Example sentences of "his [noun] [adv] as they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked at his watch pointedly as they met . |
| 2 | Marcus rolled his sleeve down as they walked along . |
| 3 | H well , back to obscurity , ’ a Tory MP muttered to his colleague yesterday as they passed a journalist who failed to leap forward and solicit their views on the party leadership . |
| 4 | Lin Foh seemed incensed , but kept his voice down as they reached the outside steps of the Coroner 's Court . |
| 5 | The reformer , like a US president with a recalcitrant supreme court , can secure a majority in his favour only as they retire , die or move on to better things . |
| 6 | The specialist reassured him plans were being worked out by his colleagues even as they spoke , and it had all been taken care of . |