Example sentences of "as he [verb] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he had made a special point of emphasizing ; there was absolutely no room for friendship or personal favours in this business . |
| 2 | As soon as he had gone a furious argument broke out . |
| 3 | Mr M was no longer available as he had started a new contract to teach four days a week in the northern isles . |
| 4 | Last summer one of my friends lent me a C.B. and an old aerial as he had bought a new set and some more of my friends had C.B.s . |
| 5 | ‘ His engineer would not take over as he had had a full day 's terror , so I volunteered to take over engine control in his place . |
| 6 | Her eyes filling with tears , she shrugged away as he went to put a gentle hand on her shoulder . |
| 7 | He waved his glass casually at Noolan , who smiled and waved back as he went to join a small group standing by the bar . |
| 8 | As he began to speak a young boy ran straight through a plate glass window behind us at the back of the church . |
| 9 | Rising star Andrew Thornton is within one of last season 's 10 winner total as he continues to set a blistering pace in the battle for the amateur riders ' championship . |
| 10 | This has n't got to much to do with his gangling , freakishly elongated frame , which he 's used to evolve a unique form of comedic body language , flapping around on stage as he does like a dislocated stick insect , the missing link between Jerry Lewis and Pee Wee Herman . |
| 11 | IT IS hard to imagine that the writer of a book such as this , aiming as he does to address a mainstream readership , would , even two or three years ago , have felt the need seriously to discuss the role and future of the nation state in Europe . |
| 12 | Quinn is set to make his debut against Manchester City tomorrow as he bids to clinch a permanent transfer to Highfield Road . |
| 13 | And , since you asked , she once went for a policeman with her stilettoes as he tried to bundle a black man into a car outside a dance hall on the bottom of the Tottenham Court Road ( derogatory remarks in that department were still more likely to earn a black eye than a black look in The Bar ) . |
| 14 | PC Peter Betts was on a training run when he crashed into a hedge as he tried to avoid a head-on collision with a lorry . |
| 15 | ‘ No , no , this is fine , ’ she said as he suggested making a new pot . |
| 16 | Blanche does , though , feel great affinity towards Mitch as he has suffered a great loss like Blanche 's , but unlike her he has managed to rebuild his life . |
| 17 | Even though the gift was subject to a reservation Mr X must pay tax at half the Sched 1 rates as he has made a chargeable transfer . |
| 18 | ALL SMILES from Gazza as he prepares to make a sensational come-back — in England colours in Spain . |
| 19 | He always required an underlying form from which he could then depart , just as he tended to use a literary " model " from which he could derive a manner and a tone . |
| 20 | Alan , 33 , will join renowned Polish mountaineer Jerry Kukuckza as he attempts to complete a remarkable sequence of conquests of the world 's highest mountains . |
| 21 | Perhaps Gav could buy up all the tickets for the Leeds faithful ? — As long as he 's got a good limit on the old credit card : - ) ) ) |
| 22 | Well you might find as he 's got a good , good disciplined school he 'll Unless of course he 's of the opposite |
| 23 | as long as he 's got a clean penis ! |
| 24 | Disgruntled at not being attended to immediately , especially as he wanted to buy a large country mansion , he stormed out and decided to buy an estate in France instead . |
| 25 | Vine-Lott makes the point that as he wants to develop a private client retail system it is in his interest to simplify the system as much as possible . |
| 26 | This is the last thing President Mikhail Gorbachev needs , as he tries to contain a staggering economic crisis . |