Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb past] he to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt like a jaded casting director as I banished him to the wastepaper bin . |
| 2 | I was pleased when he asked me to do the test-flying programme for him and I had no qualms in agreeing , as I knew him to be a meticulous engineer . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't think there 'll be any problem , ’ he assured Barbara as she drove him to Rosington station ; he had n't slept the night before . |
| 4 | As she followed him to the back of the shop , Sophie remembered with sharp dismay the appointment she had made with Dawn . |
| 5 | Somewhat to his own surprise , Harry found himself booking a single room , despite the exorbitant tariff , and following the prim receptionist as she led him to the door . |
| 6 | He knew , he said , that he was just an ordinary farmer 's son and she was a famous Beauty , known the county over , never a word spoken against her even by the men who bivouacked up in the fells — but he would have no-one else and would wait just as long as she told him to . |
| 7 | ‘ As soon as we got him to a doctor — which took some time — it was discovered that Major Maxim must have held the ammonia under our man 's nose while pouring some odourless spirit — quite possibly strong vodka — onto the blindfold in order to produce the stinging sensation . ’ |
| 8 | His hands dangled over the sides of the wheelchair as they took him to the salon to meet the Bishop . |
| 9 | Angry Brian Reatus , 44 , allegedly foamed at the mouth as he pinned him to the wall . |
| 10 | In a violent struggle , the policeman found it necessary to unscrew the man 's wooden leg as he wrestled him to the ground , striking him across the head with his truncheon . |
| 11 | Judge Anthony Hart described 28-year-old George Scott , who denied punching and kicking the male and female officers , as an ‘ arrogant thug ’ as he sentenced him to two years in prison . |