Example sentences of "as he [verb] [adv] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he swung on to the runway , he saw the Ilyushin start to overshoot , a mile from the end of the runway . |
| 2 | Delaney tried to avoid looking at Doctor Nell Anderson as he went forward to the flight deck . |
| 3 | At one meeting a chairman blithely told me as he went on to the platform that they would have the National Anthem at the end , changing his mind without consulting me first . |
| 4 | The first few days were very trying for Alan as he went on to the new regime suddenly rather than gradually . |
| 5 | Aldridge made no sign or sound as he went through to the airing cupboard to get himself a fresh towel . |
| 6 | He was also , he realized , as he went through to the hall to get Hasan 's coat , tied to the little boy in a way he could not have predicted . |
| 7 | Penry laughed as he went over to the stereo to put on a compact disc . |
| 8 | Odd , that , Mike thought as he went up to the third floor in the rattling old lift . |
| 9 | He saw Mariana shiver as he went back to the table and slipped the Walther into his belt . |
| 10 | Politicians were masters of the quick recovery , Trent thought as he went back to the front room . |
| 11 | ‘ He 's coming this way , ’ said Lee who was still looking at Jack as he came up to the gate , his eyes fixed on the gun . |
| 12 | He wrinkled his nose as he came up to the other man . |
| 13 | He had been thinking about buying Lyn a kitten for her birthday , and as he came up to the great dolmen , had paused to look at it for the thousandth time , he had seen the bundle on the ground . |
| 14 | The whole meeting looked up in relief as he came back to the saloon . |
| 15 | She was stirring the coffee in front of her , an innocent expression on her face as he came back to the table . |
| 16 | ‘ She always used to leave little warning signs when she was younger , ’ he said as he came back to the horses . |
| 17 | He ran from end to end of the yard and paused as he came back to the edge of the fire to peer down into a shattered mirror . |
| 18 | A loose end , Kirov reminded himself as he came close to the man . |
| 19 | Archbishop Hincmar of Rheims endorsed the Christian monarchy whose laws promised both security for ecclesiastical wealth and firm support for the church as an institution with its own hierarchical structure , as well as investing Charles 's kingship with new forms of legitimacy , Hincmar , as he wrote proudly to the pope , regularly supplied the military aid he owed to the king . |
| 20 | It was a great performance by the sergeant as he strolled up to The Mighty Tharg . |
| 21 | As he strolled back to the front window , and peered behind the curtains again , Bodie asked , ‘ And where were you on all these exotic foreign trips ? ’ |
| 22 | The control room door slammed shut behind Atrimonides as he ran on to the gallery and hurled himself at Christine . |
| 23 | His legs were trembling as he ran back to the police car to radio for immediate medical help . |
| 24 | She only had a bare glimpse of the softly lit room , her struggling figure still clasped firmly in his arms , as he continued through to the en suite bathroom . |
| 25 | This seemed reasonable , so reluctantly Sophie got in his car and sat in silence as he drove out to the main road . |
| 26 | He responded by explaining to the chairman of the committee , the fashionable playwright and military man John Burgoyne , how he had entered Murshidabad the capital of Bengal as a conqueror and how bankers and jewellers had rushed forward to thrust presents on him ; and , he concluded , as he thought back to the moment of triumph , ‘ By God , Mr. Chairman , I stand amazed at my own moderation . ’ |
| 27 | The reporter thanked him , and the camera tracked him as he trudged over to the other members of the team and they headed together towards a dark crack in the hillside . |
| 28 | ‘ Jack , shut up , ’ she told him good-naturedly , and waited as he dropped on to the sleeping-bag . |
| 29 | The drums then took up a regular beat as he stalked back to the coffin . |
| 30 | As he goes on to the next , I glance at his fingers . |