Example sentences of "as he [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For six years , on battlefields and in sieges , they had fought side by side and Harper , as soon as he heard of the new war , had waited for a word from his old officer . |
| 2 | They watched in silence until he came closer , then , as he swooped between the grey walls of the drawbridge and came clattering into the courtyard over cobblestones that were now covered only by a thin film of slush , Marc deliberately removed his arm from around her waist . |
| 3 | Although I knew I probably should n't , I could n't help looking as he rummaged through the marvellous things in the cupboard . |
| 4 | He was back in bed with Betty , getting there , getting there , his foot on the accelerator as he shot across the main road that took a steady morning stream of vehicles to the coast . |
| 5 | They were heavy , as he knew from the numbing pain in his shin . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Expert in controlling his tone , he scarcely hesitated as he passed over the customary nickname , for Hector Luath would be swift no longer . |
| 8 | As he passed round the far side of Daisy , Gareth could feel the marshy ground clinging with each stride . |
| 9 | His slender figure was plunged first into light then into shadow as he passed before the slitted windows . |
| 10 | Elsie had wept for kind Mrs Doran and for her husband , that strange , silent , sympathetic man , lifting his feet cautiously as he sidled across the polished floor . |
| 11 | There was no shelter to make for , anywhere on the long , wide ridge , and the heather and the little bushes would tangle his feet and trip him as soon as he strayed from the straight path . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | Lester Piggott as he recovered from a racing fall . |
| 15 | It was just too easy , he ruminated , as he bit into a huge hamburger at the drive-in . |
| 16 | If she made no response , he might well climb over the wall all the same , as he had on the previous night ; on the other hand if she went to him and they were caught his offence would be deemed the worse , for being found on Roscarrock property was one thing , but being caught dallying with a servant girl was another . |
| 17 | I asked Toby why he thought John had reacted as violently as he had to the whole business of our falling in love . |
| 18 | And in 1982 Gemayel still saw it as he had in the late 1930s , as a movement of renewal that prepared Lebanon 's young Christians for independence and civic responsibility . |
| 19 | In James ' view , it could not because it was not , and , as he had throughout the previous decade , he remained implacably opposed to the Soviet regime under Stalin . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ One moment , ’ Frau Nordern said , placing a well aimed dart between the Sergeant 's broad , grey-clad shoulders as he went into an inner office . |
| 22 | IAN WOOSNAM , so out of form coming into the Masters , nevertheless began to put up an heroic defence at Augusta National yesterday and was within a stroke of the lead as he came into the finishing holes in his second round . |
| 23 | Dr Nolan looked deadbeat as he came into the little bedroom at Milltown . |
| 24 | She rushed after him , almost bumping into him as he came to an abrupt halt in the kitchen doorway . |
| 25 | As he came through the front door he had picked up his post . |
| 26 | Philip ran towards it and as he came round the slight bend in the wide path he saw the boy tugging at it . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The sandy-haired man 's eyes narrowed as he took in the possessive gesture , but he made no comment on it . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | As he wrote in a revealing letter dated 20 September 1963 : |