Example sentences of "[noun] as he [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There he stood before the official inquiry in his crisp , bemedalled marine uniform , his voice breaking with emotion as he lectured the assembled politicians on what was in the nation 's interests as if he himself had just invented patriotism . |
| 2 | WARRINGTON General Hospital consultant Barry Taylor shook with emotion as he described the savage injuries of the bomb wounded . |
| 3 | She rubbed sinuously against him as she felt a deep thrill at his arousal , and shut her eyes as he removed the last fragile barrier . |
| 4 | Farrell closed his eyes as he tasted the rotting matter on his tongue . |
| 5 | Through the club magazine , Tryline , it will also be an additional communication vehicle for their work and Will Carling has been asked to be the first honorary president of the club as he lead the very team which embodies the aspirations of the club itself . |
| 6 | She lifted her buttocks up into the air , taunting Vashinov as he saw the white sperm slide out from inside her . |
| 7 | Abudah , Abudah , Abudah , the name jogged up and down in his mind as he passed the crumbling houses , the rusted railings , the impoverished trees and the occasional blank , black face at curtainless windows . |
| 8 | He pushed it out of his mind as he approached the Blue Boar . |
| 9 | I could hear Kaptan whimper as he pushed the dead woodchuck frantically from him . |
| 10 | ‘ No friends anywhere , ’ Tweed repeated , twisting the wheel as he followed the lonely road through the limestone gulch . |
| 11 | She showed them the small lake in its ring of reeds , took them to the first slopes of the mountain , rigged up a fishing rod for Michael and took him to the part of the lake she used to fish as a girl , and soon he was shouting out in glee as he missed the ravenous little perch or swung them out over his head on to the bank . |
| 12 | ‘ Coffee is it ? ’ asked the flying club barman as he observed the pensive expression on X 's face . |
| 13 | His hand slid to her breast and he turned impatiently back to her lips as he felt the surging , swollen arousal . |
| 14 | He reached past her to pick up the papers , a faint smile curling his chiselled lips as he scanned the typewritten sheets . |
| 15 | The Doctor stepped back from the device as Petion entered , but his welcoming words died on his lips as he saw the liveried servant who followed Petion in , a machete held loosely and comfortably in his hand with the certainty of one who knows how to use it . |
| 16 | Chen stood up , a cry coming to his lips as he saw the bright flash of a knife being drawn . |
| 17 | He shuffled his feet as he copied the true exponents and saluted seconds after the others had finished . |
| 18 | The muzzle flash illuminated Farrell and the yard around him for several feet as he raked the sub-gun back and forth , spent cartridge cases spewing from the weapon ; smoke and steam rising into the damp air . |
| 19 | The dragonwoman had quite recovered her composure now , and looked levelly at Hrun as he threw the two men down on the steps before her . |
| 20 | Li Yuan called back , not turning , breaking into a trot as he crossed the flagged pathway between the hangar and the Northern Palace . |
| 21 | His appointment in 1955 as Secretary of the Zoological Society of London , for example , was marked by his affection for the zoo , but also by ructions as he fought the old guard for his sensible proposals for change . |
| 22 | Foster screamed in panic as he felt the cruel steel slice his flesh , and he threw himself bodily away from his attacker , hitting the ground in a rolling break-fall and spraying himself with his own urine as he did so . |
| 23 | His voice was sharp and cold as ice as he plucked the cellular handset from its receptacle and held it out to her . |
| 24 | He chocked back his laughter as he watched the wincing Cassowary bending his wings . |
| 25 | A sentry on the wall called out to Burun as he rode the narrow path below . |
| 26 | The speed of descent must have cut down the exposure to any residual gas since he felt none of the earlier weirdness as he approached the still sealed engine room door . |
| 27 | The hunter from the Mendip Hills in Somerset smashed the track record as he became the first to complete the Cheltenham-Liverpool Foxhunters ' double since Grittar in 1981 . |
| 28 | He made the announcement in the Commons as he moved the second reading of the War Crimes Bill which makes prosecutions possible . |
| 29 | He made the announcement in the Commons as he moved the second reading of the War Crimes Bill which makes prosecutions possible . |
| 30 | The crowds were out in force to cheer home Jodami as he reached the neighbouring village of Stillington . |