Example sentences of "[adv] as he [verb] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was great with him so long as he kept her occupied . |
| 2 | For just as he had begun to survey the picture from a wholly different angle , just as he thought he espied a gap in the clouds that hitherto had masked the shafts of sunlight the switchboard-operator dashed any hope of such a breakthrough with the simple statement that she 'd known Theodore Kemp very well indeed . |
| 3 | The blindfolded man has to preempt an attack as soon as he feels it coming by blocking and striking lightly in the direction that he senses it is coming from . |
| 4 | He ca n't have talked to them for long , as soon as he saw me coming he cleared off quick . |
| 5 | Jill would work for me if Uncle was n't around but as soon as he appeared she did n't care a fig for me and would be off to see what he wanted to do . |
| 6 | Come on , Rachel , think about it ; a caring man would hardly have walked out on his future wife as soon as he learned she had a crippling disease , would he ? |
| 7 | ‘ How bad it would be , ’ Marty told himself callously as he watched him go , ‘ to have your bed and your bellyful and no worries at all ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Almost , ’ his voice reasoned as he came to a halt , shaking her slightly as he turned her to face him . |
| 9 | But if he knew his Commander as well as he thought he did , there would be little chance of that . |
| 10 | Her pulses were racing madly as he watched him tug his tie undone with a rough impatience , shrug off his jacket and begin to dispose of his shirt in the same cool , determined style . |
| 11 | Then he was clinging to them , even as he felt them tear loose from the rock . |
| 12 | ‘ You leave her … the fuck … alone , ’ Gentle gasped , knowing even as he spoke he had no way of enforcing this edict in his present state . |
| 13 | Even as he spoke he knew that there were circumstances under which that argument would be invalid . |
| 14 | But even as he spoke he doubted if Excepcionales Chicas would , when the plain Excepcionales was a stand-by , his favourite being Albeans or Invincibles . |
| 15 | And even as he watched it blurred . |
| 16 | ‘ What happened to the paintings my father did before the divorce ? ’ she asked coldly as he invited her to sit . |
| 17 | Almost as he spoke they heard a crashing in the bushes at the top of the ridge above them . |
| 18 | What would he do with Harry 's body when he found it at last , but toss it back again to go downstream as he willed it to go , and leave its poor slender bones scattered all along the banks of Severn without a name or a resting-place ? |
| 19 | Jim looked over and smiled as his daughter made rather ungainly attempts to emulate the lively young girls above her , but then as he watched he became slightly concerned , because her movements became even more ungainly and then spasmodic , and then jerky until her head was nodding , her legs shooting out in a frenzy , her arms twitching , and she fell , uttering a loud cry , which was so strong and unreal , that it stilled the noise of the bagpipes and everyone looked to see what was happening . |
| 20 | He cupped her face in his hands , moaning softly as he drew her resisting body towards him . |