Example sentences of "he [verb] as [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 'E collapsed as 'e come out the Kings Arms an' they rushed 'im away ter the 'ospital. 'E 's in a bad way so Maisie Dingle told me . |
| 2 | He got to his feet , and she could hear him coughing as he trundled out . |
| 3 | Some of the Scots around him cheered as he raised it . |
| 4 | Caitlin 's voice made him jump as he bellowed across the room : ‘ You left a young girl to walk along a dark road at night ? |
| 5 | We could hear him laughing as we closed the garden door . |
| 6 | They waited for him to elaborate as he unbuttoned the side pocket of his tunic and took out his cigarettes . |
| 7 | It slipped down again and she could hear him swearing as he tried to haul it up . |
| 8 | And then they turned to her and reminded her again how she was to handle him , no trying to make him do as she wanted , only to do as he wanted . |
| 9 | ‘ To make him do as I say , not as he thinks he should do . ’ |
| 10 | Busacher indulging him , letting him do as he wished as usual … everyone treating him as the saviour of Hochhauser . |
| 11 | His arthritis made it impossible for him to walk as he had been used to doing . |
| 12 | Take him away and get him to do as he says . |
| 13 | But in Tom 's room , when Peter had poured the wine into two mugs and an inch into a glass for her and she had tasted it , she found she liked this wine that had a taste of how elderflowers smell , reversed her decision and asked him to do as he had offered and fill her glass . |
| 14 | She was near enough now to swing the basket viciously against the pickpocket 's hand , making him yell as he extracted the girl 's purse , which he dropped as he fled . |
| 15 | I could hear him sniff as he went before me . |
| 16 | We can hear him panting as he walks . |
| 17 | Mrs Healy saw him running as she looked from her bow window and knew that something must be amiss . |
| 18 | She put out a hand and felt him wince as she found his injured eye . |
| 19 | ‘ As I heard the gossip , Riddle replaced the Scapegoat in the Wheel and two witnesses heard him scream as he bowled down the hill . ’ |
| 20 | If you truly feel that it is not , then it is probably some inadequacy on the part of your accuser which causes him to think as he does . |
| 21 | The garments might be placed by his hemiplegic side , if there is no risk of him falling as he reaches for them , and if he is beginning to use the hemiplegic arm . |
| 22 | I often see him watching as I go by . |
| 23 | I sat in front of him watching as he ate , my eyes following his hand from the moment his fingers plunged into the bowl until it rose into the air , and carried the food into his mouth . |
| 24 | ‘ Wumman , can ye no hold yerr head up ? ’ a tourist heard him shout as he pinned her cape , pricking her chin . |
| 25 | She drew away from him , shivering as she left the warm circle cast by his body , and heard him sigh as he raised himself up to stare down at her . |
| 26 | Shiona felt him sigh as he laid his hands on her shoulders . |
| 27 | However one explains the motives behind his actions , things happened because he chose that they should : there is nothing in the previous reign which compelled him to act as he did . |
| 28 | The report states : ‘ She knew it was not right in him to act as he did and … she knew it was not right in herself in permitting him … she knew it was wrong in both , and that it was against her will at all the tunes . ’ |
| 29 | However one explains the motives behind his actions , things happened because he chose that they should : there is nothing in the previous reign which compelled him to act as he did . |
| 30 | Then the dream had shifted to show him whistling as he worked over the bins . |