Example sentences of "as he [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ! |
| 3 | Tony released her arm , clapping Terry on the shoulder as he passed him , and Terry and Sarah moved self-consciously towards each other . |
| 4 | Fernandez remembered North breaking down as he told him , sitting in a parked car one night , that Buckley was dead ; David Jacobsen , the last hostage to be released as a result of the arms transfers , recalled North in tears on the aeroplane to Germany , wishing that the other hostages had been freed with him . |
| 5 | The florist had removed his big green apron but the Brigadier had to force him to take off his trilby as he brought him in the door , muttering under his breath , ‘ This is a State office , you know very well … ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I wo n't , ’ said the policeman , tearing Oliver 's jacket half off his back as he lifted him up . |
| 7 | The boy murmured softly as he lifted him , then began to struggle . |
| 8 | In his mind 's eye he relived their love-making of a few hours before and the picture of Michael lying underneath him as he penetrated him rose in his mind . |
| 9 | ‘ But you have a most delicate flavour all of your own , ’ said Pascoe as he ushered him out . |
| 10 | Kevin Briley , whose favourite horse Shine On was to run in the big handicap , talked to his charge as he mucked him out . |
| 11 | ‘ Good boy , ’ the big man kept saying as he forced him down on to his knees . |
| 12 | Angry Brian Reatus , 44 , allegedly foamed at the mouth as he pinned him to the wall . |
| 13 | His voice was a breath ; he did not look at Lachlan as he drew him forward beside him . |
| 14 | As he nuzzled him gently the head rolled sideways and back again . |
| 15 | Cotton 's nephew William or ‘ son ’ as he called him ( for he had no children ) , was a close friend of Doctor Livingstone , who was brought to stay at Forest House in the 1860s . |
| 16 | At that point the creditor could still refuse to have the man released from prison and insist of his being kept there , so long as he paid him a groat a day . |
| 17 | ‘ Please do n't cross the white line , ’ Kragan warned Frick as he handed him a set of noise excluders . |
| 18 | ‘ Somewhere near the hole will do , ’ Patrick said , as he handed him his putter before going to hold the flag . |
| 19 | ‘ I see he bred a good hater , ’ said Isambard , looking him over at leisure as he held him , and smiling at what he found . |
| 20 | He could also be more bluntly manipulative : on one occasion he walked up to a sailor , with his girlfriend at the bar , saying , as he gave him £20 , ‘ When you 've finished with her , come and see Auntie Minton , she 's got plenty more . ’ |
| 21 | Like Alexei , he had nails on the ends of his fingers instead of talons , and he stared at Alexei 's hands as he gave him a filled cup , then raised his eyes and bowed solemnly . |
| 22 | Do n't think I 'm being bitchy if I say that Stephen probably resents him as much as he admires him . |
| 23 | It 's a terrible thing to say , but I think the lad may have pulled the iron over Damien 's foot as he let him go . ’ |
| 24 | He was particularly adept , this one , at stopping a forward bursting through from the line-out with a startling iron-hard thrust from his stump as he pulled him on to it with the other … |
| 25 | And then he saw the same look of horror on Jimmy 's face as he pulled him roughly back . |
| 26 | Later , as he rode home in the cool night air , a vision of old Bert 's delighted face as he presented him with the larger fish invaded his mind 's eye , and filled him with contentment . |
| 27 | ‘ How bad it would be , ’ Marty told himself callously as he watched him go , ‘ to have your bed and your bellyful and no worries at all ! ’ |
| 28 | There were tears in Johnny 's eyes as he watched him turn into the laneway and out of sight ; he had a feeling he would never see him again . |
| 29 | He executed the run well , without mishap ; Edouard 's heart was in his mouth as he watched him . |
| 30 | Now , as he watched him limping and staggering up the slope , it occurred to hint that he might actually be wounded in some way . |