Example sentences of "as he make a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A DOCTOR was beaten up by a gang as he made a midnight call to the home of a dying cancer patient .
2 She dodged around him and ran into the road as he made a grab for her .
3 ‘ Yes , ’ he growled as he made a grab for her .
4 Through her tears she saw Garry scaling the wall as he made a run for it .
5 She watched as he made a run for the barn , her holdall , cumbersome and heavy , in one hand , across the stepping-stones , the mud , the quagmire that would , if Robyn had her way , soon become a large paved terrace .
6 City 's miserable week was confirmed when with eighty two minutes gone , Steve Brown brought down Cowell in the area as he made a run for the by-line .
7 Graeme Woodhatch , 38 , was shot four times at close range as he made a phone call at the Royal Free Hospital in London 's Hampstead in May .
8 She drew a shuddering breath , backing away as he made a move towards her .
9 Dr Gysi made his attempt at power before 2,700 demoralised party delegates at this weekend 's emergency congress as if delivering an impassioned plea in court , throwing up his arms and heaving his shoulders as he made a point .
10 She already knew his movements off by heart : the way he rubbed the bridge of his nose when he made fun of her ; how his upper lip crinkled as he laughed ; his habit of pulling his ear as he made a point he thought important .
11 As he made a pantomime of checking his watch , shaking it in mock disbelief , then shoving it right under Marie 's nose , he looked as empty-headed and harmless as ever : it 's only Gazzer , acting daft .
12 He was a lot in the news this autumn as he made a lot of goals both in the league as well as in the UEFA-cup .
13 And Charles seemed relaxed as he made a series of routine visits to business and environmental seminars .
14 My heart sank as he made a note of it .
15 But Sheffield United skipper Gayle is expecting no easy ride as he makes a comeback from a three-match ban .
16 But Sheffield United skipper Gayle is expecting no easy ride as he makes a comeback from a three-match ban .
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