Example sentences of "as he [verb] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The day had been rainy and wet so Barrymore saw the prints left by Sir Charles ' shoes as he had walked down the Alley . |
| 2 | The four men looked up as he came scrambling down the steep bank . |
| 3 | He lacks social adroitness , or any kind of personal magnetism , as he struggles to hold down a charmless job which depends on the goodwill of others . |
| 4 | They 'll be the first things to go as he struggles to pay off a mounting damages and legal costs bill of £2.5m . |
| 5 | ‘ Ca n't be done , ’ she said , feeling shamed by the look of despair on his face , and worse still as he fought to bring back the blankness to cover it . |
| 6 | Earlier that very week , in fact , as he 'd filled up the Jaguar with Gulf-inflated gasoline , he 'd found himself surveying the display of the semi-pornographic magazines arranged along the highest shelf above the dailies ; and re-acquainted himself with such reasonably familiar titles as Men Only , Escort , Knave , Video XXXX , and so many others , each of them enticing the susceptible motorist with its cover of some provocatively posed woman , vast-breasted and voluptuous . |
| 7 | As soon as he 'd hung up the phone , he gathered up the toys and slung them , Hamleys bag and all , under the bed . |
| 8 | Then he had deposited the champagne bottle on a small occasional table , next to a sleek ivory-coloured object that Folly had just about recognised as a phone , and she had watched in horrified fascination as he 'd picked up the receiver and started to tap out a number . |
| 9 | Blackburn boss Dalglish faced the nostalgia head-on as he prepared to lead out the opposition against Liverpool for the first time since his astonishing walk-out 20 months ago . |
| 10 | ‘ Thank God , ’ he muttered , as he started to scramble down the last foot or two to seize the halter shank that dangled so near , and yet just out of his reach . |
| 11 | Norman Dale , 50 , was struck down as he tried to pick up a cup of tea . |
| 12 | In her motherly concerned way , she was cosseting him as he tried to pick up the pieces of his life . |
| 13 | The agent hesitated as he tried to read out the name of the Russian ship from the bill of laden in his hand . |
| 14 | But in his first televised interview since becoming president-elect , Clinton said he would focus ‘ like a laser beam ’ on the US economy as he prepares to take over the White House on January 20 . |
| 15 | My thoughts this evening are much centred on Bishop Harris as he prepares to lay down the ministry which has been his for the past 14 years . |
| 16 | Tom Rooney looked at Patrick closely , his pale eyes squinting in the dim light as he attempted to make out the younger man 's expression . |
| 17 | She smiled once again , and very warmly , at the back of Tristan 's pale gold head and then at his truly Grecian profile as he turned to look up the aisle hoping — she supposed — to catch a glimpse of his bride . |
| 18 | 's fluency in Spanish will be a big help as he works to set up the distribution and training systems which hold the key to success . |
| 19 | Whisky slopped onto his hand as he hurried to pick up the receiver . |
| 20 | The church planting team must be willing to seek God and support its leader as he tries to work out the programme as he proceeds : this calls for patience ! |