Example sentences of "as he reached the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crowds were out in force to cheer home Jodami as he reached the neighbouring village of Stillington . |
| 2 | As he reached the parked sports car he went into a rolling dive , still clutching his leg , and bounced himself off the bonnet and over the other side . |
| 3 | As he reached the front door he saw a strange sight . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , as he reached the critical moment when the knees start to tremble , his war wounded leg had collapsed under him , causing a premature withdrawal and an immediate loss of ardour as his bare bottom came into contact with the mud and water of the cinema bike park . |
| 5 | He would not , in fact , feel anything special as he reached the critical radius , and could pass the point of no return without noticing it . |
| 6 | ‘ Fernando , ’ she said softly as he reached the bottom step , ‘ this is ridiculous . |
| 7 | Just as he reached the top step I gave him a push — not a hard push , just defensive . |
| 8 | There was a red light up , and he was stopped by a policeman as he reached the opposite pavement and duly asked for the appropriate number of marks . |
| 9 | From school I knew this parable by heart , and I think the reader must have known it too , because as he reached the concluding sentences , his frail hands were already feeling for the embroidered marker and preparing to close the great heavy book , so that his eyes were not on the page but were gazing unseeing into mine as he spoke the final well-worn words , ‘ Then said Jesus unto him , ‘ Go , and do thou likewise . ’ ’ |
| 10 | However , it ran out in its turn as he reached the next storey , occupied , Sunil had told him , by upper servants . |