Example sentences of "as he [verb] i [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You like yams ? ’ he asks as he hurries me through the West Indian greengrocer 's and out the back . |
| 2 | He cackled as he told me of his plan . |
| 3 | They made respectful way for him as he led me through the village to a longhouse standing apart from the others . |
| 4 | As he led me through the back door and on to the waste ground he used as an unofficial parking lot , he said : ‘ Good runner , only thirty thousand on the clock . ’ |
| 5 | Keith Lascelles took my hand , squeezing it reassuringly as he led me across the stage , up the wide stairway dividing the orchestra , and left me to arrange myself on the rostrum . |
| 6 | He seemed his usual genial self as he greeted me in his new office . |
| 7 | Seeing my stricken face the producer tried to offer some comfort and advice as he propelled me through the studio door . |
| 8 | As he regaled me with his adventures on the road , I began to feel more normal . |
| 9 | ‘ I could tell he 'd been drinking as soon as he joined me on the jig . |
| 10 | I climbed into my paper nightie and was helped on to a narrow trolley by a second Farrah Fawcett blow-up doll ( but punctured ) , then gazed adoringly up the nose of a Greek god as he wheeled me into an open lift and down to the basement operating theatre to a waiting : ‘ Hi , I 'm Andy , your anaesthesiologist . ’ |
| 11 | He was laughing and wincing even as he threw me across the room into his drum-kit . |
| 12 | ‘ Very well , thank you , ’ I answered shyly as he patted me on the head . |
| 13 | " No , John , they 'll come up through the front , " said Fielding , his arm on my shoulder now as he steered me across the floor . |
| 14 | Otley said as he helped me to my feet . |