Example sentences of "as he [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he applied it to Putt 's body the sickening stench of burning flesh rose into the air and one of the gipsy men uttered a faint sound of revulsion . |
| 2 | She admitted it tempestuously as Luke deprived her of the erotic stimulation of his mouth , opening her eyes just in time to see the blaze of triumph in his as he heard her . |
| 3 | Quigley had made sure he had stopped hitting me as soon as he heard her on the stairs . |
| 4 | Anthony Gallagher wept in the dock as he heard he 'd been found not guilty of causing the deaths by reckless driving . |
| 5 | As soon as he heard it , Sikes called his white dog , put on his hat and left without saying goodbye to anyone . |
| 6 | But as soon as he heard it was in Hampstead , he smelt a rat . |
| 7 | The older man 's bushy grey brows rose as he shot her a penetrating glance . |
| 8 | Provence is as he painted it , we use his images as icons by which to recognise certain things , the cypresses above all , the olives , some configurations of rock and vegetation , the line of the Alpilles , the plain of the Crau , the light itself . |
| 9 | Then , when the owner returned , he would know who was responsible , and as soon as he contacted her she 'd be only too happy to provide him with details of the accident . |
| 10 | He had no time to call for help on his radio because , even as he saw him , the man rushed forward , the machete held high above his head . |
| 11 | And it says in th , in , as you read through the record , as soon as he saw him he shouted with a shout that must have surprised the passers by , because , he hollered out to him he called out excitedly to him ! |
| 12 | Only a glimpse though , for the large figure darted back as soon as he saw them . |
| 13 | Sir Robin Maxwell-Hyslop , who has made a lifetime study of the British Constitution , spelled out the constitutional realities as he saw them . |
| 14 | Alcuin wrote to Aethelred , probably in 791 , expressing affection for him and urging him to display kindness not cruelty and reason not anger in his deeds , and to speak truth not falsehood , but the sack of Lindisfarne by Vikings in June 793 ( ASC D , s.a. 793 ) provided a shocked and outraged Alcuin with an opportunity to declaim against the evils of Northumbrian society , as he saw them , and the shortcomings of the king himself in a letter to Aethelred and his nobles . |
| 15 | Taczek stood in the hallway of the second floor outside his flat , solid arms akimbo , the smile dissolving from his face as he saw them climb the stairs . |
| 16 | There was nothing analytical in the experience , only a sense of wonder that things should be as he saw them and , in particular , that he should be involved . |
| 17 | To put forward as proof or as an example : He adduced the reasons , as he saw them , for the changes in literary style during the last century . |
| 18 | He ca n't have talked to them for long , as soon as he saw me coming he cleared off quick . |
| 19 | Ellen was showing Rickie Crowninshield all the elaborate electronic toys that only Ellen wholly understood ; the radios , radars , weatherfaxes and satellite receivers , and Rickie was being surprisingly attentive , but as soon as he saw me he scowled and clamped a pair of headphones over his ears as though to make sure that he did not have to hold any kind of conversation with me . |
| 20 | Sarah Morgan came in to the room like a ghost , and McLeish drew breath as he saw her . |
| 21 | His heart lurched as he saw her for the first time for nine years , now in her new role as a woman . |
| 22 | His lips were still purse on the last words when they suddenly sprang wide as he saw her almost stagger back from him , her hand to her throat , the colour draining from her face . |
| 23 | As soon as he saw her again , however , he knew he was as much in love with her as ever , patient in his desire , for he knew she would n't have been cured of her passion for Andrew yet . |
| 24 | As he saw her to the door , he felt in his pockets . |
| 25 | As he saw her , he stretched out his arms and lifted her up before she had had time to reach the bottom step . |
| 26 | His face brightened as he saw her . |
| 27 | He rose from a cushioned wicker chair as soon as he saw her and came to take the tray , saying , ‘ You 're Belinda , of course . |
| 28 | His look turned to one of complete amazement as he saw her standing there , a hesitant little smile trembling on her lips . |
| 29 | Jake smiled as he saw her . |
| 30 | Having registered , he set about ordering his life as he saw it developing , by giving himself over to the muse , by associating with those whose lives found proper space for literary reflection and endeavour , by getting close to that bohemian existence which he loved and from which all modern art seemed to spring . |