Example sentences of "[vb past] as he [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Otley objected as he waited under the trees with his bunch of Brits . |
| 2 | She rose as he came towards her . |
| 3 | Maxham winced as he walked across the kitchen . |
| 4 | Roy winced as he thought of her . |
| 5 | Roman winced as he took in her fragile appearance , and Claudia , on her part , wondered why he did n't look either well or happy , while Dana was positively blooming . |
| 6 | ‘ Touch nothing ’ , he shouted as he sped towards the police station . |
| 7 | ‘ Georgina , ’ the Dean shouted as he passed through the hall . |
| 8 | Otley shouted as he raced towards the bridge . |
| 9 | ‘ You bastard , ’ one of them shouted as he raced after it . |
| 10 | Helluva fella ! they shouted as he thumped into the chair beside the student , one hand gripping round her shoulder , the other smearing red drops from lips and chin . |
| 11 | ‘ Wotcher ! ’ he shouted as he scraped on the strings . |
| 12 | Kress stopped as he looked at the blued muzzle of the .38 . |
| 13 | Then her heart sank as he grinned at Doreen . |
| 14 | His eyes flickered as he looked at her , and she knew he was searching his mind for a joke . |
| 15 | His voice trembled as he stood in the pulpit . |
| 16 | The first memorable and momentous occasion for the ornithologist occurred as he strolled beside the river at sunrise and caught sight of a ‘ new and beautiful pigeon ’ , a bird never before encountered by any of the natives he questioned or any of the stockmen at the out-stations . |
| 17 | She giggled and pouted as he chatted to her . |
| 18 | The needle immediately showed a reading , which then strengthened and weakened as he moved about the warehouse . |
| 19 | ‘ What ? ’ he roared as he leapt to his feet . |
| 20 | Outwardly he was calm and composed as he walked in the warm evening sunshine towards the House , but like the swans gliding serenely across the water , he too was paddling like hell underneath . |
| 21 | She slept deeply while they were on the motorway , but woke as he came into London and had to stop and start in the heavy evening traffic . |
| 22 | Do n't touch me ! ’ she added as he began to carefully straighten her leg and probe the flesh at the top of her boot . |
| 23 | That first smile came as he played with his toys . |
| 24 | His tongue-in-cheek comment came as he departed from the text of his speech launching a campaign to encourage hotels to adopt environmentally friendly practices to praise the restoration of Warsaw 's new Bristol Hotel . |
| 25 | " A lendri , " he muttered as he passed through them . |
| 26 | Going home next day , he noticed as he waited on the platform for the tube to Baker Street , that the track sings as the train comes into West Hampstead , long before you can see it , and the silver lines shiver as it approaches . |
| 27 | Cotterell nodded as he looked at the list of biographical queries . |
| 28 | Lights flared as he moved from room to room , obviously checking the rest of the house . |
| 29 | ‘ Almost , ’ his voice reasoned as he came to a halt , shaking her slightly as he turned her to face him . |
| 30 | He frowned as he gazed down the road to where a black limo was parked . |