Example sentences of "as he [verb] [adv prt] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then at the appropriate moment , he unfurled a battered black umbrella , shielding his camera as he came down from the car . |
| 2 | ‘ I feel sorry for that woman , ’ thought the bachelor as he stepped down from the train at the next station . |
| 3 | ‘ Welcome to Broadstairs , ’ announced Sir Thomas expansively as he stepped down from the railway carriage , flicking a practised hand towards a porter . |
| 4 | Now it was a pillar of darkness covering him from the eyes of the watch as he stepped out from the trees and walked steadily across the open space of grass . |
| 5 | ‘ All right , then , ’ said his Dad , putting his hand on Philip 's shoulder as he got up from the table . |
| 6 | There 'll be nobody in at this hour ! ’ he repeated loudly , to the men behind as he got down from the jeep . |
| 7 | He saw the half-dressed models then , and quickly walked away , only just taking a deep breath in time as he walked out from the cover of the parked car . |
| 8 | Other miscellaneous missiles rained in on him as he clambered down from the improvised platform with the help of his small band of left-wing brothers . |
| 9 | However , second seed Stefan Edberg can afford a smile as he looks up from the bottom of the draw . |
| 10 | Van Gennep 's ideas on ‘ rites of separation ’ ( 1960 ) are a useful means of interpreting the social and spatial movements undertaken by the ethnographer as policeman , as he moves out from the early uniformed position of centrality described above . |
| 11 | And then suddenly he appeared , making her heart smile inside her , as he stood out from the crowd with his shock of bright blond hair . |
| 12 | She did not see him at once , as he stood back from the coiling smoke . |
| 13 | As he climbed up from the rowing-deck onto the poop , he tossed back the great plaid and turned a bleak gaze on his clansmen . |
| 14 | ‘ What 's the matter ? ’ he said as he jumped down from the cab . |
| 15 | Others had seen him as he jumped down from the railings . |