Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [adv] as he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You — ’ His voice disappeared , and I had to put the phone away from my ear again as he started to hammer the handset against the walls of the call-box . |
| 2 | " No , John , they 'll come up through the front , " said Fielding , his arm on my shoulder now as he steered me across the floor . |
| 3 | His hand , which had insinuated itself beneath the cover , was sending her thoughts in an entirely different direction , and as his warm palm began rubbing gently across her back she totally lost track of what he was saying and had to desperately drag her mind back as he continued . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , it 's nice not to find yourself dead , ’ she said , but she closed her eyes submissively as he drew the sheets up over her . |
| 5 | Oh , crumbs , she thought , winding her window down as he approached . |
| 6 | His hand came hard and warm to her nape , tilting her head forward as he sat beside her . |
| 7 | She knelt before the fire , facing Raynor now , leaning her head back as he began to explore her body , feeling his hands , tentatively at first and then growing more assured , sliding over her shoulders and her breasts … |
| 8 | ‘ I think I 've loved you from the first moment I saw you , ’ she said , and drew in her breath sharply as he crushed her against him . |
| 9 | He gave her a shake , forcing her chin up as he glared down into her face . |
| 10 | Other men of the village were beaching their canoes even as he watched , pulling ashore the dead seals which would ultimately become floats to slow the Whale in the hunt . |
| 11 | ‘ Maybe not , ’ Maggie murmured worriedly , biting into her lip again as he continued to look down at her . |
| 12 | More , he is to equip them for their mission just as he had equipped Jesus for his . |
| 13 | Picking her way carefully as he 'd instructed , Robbie paused from time to time to cast a puzzled look back at Fen . |
| 14 | His thumb caressed her arm absently as he looked down at her , and the smile left a lingering warmth in his eyes . |
| 15 | His hand cupped her face possessively as he drew her towards him . |
| 16 | Whitlock used his personal ID card to activate the lift and tapped his foot apprehensively as he waited for it to arrive . |
| 17 | Kirov checked his watch carefully as he tuned the set to Voice of America . |
| 18 | Santerre apparently did not go round his estates yesterday as he claimed . |
| 19 | They fired through the windows of his bungalow home as he watched television . |
| 20 | He lit up a cigarette and moved his mouth around as he inhaled as if chewing the flavour of the smoke . |
| 21 | ‘ How do you find yourself now , my dear wife ? ’ said the locksmith , taking a chair near his wife ( who had resumed her book ) , and rubbing his knees hard as he made the inquiry . |
| 22 | LIVERPOOL soccer manager Graeme Souness went for a drive with his girlfriend yesterday as he continued his recovery from a triple heart by-pass operation . |
| 23 | Slit-eyed against the blinding rain , he hurled his weight forward as he powered up a ridge , the rear wheel tearing at shale and mud . |
| 24 | ‘ That can wait , ’ Dane said grimly , his eyes hard as he spotted Shae half hidden behind Josh 's bulk . |
| 25 | He nodded and the bookie nodded back , his eyes everywhere as he scanned the other faces , looking for takers amid the din . |
| 26 | He managed to get his question in as he crossed the Hammersmith Flyover . |
| 27 | James stuck his hands in his pockets moodily as he want back into Blue Horizons trying to think carefully about what he 'd overheard that Saturday afternoon , and how he could turn it to his advantage . |
| 28 | Cardiff turned to see Duvall loosening his overcoat slowly as he moved to draw level behind them as they watched the elevator doors . |
| 29 | Elsie had wept for kind Mrs Doran and for her husband , that strange , silent , sympathetic man , lifting his feet cautiously as he sidled across the polished floor . |
| 30 | He swung his body round as he fell . |