Example sentences of "as he [verb] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The instructor smiled as he went to each man in turn and pulled out two full arm lengths of cord from their parachutes before attaching it to the static line . |
| 2 | But Mr Major was expected to face stormy Commons scenes as he came under more pressure during Prime Minister 's question time this afternoon . |
| 3 | He was facing stormy Commons scenes this afternoon as he came under more pressure during Prime Minister 's question time . |
| 4 | But Mr Major was expected to face stormy Commons scenes as he came under more pressure during Prime Minister 's question time this afternoon . |
| 5 | As he said in that advert , she 's pancake ! |
| 6 | He smiled to himself as he thought about this question . |
| 7 | Not , she told herself , that she was at all interested in Benedict Beckenham , except in so far as he fitted into this household . |
| 8 | The camera focuses on Lancaster 's eyes as he takes in this tableau of hyperactive sleaze . |
| 9 | And here I might remark that the chief point that strikes the observer as he goes through this department is the predominance of the bogie — in fact , there is very little else . |
| 10 | If the patient 's spasticity increases as he goes through this sequence , the task is too difficult . |
| 11 | Then would come the journey to Paris , after which ( as he noted in another connection in the same letter ) " it will be all right in this academic career " . |
| 12 | Keeping himself hidden , Philip watched him as he looked for another stone . |
| 13 | He was still smiling as he reached for another claim-form . |
| 14 | As he reached for another lime Luke touched the preselect for Talent International . |
| 15 | Ian Ridley finds England 's Player of the Year straining at the leash as he gets in some practice against Sussex |
| 16 | She was still standing there now , waiting impatiently , as he glanced through some papers , scribbling notes here and there . |
| 17 | As he says in that section of Book 3 which is a later addition , " No man with any intelligence goes to war with his neighbours simply for the sake of crushing an adversary " ( 3.4.10 ) . |
| 18 | It is not right he should live as he does in this house , with nobody but strangers to talk to . |
| 19 | Ludens was glad he had been to see Franca and felt sure , as he sat in another taxi bound for Victoria , that she had understood why , and in what frame of mind , he had come . |
| 20 | As he prepares for this afternoon 's prestige friendly against the World Cup holders , Argentina , in Cagliari , Vicini is characteristically playing the match down . |
| 21 | As he prepares for this afternoon 's prestige friendly against the World Cup-holders , Argentina , in Cagliari , Vicini is characteristically playing the match down . |
| 22 | I am His protector as long as He works on this project ! |
| 23 | Barnacles were a fit subject for Darwin to work on , as he did for many years , because of their curious metamorphosis ; and also because of the way in which males have regressed to become merely vestigial in some species . |
| 24 | At that very second that we call upon the Lord , just as this dying thief called on him , the Lord will hear us and make his answer instantly the same as he did for this man . |
| 25 | Seldom had Sergeant Camb felt so sorry for anyone as he did for this woman who lay against the piled pillows . |
| 26 | If not , the batting options are almost limitless — including the possibility of Gooch dropping down the order , as he did for several one-dayers in India , and Mark Lathwell opening with Alec Stewart . |
| 27 | It was one on which he always refused to comment , as he did on all questions about his personal life . |
| 28 | Just as the events themselves can be known but not the experiences which they provoked , so we can not hope to understand Eliot as he knelt in that chapel or in the presence of his God . |