Example sentences of "[noun sg] as he [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He caught her exploring fingers and lifted them to his mouth and kissed them quickly , his eyes filled with a wry mockery as he studied her flushed face . |
| 2 | Richard 's fingers played with the card as he recalled their first meeting , 13 years ago , at Adam 's party . |
| 3 | She knew what the singing in the air had been and her arms crept around his neck as he drew her closer still . |
| 4 | At 35 mph , he travelled down the highway , all the while swaying from side to side on the iron turret , cheeks puffed out , face frozen with concentration as he played his unheard tune , his notes smothered by the thrashing of the tank tracks . |
| 5 | ‘ Just look at them , ’ Matchsticks muttered in disgust as he watched his fellow passengers . |
| 6 | I 'll be talking to arch modernizer Harriet Harman , and John Cole takes a sideways look at the Chancellor 's dilemma as he prepares his first budget . |
| 7 | It sounded like a question , but he had no intention of waiting for her answer , as he dropped down on the bed beside her , lacing his fingers through her lustrous brunette tresses , controlling the movement of her head so she could not escape the seductive power of his mouth as he took her unwilling lips with practised artistry . |
| 8 | Forget the hand on your hair even though it hurts , and ram the heel of your palm into his mouth as he raises his own fist . |
| 9 | He looked down at her , his expression softening as he studied her uptilted face . |
| 10 | How do you like my embonpoint ? she teased Harpers & Queen 's fashion editor as he hooked her narrow , flat-chested , model-sized body into a Jacques Azagury bustier for the picture . |
| 11 | Not that his nephew Denis was in any better a mood as he chased his little women around the room . |
| 12 | The headmaster expanded into geniality as he contemplated his own cleverness in ensuring that Hilary Frome remained at Burleigh for his GCE year . |
| 13 | FATHER 'S PRIDE : Linda captures naked Paul 's gentle joy as he holds his new baby Mary close |
| 14 | But best storyline of the night was the glint in Dougie 's eye as he plans his latest scam … stealing Mike Baldwin 's pride and joy no , not his mirror , his car . |
| 15 | The lad looked his father straight in the eye as he gave his blunt answer . |
| 16 | Few words had been spoken — Denis had been glad of his gun 's eloquence as he found his own voice suddenly unreliable . |
| 17 | Orality is also a feature of the fiction of Juan Rulfo , whose Pedro Páramo re-creates the world of rural Mexico through a narrative which initially appears to be a conventionally written text but turns out to be constituted orally , with one of the characters , Juan Preciado , emerging as the internal author as he recounts his own story and hears and transmits those of the other characters . |
| 18 | His eyes gleamed and he breathed noisily through his nose as he lifted his own rifle to his shoulder then fired both barrels at the shadow in quick succession . |
| 19 | Deftly he undid the buttons and impatiently pushed the material back , his fingers sending tongues of fire through her body as he caressed her naked skin . |
| 20 | ‘ That 's what I 'm saying , ’ she told him chokily , and felt more treachery from her body as he placed his warm mouth over hers and kissed her long and lingeringly . |
| 21 | He was mentioned in despatches , for having displayed the same casual courage his companions had remarked on before the war as he pursued his favourite pastime of mountaineering ( he had neither the time nor patience for golf and was reckoned by devotees to be only a fair-weather fisherman ) . |
| 22 | ‘ Ah , Maria , six years is a long time to wait , ’ Luke murmured with a faint sardonic smile as he registered her frantic response . |
| 23 | PC O'Neill took the children on a tour of Copy Lane Police Station as he began his new role as community policeman for Netherton , Sefton . |
| 24 | ‘ Just another five minutes , ’ Nick begged , not taking his eyes from the ball as he whacked it half way down the table . |
| 25 | He had read the number off the old-fashioned dial phone as he handed his last letter in . |
| 26 | Despite his injury problems Aldaniti was clearly a candidate for the Grand National , and to the stricken Bob Champion the idea of winning the Liverpool race on this horse became an inspiration as he awaited his third course of chemotherapy . |
| 27 | The image of him sobbing at night as he nursed his physical and psychological wounds is heart-rending . |
| 28 | ‘ I pose for photographs , for a fee , ’ he was murmuring , the wide mouth twitching in amusement as he noticed her fixed stare . |
| 29 | Kharin , unable to speak a word of English , saw Hitchcock pull off one of the saves of the season as he watched his first match following a £400,000 transfer from CSKA Moscow . |
| 30 | Shutting her eyes to the inevitability of what lay ahead , she gave herself up to the ride as he took her higher and higher into the peaks , following a winding route off the main road that was little used . |