Example sentences of "as he turn " in BNC.

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1 And as to Spasov and being saved — ‘ Il me semble que tout le monde va à Spassof ’ — there is still some comic devillife in him as he quotes the Saviour against his bible-selling saviour because she is taking thought for the morrow , and as he turns the gospel on its head with ‘ Happiness does n't pay me because I start at once forgiving all my enemies . ’
2 Synchronised football — Alton 's Dave Miller shows nice control as he turns away from his Fleetlands opponent .
3 The evening sun is low in the sky with its rays almost horizontal , piercing the dhāmi 's eyes as he turns back to face it .
4 As he turns away from the grave ( symbolically as well as literally ) he meets , beside the yew-tree ( traditional symbol of death ) a Girl whose appearance is strikingly unusual .
5 What could be simpler than the ball carrier going in , turning and setting with the support player going in low and hard and stripping the ball as he turns ?
6 And while the book is largely about success , Andy bravely comes to terms with his feelings of doubt as he turns his back on the 1989 Makalu expedition .
7 Philip 's face is sad , shadows are in his eyes as he turns to look .
8 He swipes a lap at the water-trough as he turns ,
9 There are some changes er from the er last Pisa outing and er is not the regular goalkeeper but er clearly that er that jersey which is luminous at the back , it has a number one on the back and it 's luminous as he turns round .
10 Yet he saw the danger in making these communities an ideal , as he turned an anthropological eye on Christianity and perceived that such examples seem to proffer no solution to industrial urban and suburban existence — the way most people live .
11 Finally , on the sixth lap , Mass got around Brundle at the end of the long pits straight , and gave him an old-fashioned chop as he turned into Moises Solona Corner .
12 It occurred to him as he turned them over that Nora Fanshawe — if she was Nora Fanshawe — probably stood to inherit a vast sum of money .
13 The morning air was sharp and bracing as he turned down the avenue .
14 Even as he turned in alarm , he carried with him , trapped on his retina , the picture of the Commander 's face , hollow and empty .
15 Ted called , as he turned to leave .
16 As soon as he turned the tap on it started .
17 The dancing man stopped playing and as he turned to unbuckle the strap of his cymbals , he saw Dot was still behind him .
18 A happy smile had quickly to be adjusted to a more serious expression as he turned to Charity .
19 The man did the same again as he turned the paper , revealing to Mungo the front page with its lurid headline : ‘ BIRD 'S HEAD CLUE TO GIRL 'S DEATH .
20 He was still going well enough , but then , as he turned towards the stands for the last time , a doubt began to nibble , and then to gnaw , Was he losing his momentum ?
21 But as he turned , the dirt in his mouth , she could see that things had gone too far .
22 ‘ What Are the Royals Up To Now ? ’ changed abruptly to ‘ Will Soccer Violence Spread to Gaelic Football ? ’ as he turned a mental page .
23 As he turned his attention to a woman who was fumbling with her purse , I ducked my head and squeezed behind her through the door and into the crowded bus .
24 As soon as he turned the corner , I grabbed the wallet and sprinted down the alley .
25 As he turned the corner away from the house and towards the train station , Endill was sure he saw the shape of his father standing at one of the upstairs windows , watching him go .
26 ‘ It would n't make any difference , ’ called Blunset as he turned a corner .
27 Thunder rolled as he turned to ask Mariana where the President kept his Land-Rover .
28 Which leaves us just where we started , he thought drearily as he turned and went .
29 Even a man dedicated to constructive yet volatile disagreement could find little wrong , as he turned his mind towards the probability of power in the near future , with the proposed reforms .
30 He answered Buckmaster 's question as he turned off the road between lodge gates and proceeded down the long drive across open parkland .
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