Example sentences of "[noun sg] as he [verb] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the morning of the Melbourne Stakes , which was to be Phar Lap 's warm-up race for the Melbourne Cup three days later , he was shot at from the window of a car as he returned from exercise . |
| 2 | She closed her eyes again , wondering how long , and then opened them wide , staring in disbelief as he withdrew from her , his act far from complete , got up and with the purest gesture of impatience she had ever seen , threw an Oriental robe of some kind in garish , tribal colours , around his shoulders . |
| 3 | He shoved it at the uniformed man 's face , watching with pleasure as he recoiled from the stench . |
| 4 | He was blasted in the back with a shotgun as he fled from 12 men who burst in hunting for him . |
| 5 | The man must have been shot from above at close range as he emerged from under the scaffolding . |
| 6 | His critics say that his main contact with his Chicago district is a fond wave from the aeroplane as he travels from Los Angeles to Washington . |
| 7 | His voice fluted , thin with panic as he fled from his father and blundered into Nick , who caught and held him . |
| 8 | I loved the trees , but having this forest next door , made sure our garden only saw the sun as he moves from east to west early in the morning . |
| 9 | The mechanic watched him out of the comer of his eye as he went from car to car , making an elaborate pretence of examining the interiors . |
| 10 | Mr Overbye describes the changes in theory and observation accurately , engagingly and enthusiastically , though his prose is occasionally Doppler-shifted towards the purple as he dashes from subject to subject . |
| 11 | THE policeman injured in a chase in the East End accidentally shot himself in the groin as he leapt from a car . |
| 12 | A JOYRIDER was captured on video as he fled from the scene of a hit-and-run accident . |
| 13 | ‘ Well … maybe one , ’ and he goes on to tell me that in 1967 he once served the Singing Postman ( whose career was then in its ascendance , as a result of his seminal work ‘ Av yew got a light , boy ? ’ ) with a vodka and orange juice as he returned from a triumphant evening at the Ipswich Folk Club . |
| 14 | His first feeling as he emerged from the short but deep sleep which came to him at the end of every restless night , was that he was bloody glad to be alive . |
| 15 | Shearer has been limited to five short appearances as substitute so far this season as he recovers from knee ligament trouble . |
| 16 | Shearer has been limited to five short appearances as substitute so far this season as he recovers from knee ligament trouble . |
| 17 | " The Mayor of Aberdare was assassinated this morning as he stepped from a train at Swansea station . |
| 18 | Later , soaping her son 's slippery body in the bath as he wriggled from her grasp and splashed water up at his mother , Clare would again feel happy . |
| 19 | Rory could see him through the open door as he crossed from the bungalow , through the yard of machinery and tractors , and into the business block . |
| 20 | But his career took a downward turn as he moved from Portsmouth , to Millwall , Brentford , Aldershot and finally Colchester . |
| 21 | He tried to suggest it was a casual encounter as he stepped from the shadows , but realized at once that his subterfuge was painfully obvious . |
| 22 | Benigno Aquino , leader of the opposition to Ferdinand Marcos 's regime , is murdered at Manila airport as he returns from exile . |
| 23 | He stood up smartly and she followed him with gratitude as he took from his pocket a large bunch of keys , from each of which dangled a carefully written label . |
| 24 | He forgot to hand in such little money as he collected from sales of the Morning Star ; they prosecuted and he was put on probation for two years . |
| 25 | In his capacity as a recording artist , McLaren visited the offices of his new holding company , and was ushered in to meet the chairman of the board as he rose from behind his desk . |
| 26 | Giant , hogging screen time as he stumbles from one tedious gambling-led crisis to another , severely unbalances the movie . |
| 27 | This ensured there was time to make to love to her , an activity that would frequently fill the time as he moved from one lady 's home to another 's . |
| 28 | What had happened was that Stirling 's static line had snagged on the tail section as he exited from the door , and two panels were ripped from the parachute , causing him to descend too rapidly . |
| 29 | Given a free choice , children usually choose the apparatus they are ready for and although a three-year-old may imitate the feats of an older child with a funnel , tube and bottle , he may not gain the same satisfaction as he does from achieving something much more simple on his own . |
| 30 | Nobody believes that is going to happen , least of all Jack Charlton , who says taking the Irish to the finals will give him as much satisfaction as he drew from winning the competition with England in 1966 . |