Example sentences of "[noun pl] as he come " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her sweet words were still echoing in his ears as he came slowly back to reality . |
| 2 | Aware that Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em had a massive audience , ranging from children to grandparents , Crawford said , ‘ I then go and put myself before the public ’ as Billy Liar , whose first words as he comes on stage are along the lines of ‘ Christ Almighty , bloody , blimey ! ’ in a song . |
| 3 | The bloke with the wooden leg made funny noises as he came up the stairs . |
| 4 | It did n't taste of anything much , and it did n't hit particularly hard , but then he did n't exactly feel steady on his feet as he came to stand , either . |
| 5 | It was serious stuff , this poetry , Leonard 's now suntanned complexion adding to the prophetic tones as he came , Elijah-like , out of his own wilderness experience . |
| 6 | It is obviously a ridiculous state of affairs and the national coach found himself asking two pertinent questions as he came to terms with loss on a farcical scale . |
| 7 | The pilot , who survived , gave no indication of technical problems as he came in to land . |
| 8 | It was completely contrary to Lord Darlington 's natural tendencies to take such public stances as he came to do and I can say with conviction that his lordship was persuaded to overcome his more retiring side only through a deep sense of moral duty . |
| 9 | Delaney countered , smothering the Russian 's arms as he came in close , face inches from the man 's as he yelled in Russian . |
| 10 | She welcomed him with outstretched arms as he came to her , knowing there was no retreat now and glorying in the thought of her forthcoming submission . |
| 11 | But Mr Major was expected to face stormy Commons scenes as he came under more pressure during Prime Minister 's question time this afternoon . |
| 12 | But Mr Major was expected to face stormy Commons scenes as he came under more pressure during Prime Minister 's question time this afternoon . |
| 13 | ‘ Just a minute , ’ wobbled the blue chins as he came looming up to me like an ocean liner in a fog . |
| 14 | By nightfall , ten thousand victims of the explosion had invaded the Red Cross Hospital , and Dr Sasaki , worn out , was moving aimlessly and dully up and down the stinking corridors with wads of bandages and bottles , binding up the worst cuts as he came to them . |
| 15 | She belongs , surely , where he had seen her a thousand times as he came out of Happy Homes , just above the end pinnacle of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel . |
| 16 | One man , Hamad Hasan al-Harash , had a notebook in which he wrote down important events as he came across them : some were reports of what very old men had told him thirty or forty years ago ; others were things he had read ; others still were things which had happened to him . |