Example sentences of "as he [vb -s] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , but unlike Eliot and Empson , Pound — by the abrupt , brusque and aphoristic way in which he delivers his critical judgements — insists that we understand them as immediately spun off from the imaginative work , thrown over his shoulder , as it were , as he hurries from one part of the workshop to another . |
| 2 | Follow through : Phelam O'Neill practices his swing as he waits to tee-off in the Coca-Cola Pro-Am Golf tournament held at the City of Derry Golf Club |
| 3 | But — as he takes in two girls with long fair hair there is a North European element as well . |
| 4 | The camera focuses on Lancaster 's eyes as he takes in this tableau of hyperactive sleaze . |
| 5 | Giant , hogging screen time as he stumbles from one tedious gambling-led crisis to another , severely unbalances the movie . |
| 6 | If the patient 's spasticity increases as he goes through this sequence , the task is too difficult . |
| 7 | And here I might remark that the chief point that strikes the observer as he goes through this department is the predominance of the bogie — in fact , there is very little else . |
| 8 | Things are pretty bad in Britain , Howard soon discovers , as he goes about questioning government officials . |
| 9 | ‘ Slade Alive ’ , what a brilliant album ! ’ gleams Gordon as he digs in early-'70s ' vinyl from behind a mound of Elvis ashtrays . |
| 10 | ‘ Slade Alive ’ , what a brilliant album ! ’ gleams Gordon as he digs in early-'70s ' vinyl from behind a mound of Elvis ashtrays . |
| 11 | What passes through the mind of a dog as he snoozes with half an eye upon his trusted human companions — whimpering , tail-wagging and yelping in his sleep ? |
| 12 | As he twitches with loving fear . |
| 13 | As he changes from professional saviour to personal friend , then rampant psychopath , the film develops into an intriguing game of cat and mouse . |
| 14 | Ian Ridley finds England 's Player of the Year straining at the leash as he gets in some practice against Sussex |
| 15 | As he says of 80 ( ‘ Oh how I faint when I of you do write ’ ) , ‘ the lavish praise of the rival … serves to destroy this writer 's reputation by its very hyperbole ’ . |
| 16 | As he says to one of their tools : When Buckingham presents his credentials for deceiving the London citizens it is in the same theatrical-Machiavellian terms as Richard : But Buckingham himself is deceived , as we realized long ago in the flurry of insincere praise that Richard heaped upon him : Buckingham should have known that such effusiveness from a hypocrite can only bode ill . |
| 17 | As he says in that section of Book 3 which is a later addition , " No man with any intelligence goes to war with his neighbours simply for the sake of crushing an adversary " ( 3.4.10 ) . |
| 18 | If Richard Herrnstein ( ’ IQ encounters with the press ’ , 28 April , p 230 ) has been treated as shabbily as he says by American newspapers , that is unforgivable . |
| 19 | My old mate , who although he stands sixty fret high , is in fact only eighteen years old , said absolutely nothing but just went on waving his limbs as he does for most of the day . |
| 20 | It is not right he should live as he does in this house , with nobody but strangers to talk to . |
| 21 | He blanches as he reminisces about past indiscretions . |
| 22 | Anyone who has used the technique of showing to a client edited video tape of research in progress on a group of consumers at a presentation , will notice the rapt expression on his face as he looks at real people talking about his product . |
| 23 | PLAYER : Lucianus , nephew to the king … usurped by his uncle and shattered by his mother 's incestuous marriage … loses his reason … throwing the court into turmoil and disarray as he alternates between bitter melancholy and unrestricted lunacy … staggering from the suicidal ( A pose ) to the homicidal ( Here he kills " POLONIUS " ) … he at last confronts his mother and in a scene of provocative ambiguity — ( A somewhat oedipal embrace ) begs her to repent and recant — ( He springs up , still talking . ) |
| 24 | ‘ It 's the best thing I 've done , ’ he says of 010 , as he has of other books . |
| 25 | As he prepares for this afternoon 's prestige friendly against the World Cup holders , Argentina , in Cagliari , Vicini is characteristically playing the match down . |
| 26 | As he prepares for this afternoon 's prestige friendly against the World Cup-holders , Argentina , in Cagliari , Vicini is characteristically playing the match down . |
| 27 | It does not mean , however , that he should not exercise his franchise and vote as he wishes at local government elections , but he should not be a party man otherwise his advice might be regarded as being tainted and the council as a whole , in the end , would cease to have confidence in his advice . |
| 28 | In Hinduism , the Cosmic Serpent — Ananta Sesha — symbolic of timeless eternity , carries the world on his 1000-fold hood as he rests between creative periods . |
| 29 | It would be impossible to persuade anyone to act as trustee unless the discretion entrusted to him were very liberally conferred , and it is now possible for a trustee to delegate to an agent , not merely pieces of business requiring especial skill , but the whole business of the trust , and escape liability so long as he acts in good faith . |
| 30 | I am His protector as long as He works on this project ! |