Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb past] he [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're in here , ’ Ven remarked , taking up her case and heading for the door on the left of the French windows — and as she followed him into a pleasant bedroom , ‘ With luck , by the time you 've unpacked , the waiter will be here with some tea . ’ |
| 2 | She quickened her pace , almost bringing about the catastrophe she feared , as she hurried him through a doorless opening into the outhouse beyond . |
| 3 | She made Fred see himself only as she described him as a man who was deliberately making his now pregnant wife unhappy . |
| 4 | Then , as she skewered him with a look of pure detestation , he reached out suddenly and caught her by the wrists . |
| 5 | ‘ As soon as we got him to a doctor — which took some time — it was discovered that Major Maxim must have held the ammonia under our man 's nose while pouring some odourless spirit — quite possibly strong vodka — onto the blindfold in order to produce the stinging sensation . ’ |
| 6 | The carpet sucked the soles of our shoes as we followed him through a drunken , grasping audience towards a small dressing room to the left of the stage , upon which Tanya was enjoying bananas for dessert . |
| 7 | Lionan , the dandy , was talking behind his hand to the brutal Mullach , who was gulping his beer moodily and staring at the serving maids as they passed him in a bustling procession . |