Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] him [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I handed him a glass of rum , I noticed that his eyes were full of tears . |
| 2 | But as I handed him the money the room grew quiet again . |
| 3 | ‘ There , Mr Cottle , ’ Mary Ann was saying to the traveller in jelly , as she passed him the bread and butter , ‘ this 'll put roses in your cheeks . ’ |
| 4 | Their hands touched as she passed him the bottle . |
| 5 | But as she reached him the vision shimmered and disappeared and she was alone , stumbling as she tried to find her way through the shadows of a forest , mist cloaking the branches of the trees . |
| 6 | As she showed him the barn , they began to talk of the forest . |
| 7 | In what seems a somewhat specious argument , she urges Leo to bathe with her in the fire so that their mortal sins may be purged : but although the fire at first seems to do her no harm as she shows him the way into it , the self-seeking nature of her love becomes evident as her ageless beauty is destroyed : |
| 8 | As she handed him the cup of tea her tone changed : ‘ Not that I 'm against joking , but everything in its place ; when I 'm here with Aunt Lizzie , we chaff each other , but … but not all the time . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I know what you mean , ’ she murmured , willing her hands to remain steady as she handed him the cup . |
| 10 | Merrill protested as she handed him the file . |
| 11 | Not as we seen him a lot but least he could come and say alright . |
| 12 | On the lower rung of legal self-determination the grant of customary franchises might be in a lord 's interests , for it could secure his revenues in perpetuity , even as it barred him the chance of arbitrary exaction ; besides , an early concession might prevent more explosive demands later . |
| 13 | For example , he took comfort from the deflationary economic measures of July 1966 , which he opposed , as it gave him the chance ‘ to reassert collective Cabinet authority because I see how disastrous it is to allow Cabinet government to decline into mere Prime Ministerial government … if I achieved anything it was by asserting the right of Cabinet to take part in the making of economic strategy so that Harold conceded we must be given that right ’ . |
| 14 | At that point the creditor could still refuse to have the man released from prison and insist of his being kept there , so long as he paid him a groat a day . |
| 15 | ‘ Please do n't cross the white line , ’ Kragan warned Frick as he handed him a set of noise excluders . |