Example sentences of "as he [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the East German state is the realisation of the dreams of a young roofer as he grew up among the filth of the coal mines and steel mills of the Saarland in the Thirties . |
| 2 | With his portable equipment — weapon , tool bag and hook and line — the weight , as he shuffles out of the ICP , is up to about 70 lb . |
| 3 | So this is how it 's going to be , thinks Howard , as he rides down in the lift again . |
| 4 | You close the door , take off your glasses because your vision is so distorted , and kick him in the head ; far too softly , then still not hard enough , as he scrabbles round on the floor , one hand at his crotch and the other at his head , making a spitting , wheezing noise . |
| 5 | As he swung on to the runway , he saw the Ilyushin start to overshoot , a mile from the end of the runway . |
| 6 | Ben 's heart was light as he swung along through the meadows that lay before the heights of Lulling Woods . |
| 7 | He heaved himself up , out of his day-dreaming as he had out of the bath , and took out his stamps . |
| 8 | At one meeting a chairman blithely told me as he went on to the platform that they would have the National Anthem at the end , changing his mind without consulting me first . |
| 9 | The first few days were very trying for Alan as he went on to the new regime suddenly rather than gradually . |
| 10 | Aldridge made no sign or sound as he went through to the airing cupboard to get himself a fresh towel . |
| 11 | He was also , he realized , as he went through to the hall to get Hasan 's coat , tied to the little boy in a way he could not have predicted . |
| 12 | Widnes substitute Emosi Koloto scattered a couple of Northern defenders as he went over for a try in the 39th minute . |
| 13 | Penry laughed as he went over to the stereo to put on a compact disc . |
| 14 | Odd , that , Mike thought as he went up to the third floor in the rattling old lift . |
| 15 | Dog at his heels as he went off down the road . |
| 16 | He must tie one end of the string to the opening of the cave and then let the ball unwind as he went down into the labyrinth . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Lewis asked himself this question as he went down in the lift and crossed the arrivals hall of Terminal Two to await the exodus from Customs . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He saw Mariana shiver as he went back to the table and slipped the Walther into his belt . |
| 21 | Politicians were masters of the quick recovery , Trent thought as he went back to the front room . |
| 22 | The idea of dying did n't worry him , so long as he went out with a bang . |
| 23 | He said , ‘ Well done ’ , as he went out into the street . |
| 24 | Penry put out a hand , then dropped it , and with a strangled curse turned away to stride off over the cobbles of the arcade , an arresting figure in the autumn sunlight as he went out into the street without a backward glance for the girl watching him go . |
| 25 | As he went out of the shelter , he saw two people with a barrow , a man and a woman , he says . |
| 26 | As he came up over the rise he thought he heard a beautiful song . |
| 27 | ‘ He 's coming this way , ’ said Lee who was still looking at Jack as he came up to the gate , his eyes fixed on the gun . |
| 28 | He wrinkled his nose as he came up to the other man . |
| 29 | He had been thinking about buying Lyn a kitten for her birthday , and as he came up to the great dolmen , had paused to look at it for the thousandth time , he had seen the bundle on the ground . |
| 30 | He decided to leave them to it , and as he came out on the landing he almost collided with Beryl who must have been eavesdropping . |