Example sentences of "as he [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was watching her face intently , and a dark gleam of unholy amusement returned as he saw her cynical disbelief . |
| 2 | He half turned to look at her , then , as he saw her heightened colour , he said quietly , ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 3 | He knew the trees and waterfalls as well as he knew his own children . |
| 4 | During his early teens , McKenzie was a competent soccer player but , as he grew his nimble-footed agility was lost . |
| 5 | As he imposed his geometrical grid of drainage ditches across the newly filled-in estuary of the Traeth , it occurred to Madocks for a brief , but anxious , moment that the whole project resembled ‘ Dutch gardening ’ ; but in no time the poet Shelley arrived to help him with his endeavours , declaiming on the ‘ poetry of engineering ’ . |
| 6 | He was used to contrasts : Mother taking morning tea in bed with an old shawl round her shoulders and her hair pinned up under a boudoir cap , her face sticky with face cream as he kissed her good bye before school ; and Mother in full evening dress decked out in false pearls , her eyelashes beaded with mascara , dominating the stage in any play 's Last act … |
| 7 | Despite the elegance , it was a completely masculine presence , and he dominated the room as easily as he had his own office . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | When the roaring giant of a tube train came , the fag sucker suddenly withdrew his double-buckled shoes from the concrete and became a little scuttling pixie to compete with all the other scuttling pixies , but managed a further quick change to a hunched-up half-shut-marble-eyed frowny scowling monkey as he took his tense unrest out on the floor of the tube train that was carrying him to his necessary employment . |
| 10 | His stare was suddenly gaunt , as he searched her white face . |
| 11 | D'Arcy 's grip tightened round her shoulders as he felt her hot tears against his skin . |
| 12 | As soon as the first ring sounded he knew she was not there , that the sound of the telephone was reverberating through empty rooms , as lost and desolate as wind crying across a salt marsh , as hopeless as he felt his own heart to be . |
| 13 | As he felt his own orgasm beginning to pulsate be felt her legs gripping him and drove his penis into her as hard as he could , bursting inside her like a dam . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | But as he began his sixth day his silent vigil ended . |
| 16 | The relationship with BitC was working well and , as he began his fortieth year , the future was looking positive . |
| 17 | And everything he did , as he told me several times in his Tel Aviv office , was strictly according to the law . |
| 18 | In a moment of youthful inspiration , the day after the funeral , he took one of his father 's bow ties , one reserved for special occasions , and opened up its seams , into which he infiltrated a message — his first poetic utterance , as he told his Spanish biographer , Alberto Manzano — long since forgotten ( or too painful to remember ? ) . |
| 19 | Albert did not agree , as he told his long-suffering neighbour , Mr Jones of The Two Pheasants , one bright morning as soon as the pub was open . |
| 20 | This was very useful , as he became our chief driver in NZ . |
| 21 | ‘ Ah , Maria , six years is a long time to wait , ’ Luke murmured with a faint sardonic smile as he registered her frantic response . |
| 22 | ‘ Good morning uncle , ’ greeted Lalu as he brought my early morning tea . |
| 23 | ‘ A plant needs air , sunshine , moisture , and certain chemicals — given these it does its own growing ’ , he explained as he amplified his educational stance . |
| 24 | He stood still as he recalled her plain speaking , and , his head hanging , he experienced a mixture of relief and a feeling that was most akin to shame . |
| 25 | Richard 's fingers played with the card as he recalled their first meeting , 13 years ago , at Adam 's party . |
| 26 | THE scarred survivor of a fireball sobbed in the witness box yesterday as he recalled his dramatic escape from a murder-trap car which he thought had killed his girlfriend . |
| 27 | The kindly gentleman seemed very English to me , and we often took tea together as he recalled his adventurous exploits in Tibet . |
| 28 | St John 's face looked sterner than usual and his lip curled in disapproval , as he lifted his handsome head and looked straight into Miss Oliver 's laughing eyes . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Magee paid it little heed as he continued his nocturnal stroll , looking around him constantly , occasionally slowing down to look over his shoulder or perhaps changing direction quickly , ducking into a group of people . |