Example sentences of "as he [verb] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.

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1 You close the door , take off your glasses because your vision is so distorted , and kick him in the head ; far too softly , then still not hard enough , as he scrabbles round on the floor , one hand at his crotch and the other at his head , making a spitting , wheezing noise .
2 He decided to leave them to it , and as he came out on the landing he almost collided with Beryl who must have been eavesdropping .
3 Seve Ballesteros , who had shared the overnight lead on 67 , was making no further progress and was still five under par as he came in on the closing holes .
4 When at play , Jane watched him with delight as he rolled about on the floor with mirth at the English ‘ W ’ .
5 Andy Payton was denied with a good Bobby Mimms save as he burst through on the first occasion .
6 It sounded like a question , but he had no intention of waiting for her answer , as he dropped down on the bed beside her , lacing his fingers through her lustrous brunette tresses , controlling the movement of her head so she could not escape the seductive power of his mouth as he took her unwilling lips with practised artistry .
7 No wonder Uncle Mick grinned as he looked down on the nearly-elegant sitting-room .
8 He was beheaded by local peasants as he lay down on the hill to sleep after a large meal of local sheep .
9 Branch manager Richard Fairhurst took a back seat for the day , as he rode along on the back of a tandem .
10 I recall Hamish in one of his writings saying that as he walked along on the way to his next objective he was reading a paperback novel — how more blinkered than that can you get ! ?
11 ‘ I did n't know you were home , ’ said Terry , as he sat down on the adjacent bed .
12 She perched herself uncomfortably on the only chair in the room as he sat down on the bed .
13 Dr Neil swallowed again as he sat down on the bed , not too near , not too far away .
14 ‘ Yes — yes , of course , ’ she murmured , taking a quick , nervous sip of coffee as he sat down on the bed beside her .
15 He is a great example to anyone who has a setback and it is marvellous to hear how he has put adversity behind him as he sets out on the long slog round the tough pro circuit once again .
16 ‘ So you 've been up the barrow , ’ Jos said out of the blue , as he lined up on the final double .
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