Example sentences of "[adv] gently as he " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There , ’ said Penry , putting her aside gently as he prepared to pilot the Angharad into her anchorage . |
| 2 | Charlie began to kiss her again , this time more gently as he felt the corner of a beer crate jab into his buttocks . |
| 3 | She remembered the doctor telling her , as gently as he could , that it was unlikely that she would have more children , and the shocked look on her husband 's face when he heard the news . |
| 4 | Stepping through the children as gently as he could , he went to the cupboard under the stairs and , locating the meter , put a shilling in . |
| 5 | If it 's the bolt of lightning , the thunderclap ? ’ he asked his mother , as gently as he could , trying to make her laugh . |
| 6 | He 'd lay it on as gently as he could , and when she came round she would n't even remember how it had happened . |
| 7 | ‘ Tess , ’ he said , as gently as he could , ‘ I ca n't stay here just now . |
| 8 | " Mind if I sit here ? " he said , as gently as he could . |