Example sentences of "[noun pl] as he [vb past] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dazed , overwhelmed with the need and intensity that had sizzled between them since they first met , Rachel did less than resist ; she actively acquiesced , arching her body against his as he slid on to the bed on top of her , and his hoarsely muttered words were bitter-sweet to her ears as he renewed the kiss , his heart thudding above her as his hands began to stroke and explore her passionately responsive body . |
| 2 | Lawrence was lifted shoulder-high by fans as he acknowledged the applause and the delight of the assembled Boro faithful . |
| 3 | ‘ Any use to you ? ’ he asked , snapping open his eyes as he heard the rustle of her skirt as she changed position . |
| 4 | She spun round to Travis , but he was already gazing skywards , shading his eyes as he quartered the sky . |
| 5 | He climbed up the steps , pipe in mouth , grunted out a few words as he entered the attic and blew the lamp out , plunging them all into total darkness . |
| 6 | His ability to face anything was severely tested by Mr Multhrop , who clutched him firmly by his lapels as he entered the door , as if holding him under close arrest , an impression strengthened by the sight of a uniformed policeman standing behind him . |
| 7 | Riven sat up , then jumped to his feet as he saw the glitter of the eyes and the shadows moving amongst the trees . |
| 8 | Inexorably Rose moved on through the entremets and coffee , sending eight people scurrying in all directions as he masterminded the performance , the objects of which were far from clear to Auguste . |
| 9 | As was common at the time , William went straight from school into the merchant navy and he was seldom at home throughout his teenage years as he sailed the oceans of the world , learning the skills of seamanship and navigation . |
| 10 | The Sergeant wound down the window , and now they could hear the clamouring questions as he showed the policeman his ID . |
| 11 | His fingers were still round Tug 's wrists as he looked the Woman sharply up and down . |
| 12 | A tech murmured incantations as he stroked the wires running from this to a bone-framed screen where runes and formulae flickered ; the man 's left hand had been replaced by a baroque prosthetic voltmeter with electrode claws . |
| 13 | He stayed in the shadows as he passed the House of Mirrors with its queue stretching outside , everyone jostling for position . |
| 14 | The foremost of the advancing men hesitated , a flicker of doubt crossing his rough features as he considered the size and strength of his victim . |
| 15 | Rune opened the door propelling her across the threshold , turning her in his arms as he thrust the door closed behind them with his foot . |
| 16 | Heat and smoke buffeted him with welcoming arms as he entered the bar . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's about all I am intending to keep on ! ’ he told her with a husky , sensual bark of laughter that left her breathless and quivering in his arms as he entered the room and tossed her lightly down on to the bed . |
| 18 | Penry reached out a long arm and drew her in front of him so that she stood in the shelter of his arms as he held the wheel . |
| 19 | She was aware that , even standing there , rolling up the sleeves above his tanned , muscular arms as he pondered the problem before him , Ross still possessed that sinister stillness , the iron self-control that had always set him apart from any one else she had ever known . |
| 20 | When he expressed anxiety about people who can not pay their mortgages , he sounded like the Walrus and the Carpenter — weeping tears as he ate the oysters . |
| 21 | He watched the last of the brothers slip away still awed and silent through the cloister , and followed with a glance the swirl of Robert Bossu 's crimson skirts as he crossed the court with his two attendants at his heels . |
| 22 | He did however , have a fateful attraction for some of the ladies as he delivered the bread , for as a result the partnership of Shipsey and Sheppard lasted only a few years . |
| 23 | Unable to prevent his speedy passage , she screwed her eyes up tightly , her body rigid in his hands as he flung the door open . |
| 24 | She watched his hands as he started the car , firm but sensitive on the wheel . |
| 25 | She watched the play of sinews and veins over the backs of his hands as he massaged the cream in . |
| 26 | Civil war was the spectre which haunted much of sixth-century Gaul , or so it seemed to Gregory of Tours as he wrote the preface to the fifth book of his Histories . |
| 27 | When his eyes moved to her mouth , she swallowed drily , then took a long shuddering breath that locked somewhere in her lungs as he pushed the mac from her shoulders . |
| 28 | He could not find any and he realised that it would be the voice of Dame Melba which rang out in the backstreets as he advertised the fact that he had a gramophone for sale . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's him ! ’ he shrieked to the others as he started the engine . |
| 30 | The Scot , first of the British medal hopes in action in the SkyDome , took no chances as he controlled the heat from the gun , led throughout and won convincingly in 1min 49.09sec . |