Example sentences of "as he [vb past] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grant 's mind was in a whirl as he sought desperately for a way out . |
| 2 | Widnes substitute Emosi Koloto scattered a couple of Northern defenders as he went over for a try in the 39th minute . |
| 3 | We then hit him over the head with the punt-pole and paddled off out of range of his piteously outstretched hands , cackling demonically as he went down for the third time . |
| 4 | He carried the curved steel tray over to the cage and set it down just out of reach , leaving it in view as he went back for a chair . |
| 5 | He felt much the same sensation now as he searched around for a fresh foothold . |
| 6 | Logie and Dujon were steering the game their way when Dujon was bowled as he stepped back for a cover drive , and that was the turning point . |
| 7 | His big blond head kept coming up , shaking once and then bobbing through the water as he struck out for the machine . |
| 8 | Collecting her ticket , she came up behind him again as he checked in for the flight . |
| 9 | As he reached out for the cheese , he heard a faint sound behind him … |
| 10 | All Cantona would say as he headed off for a quick trip to Paris before preparing for Sunday 's derby clash was : ‘ I enjoyed my debut . ’ |
| 11 | As he set off for the airport Lewis remembered that he had told Adam from the first that only trouble could come from a person of his youth and inexperience inheriting a big house and land of the dimensions of Wyvis Hall . |