Example sentences of "as he reached [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Oz edged carefully down the slope , crouching every now and then as he reached a little bilberry bush .
2 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 .
3 The crowds were out in force to cheer home Jodami as he reached the neighbouring village of Stillington .
4 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 .
5 As he reached the front door he saw a strange sight .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 ‘ Fernando , ’ she said softly as he reached the bottom step , ‘ this is ridiculous .
9 Just as he reached the top step I gave him a push — not a hard push , just defensive .
10 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 .
11 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 . ’ ’
12 However , it ran out in its turn as he reached the next storey , occupied , Sunil had told him , by upper servants .
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