Example sentences of "[coord] as he speak " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as he spoke he swung the billhook and she saw that its tip was red with blood . |
| 2 | Those pretty lips filled her vision , and as he spoke she could see the pink membrane of his mouth and tongue , the very whiteness of his teeth . |
| 3 | ‘ You 're going to have to show them , I 'm afraid , ’ he said , and as he spoke reached into his jacket . |
| 4 | And as he spoke , El-ahrairah 's tail grew shining white and flashed like a star : and his back legs grew long and powerful and he thumped the hillside until the very beetles fell off the grass-stems . |
| 5 | For I am indeed and as he spoke he changed into a young , handsome man |
| 6 | And as he spoke he raised a prawn coated with aïoli to his lips and took a draught of wine . |
| 7 | And as he spoke a memory was coming back of words his mother had spoken to him when she had talked of the lore of the golden eagles of Scotland . |
| 8 | He was a Slovene called Vlado from near Ljubljana , attached to the German Army ; and as he spoke fluent German he was acting as an interpreter . |
| 9 | But as he spoke the figure jumped to its feet and ran to the edge of the shelf . |
| 10 | But as he spoke , he was wondering … |
| 11 | But as he spoke , the mess created by the Downing Street duo was anything but fine , as thousands more were thrown on the scrapheap in Britain 's deepening recession . |
| 12 | ‘ If you hear anything … ’ but as he spoke he became aware of someone standing behind him and Jacko 's gaze was now aligned over his head . |
| 13 | He had been lying on his back , some distance away from her as usual , but as he spoke he turned on to his side , reaching out and laying a hand lightly across the smoothness of one slender thigh . |
| 14 | Stuart pointed just ahead of them but as he spoke , a little white Mini sped past them and slid into the place he had spotted . |