Example sentences of "[vb past] as he [verb] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | His tongue-in-cheek comment came as he departed from the text of his speech launching a campaign to encourage hotels to adopt environmentally friendly practices to praise the restoration of Warsaw 's new Bristol Hotel . |
| 2 | Lights flared as he moved from room to room , obviously checking the rest of the house . |
| 3 | Their captain ( for so I must term him — though their forces understand no battle order and hurl themselves pell-mell on us like mere animals who must quench their parched throats with blood ) , a certain youth who is called Dulay to his people , with a trick of the eye that makes him seem to look at you and yet not see you ( and other tricks beside — I have seen this same swart creature climb a ladder into the air as if it were a tree planted there foursquare ) , we apprehended as he fled from our justice . |
| 4 | He blinked as he emerged from the criss-crossing coloured loops into the gloomy clearing . |
| 5 | Jinkwa blared as he emerged from the mists . |
| 6 | Bodie smirked as he climbed from the car . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll go and get you some wood , ’ Otley volunteered as he disappeared from view , leaving me with a duster in my hand and a country seat waiting to be polished . |
| 8 | Harry wondered as he climbed from the narrow guest-room bed and began to dress . |