Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [adv] as he " in BNC.
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| 1 | One was villagers being told that his visit had been cancelled just as he was arriving . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm naming the squad for the game against Norway on Thursday and , as I 've already indicated , he will be included just as he was in Spain early this month . |
| 3 | Ripon 's fixture secretary Andy Proud could not be contacted yesterday as he was en route from Paris . |
| 4 | Ripon 's fixture secretary Andy Proud could not be contacted yesterday as he was en route from Paris . |
| 5 | When the king had died peacefully in bed in 1968 he had been left exactly as he was for the first six months to make sure he was n't simply astral-travelling . |
| 6 | George frowned sharply , irritated at being stopped just as he was getting well into his stride . |
| 7 | They were grouped just as he had left them , all looking warily after him . |
| 8 | Once Tam darted a terrified glance over his shoulder and saw Kim sprawled across the writing-table ; white faced and trembling from head to toe , he had his eyes closed and his fists were clenched tight as he summoned up every last ounce of courage in his eleven-year-old body to endure his father 's beating without weeping or crying out . |
| 9 | He heard the front door being opened even as he unfolded the cloth and began to read . |
| 10 | Voices were raised outside as he progressed through the crowd , but he told everyone to ‘ move on ’ and ‘ go home ’ , instructions which , of course , were ignored . |
| 11 | She was jerked forward as he slammed on the brakes and brought the car skidding to a halt on the gravel in front of the steps . |
| 12 | The tragic yachtsman , a Tynesider in his 40s , was washed overboard as he tried to change a sail . |
| 13 | His face was set grimly as he sped away in his chauffeured Bentley with his personal assistant Belinda Harley . |
| 14 | Vidor was praised even as he was written off as box-office . |
| 15 | The divorced man was arrested yesterday as he left Armley jail , near Leeds , after serving six years over the kidnapping of a young Midlands girl . |
| 16 | A BRITISH solicitor wanted in the United States for alleged conspiracy to sell stolen British Treasury bills was arrested yesterday as he arrived in Cyprus . |
| 17 | For a moment he was taken aback as he realised she was so sorry for him she was arranging a date . |
| 18 | Afterwards , oesophagoscopy was repeated twice as he failed to respond to conservative management . |
| 19 | He was held yesterday as he drove to a villa in Longara , northern Italy . |