Example sentences of "as he [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For six years , on battlefields and in sieges , they had fought side by side and Harper , as soon as he heard of the new war , had waited for a word from his old officer . |
| 2 | He had half expected a divine pre-emptive strike , a thunderbolt maybe , as he queued for the body and blood . |
| 3 | She watched him as he queued at the counter . |
| 4 | Once again he was aware of Emily 's gaze as he marvelled at the confusion . |
| 5 | They watched in silence until he came closer , then , as he swooped between the grey walls of the drawbridge and came clattering into the courtyard over cobblestones that were now covered only by a thin film of slush , Marc deliberately removed his arm from around her waist . |
| 6 | Although I knew I probably should n't , I could n't help looking as he rummaged through the marvellous things in the cupboard . |
| 7 | He was back in bed with Betty , getting there , getting there , his foot on the accelerator as he shot across the main road that took a steady morning stream of vehicles to the coast . |
| 8 | Ian McCloud , of Unicef , celebrated as he saw off the first UN convoy of food in weeks . |
| 9 | They were heavy , as he knew from the numbing pain in his shin . |
| 10 | The joke was , as he knew from the records , that one of two of the most successful criminous families had moved from council flats into the new apartments on the proceeds of a life of profitable wrongdoing . |
| 11 | As soon as he come through the door I go for his jugular and take everything out on him and it , it 's not fair . |
| 12 | And er soon as he come in the house he he just walloped my mam for nothing . |
| 13 | And as he passed along the line , the men near him cried , ‘ Vive l'Empereur ! ’ afresh , and their comrades in the distance did the same . |
| 14 | He said how he had noticed the barometer as he passed through the sitting-room on his way to the kitchen where the meters were . |
| 15 | As he passed through the doorway , he heard his bus go grinding by the church and away up the hill . |
| 16 | There had been some kind of vast domed hall as he passed through the Gates ; he thought there had been colours within the light then , and he had received a dim impression of a far-off vaulted ceiling . |
| 17 | ‘ Georgina , ’ the Dean shouted as he passed through the hall . |
| 18 | They crossed over quietly enough , Athelstan smiling as he passed through the gateway at the far end on to Fish Street Hill . |
| 19 | As he passed through the light spilling into the inn-yard from one of the windows , a voice from a deep , shadowed doorway called , ‘ Hello , Seb . |
| 20 | Bragg asked as he passed over the lens . |
| 21 | Expert in controlling his tone , he scarcely hesitated as he passed over the customary nickname , for Hector Luath would be swift no longer . |
| 22 | Father Kipling stooped and said a few words to them as he passed into the sacristy to vest , and they turned round and looked at Clare . |
| 23 | As he passed round the far side of Daisy , Gareth could feel the marshy ground clinging with each stride . |
| 24 | As he passed by the city 's Queen 's Bridge a bullet ricocheted off a nearby wall as the Scottish internationalist dived for cover . |
| 25 | His slender figure was plunged first into light then into shadow as he passed before the slitted windows . |
| 26 | As he disrobed in the vestry , Quentin paused more than once , glancing at the closed door , as though expecting the boy to appear with his smile . |
| 27 | Elsie had wept for kind Mrs Doran and for her husband , that strange , silent , sympathetic man , lifting his feet cautiously as he sidled across the polished floor . |
| 28 | His arms and legs flew wide as he cartwheeled over the hood and fell in a motionless heap in the dusty road behind them . |
| 29 | As he observed in the report , if the Allies could ‘ plan for a better peace even while waging war , they will win together two victories which in truth are indivisible ’ . |
| 30 | Kaas leant forward and dragged Adam to his feet as he yelled for the guards to come in and help him . |