Example sentences of "he [verb] as [noun prp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He chortled as Herr Nordern shuddered , and laughed again as the waitress , a stout fifty year old , brought the beer and refused his offer to take her for a sensuous holiday in Siberia . |
| 2 | He rose as Miss Jarman and Jess were shown in , shook Miss Jarman 's hand , said : ‘ Ah , the evidence ! ’ eyeing Jess , and : ‘ The other evidence ? ’ |
| 3 | He believed as Lionel Curtis did that Indians ' souls had to be renovated before they were fit to govern : he deeply shocked the American journalist William Shirer by announcing that ‘ Self-government … is inconceivable and unattainable without the removal of untouchability , as it also is without Hindu-Moslem unity … we shall be unfit to gain independence so long as we keep in bondage a fifth of the population of Hindustan . ’ |
| 4 | Emboldened by Carters support , the Shah ordered the publications of the scurrilous attack on Khomeini which precipitated the first of the riots against him and , within a year , had led to his fall , by early 1979 , after what he saw as US failure to support him , and as he now looked for a refuge form Morocco he was less certain . |
| 5 | Edward turned up late for their rendezvous , and found Foley standing at the bar with a much younger man who had a long , intelligent face and a quiet manner , whom he introduced as Harold Philby , known as Kim . |
| 6 | During a recent election broadcast he featured as Sir Denis ‘ Foreman ’ — as in the foreman of a building site , rather than of Granada of which he used to be deputy chairman . |
| 7 | ‘ She has been the target of such spite that it disgraces those who offer it , and she bears it with a dignity that makes me proud , ’ he said as Mrs Kinnock stood behind him , smiling but with tears in her eyes . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's all right , ’ he said as Herr Nordern eagerly refilled it . |
| 9 | But he halted as Mr Dakin held an arm in front of him . |
| 10 | ‘ What 's the bastard trying to do , Nurse Dungarvan ? ’ he mumbled as Dr Curtis tried to listen to his chest ‘ Tell him to get the hell out of it . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't give that man the benefit of any more conversation , ’ he snapped as Miss Hall moved to answer an entirely reasonable question from Bruce Anderson of the Sunday Express . |