Example sentences of "as he [verb] [adv prt] " 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 | CLIPPED tree branches as he swooped in too low ; |
| 3 | She nodded and sipped : he leaned his head forward and she brought the glass to his mouth : he finished it and she let it fall on a bush of discarded clothing as he swooped down with his hand , lifted her dress clear over her waist and then , as she struggled to help him , tugged it over her head . |
| 4 | He found , however , as he loped along , ostensibly to school , that he could not feel the same bitterness that he had done when he first started to write . |
| 5 | For the East German state is the realisation of the dreams of a young roofer as he grew up among the filth of the coal mines and steel mills of the Saarland in the Thirties . |
| 6 | A further example of Herbert 's tolerant disposition came when John found , as he grew up , that his sexual interests were exclusively homosexual . |
| 7 | As he grew up he bitterly accused his mother of having shown little interest in him . |
| 8 | As he grew up , he lost his appetite for the game and , natural enough in a teenager , he questioned his motives and direction , and was lost to the scheme . |
| 9 | Even as a small boy , Thomas had been interested in mechanical toys and as he grew up he determined to become an engineer like our father , who was a regular Royal Engineer . |
| 10 | But he himself just felt European , and his sense of identity only deepened as he grew up and travelled . |
| 11 | Jacob was still not the daughter she had set her heart on , but even though he was a male child he was , at least , physically recognisable as her offspring , and as he grew up he displayed artistic tendencies of a kind which she was sure could have flowered in her had she been given the chance . |
| 12 | But Davide , as he grew up , saw the break as irreparable , and struggled not to see it . |
| 13 | He had made this clause to ensure Jamie did not find himself in Charles 's power as he grew up . |
| 14 | His grandfather created a fantasy.But he does n't see it as a folly as he grew up with it . |
| 15 | He himself had always noticed the one in the corner as he passed through , and his friend … |
| 16 | He smiled and hurried to the escalator , scuttling up the moving stairway towards street level , finally emerging into the ticket hall ; As he passed through he cast one last glance behind him to assure himself he was free of pursuers . |
| 17 | He knew that the constable on patrol in Boundary Drive had noticed no strange cars parked in the road that night as he passed along . |
| 18 | ‘ Friend of yours , Piper ? ’ remarked a Commando as he passed by . |
| 19 | The sheep lifted their heads and looked at him as he passed by but they made no sound . |
| 20 | ‘ He was coming down this path from the ferry , and here he was struck down as he passed by . |
| 21 | As he passed by , Donna noticed that his trousers did n't touch the top of his shoes . |
| 22 | As he passed out of sight behind a column another strange figure appeared from the direction in which he had come . |
| 23 | He began to recite a litany of his own successes to himself as he passed down the quiet , thickly carpeted corridors to the executive lift that went up to the eighteenth floor : a new apartment in the smart suburb of Beauséjour ; a smaller apartment in Montparnasse , with a most accommodating young mistress ; two cars , one the largest and latest registration Citroën Familiale ; a generous expense account , which was not queried too closely — he hoped was not queried too closely . |
| 24 | With his portable equipment — weapon , tool bag and hook and line — the weight , as he shuffles out of the ICP , is up to about 70 lb . |
| 25 | The Queen of Beauty appears in image ; she may be glimpsed in a portrait , a miniature held in the hand of a knight or warrior as he rides off to battle ; she may appear on film or television screen and be adored by millions . |
| 26 | So this is how it 's going to be , thinks Howard , as he rides down in the lift again . |
| 27 | The House , prepared to sympathize , listened in growing anger as he doddered on . |
| 28 | Once Tam darted a terrified glance over his shoulder and saw Kim sprawled across the writing-table ; white faced and trembling from head to toe , he had his eyes closed and his fists were clenched tight as he summoned up every last ounce of courage in his eleven-year-old body to endure his father 's beating without weeping or crying out . |
| 29 | You close the door , take off your glasses because your vision is so distorted , and kick him in the head ; far too softly , then still not hard enough , as he scrabbles round on the floor , one hand at his crotch and the other at his head , making a spitting , wheezing noise . |
| 30 | Following on this sixth behind Gold Options , he ran in the Troytown Chase at Navan but showed little as he finished down the field behind Roberts Rhapsody . |