Example sentences of "as he [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was an artistic relationship that ultimately cost the composer his life as he repeatedly delayed vital heart surgery to complete the role that he knew would also be Pears 's last . |
| 2 | And always , at the back of his mind , there was the business with the Police ; a mere shadow , as he repeatedly reminded himself , without substance , but there just the same and often , as he went through Ostkreuz on the S-Bahn , he was tempted to get off and see Lieutenant Werner , merely to get the matter sorted out once and for all but , mindful of Bodo 's advice , he never did . |
| 3 | Charlie showed no obvious signs of friendship as he immediately caught me on the chin . |
| 4 | In fact , as he probably expected , the Caxton Hall meeting went excellently and Paddington went very badly . |
| 5 | In the flicker of an eyelid the hostility had vanished and he had become a model of charm and smiling good humour , as he politely asked her all about herself and answered her questions in return . |
| 6 | It is quite exhausting , ’ said Max , almost bashfully , as he professionally pressed the flesh . |
| 7 | A student with a punk haircut and a goose ( husa in Czech ) strapped into his rucksack was greeted with applause all round as he insolently walked the length of Wenceslas Square . |
| 8 | As a blond , curly-haired eight-year-old , invariably dressed in sailor suits , young Reshevsky dazzled the chess world as he confidently took on up to 75 adult opponents at once . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , no ? ’ he drawled mockingly as he slowly lowered his dark head towards her . |
| 10 | Television crews were invited to stand in front of the US Embassy and film a senior member of the staff , in black tie and dark suit , as he slowly wound up the folding door of an inconspicuous , metal-framed garage . |
| 11 | And that was exactly what the radiologist was doing as he slowly ran his sensor over my stomach . |
| 12 | As he slowly undressed in his room , he heard her come snivelling up the stairs . |
| 13 | He liked the softness of silk , the slippery feel of it under his hands as he slowly undressed a woman in a shadowed bedroom . |
| 14 | A faint , derisive smile curved Dane 's lips as he slowly shook his head . |
| 15 | As he slowly revolved he observed all points of the compass with eyes wide in wonder . |
| 16 | The fourth shot struck again in the chest , slamming Doyle hard against the wall , leaving a bloody smear as he slowly slipped to the floor , his eyes half closed , the breath wheezing from his lungs . |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , ’ he whispered urgently , as he slowly pushed her head down again . |
| 18 | Meninga , it must be said , did not look like a man under undue pressure as he genially fended press questions yesterday , even laughing off a suggestion from one of his braver interlocuters that his weight had recently ballooned . |
| 19 | The Leeds boss pointed the midfielder back on and had to be restrained by reserve official Brian Hill as he furiously remonstrated with referee Joe Worrall . |
| 20 | When he had had a few drinks , though not otherwise , Peter talked about how he knew he ought to have the test to find out if he was HIV negative , as he hoped , as he desperately hoped , but he had not had it yet . |
| 21 | Housekeeper Anne Jackson told how Mr Elton had turned the sitting room of his £750,000 London flat into an office as he desperately hunted for a new job . |
| 22 | ‘ Must be five pounds at least , ’ Billy yelled , as he desperately tried to keep the shoal penned between the four of them . |
| 23 | His mind was racing now , beads of sweat standing out on his forehead , as he desperately tried to think of some way of alerting the pump attendant to his predicament without endangering them both . |
| 24 | The pilot wrestled with the highjackers as he desperately tried to land the plane at Canton airport , it then slammed into two other passenger jets . |
| 25 | I was n't at all sure I was doing the right thing but I got up and started towards him as he finally got the clip to slide into the gun and snick home . |
| 26 | The wait in the ironmonger 's and the noises of cars and motor bikes turning and revving in the street worsened the pressure at the back of his neck so that as he finally got the machine into his van and thought of the relief of reaching home and doing the mowing , black tadpoles shot across his vision , zigzagging through all dimensions . |
| 27 | A WEALTHY furrier tortured his boss 's wife and a former lover , then filmed them as he finally murdered them . |
| 28 | Karelius continued to puzzle over these questions all evening and , as he finally drifted off to sleep that night , was no nearer to any answers . |
| 29 | That it was all undignified , that it was really rather unpleasant , that it was somehow dehumanizing for Harold — these considerations went by the board as he finally rolled on top of her , grunting fiercely in a tone no one at Magdalen would have recognized . |
| 30 | Then , taking a deep breath , he began to talk , the words tumbling out of him as he finally admitted the truth . |