Example sentences of "as he [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He started as he heard a whirring noise in the air . |
| 2 | A minute later the phone rang and he snatched the receiver up , almost smiling as he heard the unmistakable gravelly voice of his old adversary . |
| 3 | Already he sported a blond mustache that was a passable imitation of the older man 's , and he twisted a strand or two of it between finger and thumb as he shot a comic grimace of pain in Joseph 's direction to convey his discomfort at the extravagant declaration of faith in him . |
| 4 | The youngest child in the lorry started to cry as he saw a skinny boy crumple in the road . |
| 5 | The Doctor stepped back from the device as Petion entered , but his welcoming words died on his lips as he saw the liveried servant who followed Petion in , a machete held loosely and comfortably in his hand with the certainty of one who knows how to use it . |
| 6 | He stepped back a pace , smiling broadly as he saw the young woman who stood before him , looking slightly surprised . |
| 7 | Ross 's voice broke through her unhappy thoughts , his dark eyebrows raised as he saw the half-empty wine bottle on the low table in front of her . |
| 8 | He looked up desperately as he saw the other assassin now approach , his dagger raised , waiting to strike . |
| 9 | He held up a pacifying hand as he saw the other prepare for battle . |
| 10 | Guy 's mouth twisted into a wry smile , as he saw the anguished uncertainty in her eyes . |
| 11 | There was n't the faintest trace of pity in his face as he saw the defeated posture , just a glimmer of satisfaction that his own plans were starting to go well for a change . |
| 12 | Bodie entered the gallery and sat down next to Cowley , grimacing as he saw the open-heart operation below . |
| 13 | The blue eyes glittered mockingly as he saw the fierce colour rush up her face . |
| 14 | He smiled as he saw the beautiful face in front of him , and for a moment he felt happy . |
| 15 | She lifted her buttocks up into the air , taunting Vashinov as he saw the white sperm slide out from inside her . |
| 16 | ‘ No , ’ Connelly shouted as he saw the glowing rings and felt their heat . |
| 17 | Chen stood up , a cry coming to his lips as he saw the bright flash of a knife being drawn . |
| 18 | Abudah , Abudah , Abudah , the name jogged up and down in his mind as he passed the crumbling houses , the rusted railings , the impoverished trees and the occasional blank , black face at curtainless windows . |
| 19 | The May evening was warm and filled with a golden light , and as he passed the Maria-Therese gardens the scent of the lilacs hit him with an almost physical pain . |
| 20 | The 33-year-old doctor was knocked unconscious by one of the youths as he passed an empty house in Coulby Manor Farm , Coulby Newham . |
| 21 | On touching a certain stone , he appeared to release a massive pulse of energy as he acquired an instant migraine which lasted for fifteen minutes . |
| 22 | ‘ Coffee is it ? ’ asked the flying club barman as he observed the pensive expression on X 's face . |
| 23 | Abandoning herself to the overpowering intoxication of his embrace , she parted her lips beneath his as he ravished the inner sweetness of her mouth . |
| 24 | Mr Tom Jones , the pelvic thrust , has started the new year as he finished the old . |
| 25 | ROCK heart-throb Michael Hutchence was knocked down by a taxi as he left a Dutch nightclub . |
| 26 | Senator Jaime Guzmán Errázuriz , founder and leader of the right-wing Independent Democratic Union ( UDI ) , was shot at point-blank range by two gunmen as he left the Catholic University in Santiago , where he had been giving a law lecture , on April 1 . |
| 27 | Newall was flanked by two officers armed with semi-automatic rifles as he left the Moorish castle that serves as the Rock 's jail for the opening of extradition proceedings . |
| 28 | As he left the underground car park , the driver of the black Mercedes parked in the shadows of a driveway opposite pulled out into the road , and followed the Golf Corbio at a safe distance . |
| 29 | He would touch the menacing batons very gingerly , withdrawing his fingers sharply from their hardness and flinching as he imagined the solid clump sound as a baton descended on someone 's skull . |
| 30 | As he smelled the smouldering frankincense , he would imagine his own body inflamed and his soul soaring from it like smoke . |