Example sentences of "as he [verb] to speak " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he began to speak a young boy ran straight through a plate glass window behind us at the back of the church . |
| 2 | As he began to speak , he seemed to grow less and less aware of his audience and continually turned his head , as though listening to some sound , audible only to himself from the entrance tunnel behind him . |
| 3 | She heard the excitement in Stephen 's voice as soon as he began to speak . |
| 4 | As he began to speak again I smelt the night air , I felt the hard concrete under my feet , I touched a piece of chalk in my pocket . |
| 5 | But with Blufton the spell , the sense that he was engaged in some elaborate , magical charade , was broken as soon as he began to speak . |
| 6 | He stared at her incredulously for a moment , then , as he began to speak , she forestalled him . |
| 7 | Claudia sighed as he continued to speak . |
| 8 | She noticed a thin line of sweat on his upper lip as he struggled to speak . |
| 9 | As he started to speak , she forestalled him . |
| 10 | His playing of Prince Hal … turned interested speculation to awe as soon as he started to speak : in the first intermission the local critics stood agape in the lobbies . |
| 11 | As he started to speak he heard the line go momentarily dead and then break into a callbox paytone . |
| 12 | Arty 's voice thickened and blurred into animal grunts as he tried to speak and extend his tongue at the same time . |
| 13 | The flowers had dripped all down his trousers , his face was frighteningly lacking in colour , he was trembling , and his lips seemed to be sticking together as he tried to speak . |
| 14 | ‘ Doc … tor … ’ he croaked , his mouth seizing up as he tried to speak . |
| 15 | He made a tremendous effort to bring himself back into reality ; his hands shook and he swallowed twice as he tried to speak ; then he passed his right hand , still clutching the telegram , through his dark hair . |
| 16 | Louis turned his head towards his daughter , his tongue protruding as he tried to speak , failed , wept . |
| 17 | ‘ That was enlightening , ’ said Betty crossly as he turned to speak to another farmer . |
| 18 | AS soon as he rose to speak , it was clear this was not the same John Major who won the Tories a fourth election . |