Example sentences of "as he [verb] [adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he passed again on the other side of the road on his way back forty minutes later he was caught up in the very worst time of day for traffic . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | His instincts , honed over the years as he lived continuously on the threshold of danger , warned him that things were about to change . |
| 4 | He decided to leave them to it , and as he came out on the landing he almost collided with Beryl who must have been eavesdropping . |
| 5 | Seve Ballesteros , who had shared the overnight lead on 67 , was making no further progress and was still five under par as he came in on the closing holes . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll be back , ’ he tells you as he sweats away on the treadmill or the mountain bike . |
| 7 | When at play , Jane watched him with delight as he rolled about on the floor with mirth at the English ‘ W ’ . |
| 8 | The other men watched as he tapped gently on the desk top . |
| 9 | Andy Payton was denied with a good Bobby Mimms save as he burst through on the first occasion . |
| 10 | It sounded like a question , but he had no intention of waiting for her answer , as he dropped down on the bed beside her , lacing his fingers through her lustrous brunette tresses , controlling the movement of her head so she could not escape the seductive power of his mouth as he took her unwilling lips with practised artistry . |
| 11 | No wonder Uncle Mick grinned as he looked down on the nearly-elegant sitting-room . |
| 12 | He was beheaded by local peasants as he lay down on the hill to sleep after a large meal of local sheep . |
| 13 | As he landed heavily on the linoleum , the doctor called to him : ‘ Tell her I 'll be paying the ten shillings or she wo n't come . ’ |
| 14 | He screamed as he landed heavily on the vibrating flagstones . |
| 15 | Branch manager Richard Fairhurst took a back seat for the day , as he rode along on the back of a tandem . |
| 16 | I recall Hamish in one of his writings saying that as he walked along on the way to his next objective he was reading a paperback novel — how more blinkered than that can you get ! ? |
| 17 | ‘ I did n't know you were home , ’ said Terry , as he sat down on the adjacent bed . |
| 18 | She perched herself uncomfortably on the only chair in the room as he sat down on the bed . |
| 19 | Dr Neil swallowed again as he sat down on the bed , not too near , not too far away . |
| 20 | ‘ Yes — yes , of course , ’ she murmured , taking a quick , nervous sip of coffee as he sat down on the bed beside her . |
| 21 | As he stood politely on the doorstep seeing her away , Bunny Chaloner cycled out of the lane which ran alongside the orchard and led to the stables . |
| 22 | He is a great example to anyone who has a setback and it is marvellous to hear how he has put adversity behind him as he sets out on the long slog round the tough pro circuit once again . |
| 23 | As he dwelt particularly on the menace of the French positions on the Left Bank , the Heir to the Throne must have had some difficulty hiding a note of ‘ I-told-so-you-so ’ For Falkenhayn , in his insistence on limiting the attack to one bank only , had stood in an isolation that was hardly splendid . |
| 24 | ‘ So you 've been up the barrow , ’ Jos said out of the blue , as he lined up on the final double . |