Example sentences of "as he [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His reaction is particularly vividly described by Tolstoy , as him crossing a bridge that is being dismantled so he has to face the abyss below : |
| 2 | I watched as he engaged a man who led him down to a boat ; they climbed in , and the man began to haul away on his oars . |
| 3 | He visibly relaxed as he heard a voice in the hallway . |
| 4 | The rush from Steen 's bedroom out through the garage and utility room , as he heard a car stopping on the gravel and footsteps approaching the garage door . |
| 5 | They were chatting about the tournament and John of Gaunt 's invitation when Cranston stopped as he heard a sound behind them : a slithering across the cobbles . |
| 6 | The clouds were beginning to gather , hiding the hunter 's moon , and Ranulf shivered as he heard an owl hoot and the ominous chatter of other night birds . |
| 7 | A tiny grin played round his mouth as he shot a glance at her . |
| 8 | Abruptly , the car breasted a small rise in front of a junction , and Howard 's eyes widened as he saw a man standing in the middle of the road , who , it seemed , they were about to run down . |
| 9 | As he passed a decanter , he spoke his single line : ‘ Madeira , bishop ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm afraid not , Miss Kingsdale , ’ he apologised , and , as he passed a reservation card over to her to complete , Fabia , with her thoughts totally elsewhere , discovered that she was doing just that . |
| 11 | Erm so we walked in and out of carriages as he sought a pair of seats together and erm squashed down , he had me like penned into the window , like I 've got my bag and my umbrella in between ha , and I 'd already told him I was going out with someone . |
| 12 | Again , Ata'i writes that Molla Khurram ( d. 970/1562–3 ) reached the 50-akce level at the Mehmed Pasa medrese in Sofya : then , as often as he sought a medrese in the he failed to obtain his desire ; and , of necessity becoming resigned to going out to the he became kadi in certain cities with 150 akce . " |
| 13 | Therefore this was a battle now as he understood a battle , however mangled beforehand by being half-decided at a distance . |
| 14 | Albert Rice was knocked down as he left a pub by a police Sierra racing to answer a distress call from two WPCs . |
| 15 | On Oct. 27 Reggie Hadebe , deputy regional chair of the ANC , was killed in an ambush as he left a meeting aimed at restoring peace in the region . |
| 16 | Mr Wickens , 32 , whose firm owns several games shops , was wearing a dinner jacket and black tie as he left an awards dinner at a Marble Arch hotel . |
| 17 | In reality , according to Wright Mills , Veblen did not write as he imagined a theory of general application , but one directed to criticism of the nouveau riche of North America during the closing decades of the nineteenth century . |
| 18 | Aroma of incense and in the distance a terrifying version of Santa Claus , haloed in light and shadow as he swung a lamp and chanted hunting sounds . |
| 19 | His hip turn had been the problem but , by yesterday , as he had a trial spin with John O'Leary , he was confident that it was back in good working order . |
| 20 | A gentleman of the faculty in the neighbourhood , hearing of the circumstance , and finding it so well authenticated , immediately made him an offer of ten guineas for the dog , which the grateful farmer refused , exultingly adding that so long as he had a bone in his meat , or a crust to his bread , he would divide it with the faithful friend who had preserved his life : arid this he did in a perfect conviction that the warmth of the dog , in covering the most vital part , had continued the circulation arid prevented a total stagnation of the blood by the frigidity of the elements . " |
| 21 | Two of the Stewards , Lord Wolverton and Major Eustace Loder , interviewed the jockeys concerned in the finish ; the third , Lord Rosebery , did not take part in the adjudication as he had a runner in the race . |
| 22 | When it had boiled , whistling with a tinny Woolworth sibillance , he warmed the pot-bellied black teapot , spooned in two piles of thick tarry Indian leaves , left them awhile as he had a scratch of the back , then poured the dark brown liquid into a plain white cup , with saucer , added milk from a bottle plus two sweetening spoonfuls of caster sugar . |
| 23 | In this case Lord Meston submits that it was implicit in the order of Judge Lally of 2 July 1991 that the father had a joint interest in and a ‘ right of custody ’ of the child , inasmuch as he had a right to be consulted and to have his views considered in relation to the determination of the child 's place of residence . |
| 24 | She accompanied him in the ambulance to Hollywood Memorial Hospital and stayed at his bedside in the intensive care unit as he had a series of brain scans . |
| 25 | ‘ That do n't change anything , ’ said Bonanza , but he did n't sound so convincing as he had a moment before . |
| 26 | He carried Sammy in his arms as he had a habit of yapping at cows . |
| 27 | Betjeman appeared in a pair of eccentric bedroom slippers and said he hoped I did n't mind them as he had a blister . |
| 28 | As he had a car he invariably conducted those in the more remote villages such as Carlton , Dean , Millbrook and Riseley . |
| 29 | At a later meeting , Hinkin was asked by the others , as he had a motor vehicle , to go out with them and commit burglaries . |
| 30 | Yet , all the same , as he took a mouthful of his brandy and reached across with his free hand to take hold of hers Lisa made no effort to extricate her fingers . |