles with a stubborn injury to his throwing shoulder . |
| 15 | His mouth twisted into a wry grin as he said in a sardonic tone , ‘ Thank you , Doreen — that 's mighty big of you . ’ |
| 16 | The man 's gaze raked her clear complexion and pale gold hair , then his mouth twisted slightly as he drawled in a sardonic tone , ‘ What 's the matter , Cornflower ? |
| 17 | The man smiled , his smooth dark face creasing in a grin , lips parted to reveal ivory white teeth as he gestured like a long-lost friend for Corbett to enter . |
| 18 | She ate her meals alone , and only caught a fleeting glimpse of him all day as he disappeared through a far doorway . |
| 19 | Blunt saw nothing ahead but he shot off a dozen rounds on impulse as he plunged through a great hole . |
| 20 | Campeanu walked with his head down , deep in thought as he plunged into a dark narrow back street which was little more than an alley . |
| 21 | One night as he waited for a young man to find him a cab , I saw my chance . |
| 22 | A POLICEMAN was injured in his patrol car yesterday in an accident as he waited for a nuclear weapons convoy to pass through Glasgow , writes Alan Forbes . |
| 23 | A crazed killer plunged a knife into his eye as he waited on a crowded platform . |
| 24 | Clasper was beginning to be seen by his own members for what he really was : a born agitator and troublemaker who was great to have around when plant managements behaved like bastards because he was one too and would give as good as he got in a stand-up fight . |
| 25 | Wexford 's voice grew hard as he warmed to a favourite theme . |
| 26 | As he lay for a few seconds recovering from his efforts , Grant ran his eye along the expanse of the steeply sloping roof . |
| 27 | As he lay in a grassy field near Cambridge in the Thirties , Alan Turing , a young logician , day-dreamed about a machine that would operate on symbols , according to the rules of logic . |
| 28 | He yelled something as he ran/hobbled towards a parked sports car , but I just sat there hypnotized . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's just play-fighting for me , ’ said Ray , as he landed with a bone-crunching thud . |
| 30 | Becker was back in his boom-boom form less than 24 hours after surviving a five-set first-round match as he cruised to a 6-2 , 6-2 , 6-4 win over Jakob Hlasek , of Switzerland , in one hour and 47 minutes . |