Example sentences of "[conj] as he [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't see anyone down there , but he insists that as he passed the alcove at the end of the gallery , he had the strong impression that someone was sitting in there , watching him . ’ |
| 2 | And is it true that as he ascended the scaffold he quoted from the Book of Jonah ? |
| 3 | Whitlock swung the Golf Corbio on to the sliproad , past the hoarding , and as he reached the crest of the first rise he saw the plant laid out before him , hemmed in behind ten-feet-high fencing crowned with layers of barbed wire , all of which he later discovered could be electrified at the flick of a switch . |
| 4 | She brought up her clenched fists to beat at him , and as he saw the dirt on them Benedict did let her go , stepping back out of the way . |
| 5 | As God drives back the waters so that they can cross in safety , and as he sends the wall of water rushing down upon Pharaoh 's forces , Israel learns the truth of Moses ' words : " The Lord will fight for you , and you have only to be still " ( 14:14 ) . |
| 6 | She was in bed lying on her back , and as he crossed the room towards her he noticed a number of strange things . |
| 7 | I 've read Mike 's copy carefully , and as he tells the story of Briant 's explanation of what he 's doing , I ca n't see any other way to treat it . |
| 8 | And as he tells the story of one Irish politician who was emblematic of the past — Fianna Fáil TD Sean Doherty — he strips away the layers of fiction and delusion underpinning both Doherty and his critics to touch the pulse of an Ireland distorted by the rhetoric of the newsroom and debating chamber . |
| 9 | Matt noticed her silence , and as he negotiated the bumps and pot-holes in the rough road he leaned towards her with a comment . |
| 10 | And as to Spasov and being saved — ‘ Il me semble que tout le monde va à Spassof ’ — there is still some comic devillife in him as he quotes the Saviour against his bible-selling saviour because she is taking thought for the morrow , and as he turns the gospel on its head with ‘ Happiness does n't pay me because I start at once forgiving all my enemies . ’ |
| 11 | His snowdrops were already wilting like wax candles in the warmth of his hand , and as he copied the mourners ahead of him and stood up , one flower slipped between his fingers on to the rust-coloured floor . |
| 12 | And as he tucked the clothes under her chin Peggy moved towards the door , and her mother , before following her , called to the child , ‘ See you in the morning , dear . ’ |
| 13 | Eventually he got £30 and as he left the room , Binkie said , ‘ I know : that old Welsh pit-pony has just been at you . ’ |
| 14 | After lunch Lord Henry said that he was going to the park and as he left the room , Dorian Gray touched his arm . |
| 15 | " Put him on the table please , " I said , and as he lifted the little animal I decided that I could n't let this opportunity pass . |
| 16 | But he said nothing , and as he led the way , Forster followed him . |
| 17 | And William began to run from the approaching cart , which was piled high with the bodies of the plague victims , and as he ran the streets became the familiar streets of his childhood and he knew that all the time he was running from the terrible cart he was getting closer and closer to the dark house by the railway embankment with its shuttered windows and its locked door , and that this was more terrible to him than anything in his history books . |
| 18 | In a moment , the huge greatcoat was placed about her shoulders , drowning her , and as he retrieved the lantern he began to scold . |
| 19 | There was a newspaper open at the local pages on top of the freezer , and as he munched the roll Zen read an article describing the life and times of the late head of the Miletti family in such exorbitantly fulsome terms that Zen wondered in his dour Venetian way whether such a paragon would find Paradise quite good enough for him . |
| 20 | The May evening was warm and filled with a golden light , and as he passed the Maria-Therese gardens the scent of the lilacs hit him with an almost physical pain . |
| 21 | In his relief , he dropped his pouch and as he stooped the open box of matches spilled around his feet . |
| 22 | This time he curled away before he could overshoot , and as he kicked the rudder bar across he saw a glowing redness develop . |
| 23 | He greeted her calmly and as he turned the ignition key he said , ‘ I have to see to a young leopard and treat the hippo , who , they tell me , is a bit off colour . |
| 24 | and as he puts the phone down |
| 25 | And as he closed the window of his room against the night frost , he was afraid to look out on the hills in case he heard angels sing and the other folk in the home would dismiss the story because of the two , long drawn out drinks he had before sleep closed down another Christmas Day . |
| 26 | Aggie had taken her hat and coat off and had dropped on to the settle , and as he entered the room she said immediately , ‘ Somethin' will have to be … ’ but paused as Millie came in on Ben 's heels , and she nodded towards her saying , ‘ Go and take your things off and set the tray . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ How blest are those who know their need of God , ’ Jesus exclaims in the Sermon on the Mount , and as he opened the door to the kingdom of heaven his listeners must have gasped . |
| 28 | Jarvis thought he had read somewhere , or been told , that woodworm was most active in May , yet now in September those small heaps of ginger-coloured dust that lay everywhere looked fresh , and as he opened the door of Three a trickle of the same dust came down on his head . |
| 29 | His hand moved to the triangle of fair curls between her thighs and as he caressed the glistening pink bud which was hidden there she cried out for his possession . |
| 30 | Mr Brownlow filled the mind of his adopted son with knowledge , and as he watched the boy grow up , he was reminded more and more of his old friend , Oliver 's father . |