Example sentences of "as he [verb] an [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I could see that he would not enter that field by long hours of practice , as he had an impulsive nature . |
| 4 | He began to instruct his son , this Philip Miller , in the art from his earliest years , as he had an uncommon liking for that occupation . |
| 5 | George was separated from most people on the ranch as he had an important ‘ factor ’ which hardly anyone else had . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's a relief , ’ he replied drolly , but there was amusement in his eyes , she was glad to note , and as he took an easy-chair opposite he requested , ‘ Please do . ’ |
| 7 | As he took an eager gulp from his glass , he decided that Hank ought to tell his mother what he had been doing . |
| 8 | Ludens , smiling himself , recalled this as he felt an obscure but reassuring complicity with whatever had made Marcus smile just that smile . |
| 9 | She glanced over at him , seated cross-legged beside her , watching as he tapped an impatient tattoo with his fingers against his thigh . |
| 10 | Because at that precise moment the chauffeur put his foot down hard on the brake as he made an abrupt , sharp turn down a narrow street , and Laura found herself being thrown backwards across the seat … into Ross 's embrace . |
| 11 | She closed her eyes as he reached an exploratory finger to slowly outline the curve of her cheek , her chin , her throat , all the way down to one tight , aching nipple . |
| 12 | RIGHT-WING anti-Europe students ambushed EC Commission president Jacques Delors yesterday as he received an honorary degree from Edinburgh University . |
| 13 | ‘ I expect Lubor is busy beavering away back in his office ? ’ she asked as a warm-up question before she got down to basics — and immediately wished that she had n't because at once Ven 's expression darkened , and as he raised an aristocratic eyebrow she knew instantly that all affability was gone . |
| 14 | As he spoke an icy wind suddenly blew into the room . |
| 15 | Whether Highland should remain as a single-tier region or be divided into smaller units is likely to be one of the most difficult decisions Mr Lang faces as he reaches an advanced stage of drawing up his plans for local government reform . |
| 16 | Mark Gill was given the chance to make amends before the interval as he converted an equalising penalty awarded after Mike Smith had smothered the ball in the Billingham goal . |
| 17 | Yet he saw the danger in making these communities an ideal , as he turned an anthropological eye on Christianity and perceived that such examples seem to proffer no solution to industrial urban and suburban existence — the way most people live . |
| 18 | Tuppe returned to Peter 's Pets , composing as he did an improbable yarn about animal rights activists and the forcible abduction of a furry fish , into a more than plausible truth . |
| 19 | Damian dragged Rachel to the Mercedes , thrust her in the front sea , got in beside her , started the engine with a roar and crunched the gears as he did an angry U-turn then roared up the drive with a screech of tyres . |
| 20 | His mouth gave a wry twist as he remembered an old lady in his home town who used to buy up sympathy cards by the dozen . |
| 21 | CHELMSFORD City manager Joe O'Sullivan could not believe his luck as he named an unchanged side in advance of today 's Beazer Premier clash with Bashley at New Writtle Street . |
| 22 | The fifth-seeded South African 's embarrassing nice little earner lasted just an hour-and-a-half as he lost an up-and-down match to eccentric Frenchman Henri Leconte . |
| 23 | NEWCASTLE keeper Tommy Wright will miss Northern Ireland 's opening World Cup qualifying game against Lithuania in Belfast on Tuesday night as he aggravated an old shoulder injury during the win over Portsmouth . |
| 24 | The centre-piece of the first mini-drama in Kingston was Mike Gatting 's exploding nose as he missed an attempted hook off Marshall . |