Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] as he [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dreamtime legends tell that the Julunggul , in his guise as a gigantic serpent , dug out many rivers and waterholes as he writhed through the desert sand . |
| 2 | Mr Brady told Judge Leo Clarke QC he hurt his knees and ankles as he ran away . |
| 3 | Sobbing , Herman Katz sank to the floor , drawing in his arms and legs as he assumed a foetal ball , trying to return to the safety of his mother 's womb . |
| 4 | And yet Miles appeared to have the same complement of arms and legs as he did , the same disposition of eyes , nose and mouth . |
| 5 | Paolo Uccello would have been the most delightful and imaginative genius since Giotto that had adorned the art of painting , if he had devoted as much pains to figures and animals as he did to questions of perspective , for , although these are ingenious and good in their way , yet an immoderate devotion to them causes an infinite waste of time , fatigues nature , clogs the mind with difficulties , and frequently renders it sterile where it had previously been fertile and facile . |
| 6 | He heard the lamentations and cries as he walked through the Galilee Gate , and hurried around to the main entrance where a distraught Lady Amelia was being supported by the two Sub-prioresses , their own cheeks wet with tears . |
| 7 | George Foreman , who also won a gold medal ( for boxing ) in Mexico , held the stars and stripes as he received his medal and was celebrated throughout the United States by whites . |
| 8 | He held him down one-handed , smiling at his heavings and pantings as he struggled to break free ; but as soon as he tossed the straining wrists away from him and sat back on his heel to rise , Harry made a furious lunge for the hilt of the dagger Isambard himself had disdained to draw . |
| 9 | Thus , where a landlord was entitled to enter the demised property to carry out such improvements , additions and alterations as he considered reasonable , he was held to be entitled to demolish and reconstruct all the existing buildings comprising the demised property without putting an end to the tenancy ( Price v Esso Petroleum Co Ltd ( 1980 ) 255 EG 243 ) . |
| 10 | The receptionist at the hotel had given him a key to the front door and his mind was a chaotic mixture of emotions and thoughts as he walked past it towards the shore . |
| 11 | With all the enthusiasm of a second-hand car dealer , Malc was extolling the virtues of the car , pushing buttons and levers as he drove . |