Example sentences of "[pers pn] as he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well-informed on Cnut 's doings , and a valuable source on his dealings with the pope and the German emperor in Rome and his Scandinavian wars , it is similar to Wulfstan 's material in ordering intolerance of injustice and prompt payment of church dues , but can not be his as he died in 1023 . |
| 2 | She admitted it tempestuously as Luke deprived her of the erotic stimulation of his mouth , opening her eyes just in time to see the blaze of triumph in his as he heard her . |
| 3 | Abandoning herself to the overpowering intoxication of his embrace , she parted her lips beneath his as he ravished the inner sweetness of her mouth . |
| 4 | It was lovely that you came , ’ and she took his hand and raised her mouth eagerly to his as he bent to kiss her for the first time . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Luckily Wolves did n't last night … and Town keep Fraser Digby had springs in his as he pulled off the save of the game … |
| 7 | To my astonishment and chagrin Ellen left her hand in his as he opened his eyes and smiled at her . |
| 8 | It had seemed to him that her eyes looked right into his as he stood in the darkened hall , staring into the room . |
| 9 | Angrily he crushed her mouth harder against his as he plundered her lips with a ferocity that took her breath away . |
| 10 | For his part he noticed , not the dress but the slender-waisted , full-breasted figure it adorned ; the pretty face and the abundant dark hair which the bonnet framed ; the large amber eyes which met his as he helped her in . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll be back , ’ he tells you as he sweats away on the treadmill or the mountain bike . |
| 12 | ‘ Burun will trap you as he has trapped my son . ’ |
| 13 | He had a blow torch Mum you as he opened the door and the blow torch flicked off something . |
| 14 | Geoffrey Moorhouse uses Bury as his pivot : he explores it fact by fact , family by family ; this little town in the moors bore a hideous amount of the slaughter in the Dardanelles , no matter what your Australian neighbour may tell you as he leans on the bar and his legend . |
| 15 | It seemed to Alice that Jasper hardly saw her as he went off . |
| 16 | Driving home , Nick saw her as he went through the village . |
| 17 | Some had children that are at an age where there might be a tendency towards vandalism , one of whom had been speedily dealt with by her when he attempted to slide down the oak bannister , kicking her as he went down . |
| 18 | He had seen to her as he had seen to her mother . |
| 19 | He did not love her as he had done , and nothing else mattered . |
| 20 | Maria met Cavell 's watchful sapphire eyes and a furious resentment gripped her , felt on Cavell 's behalf almost as much as her own , because Luke could n't have spoken to her as he had earlier , openly stating that he intended to make her his mistress , if he had had any real regard for Cavell , or women in general , for that matter . |
| 21 | He might just be one jump ahead of her as he had been when he stole her car space . |
| 22 | Was he perhaps not quite as indifferent to her as he had pretended after all ? |
| 23 | And yet the shaming thing was , she wanted him to hold her , kiss her as he had before . |
| 24 | He glared at her as he dragged her along by the hand at top speed . |
| 25 | There were lots of little gems of advice that he wanted to offer his daughter , but Ian could only look blankly at her as he steeled himself to give her away . |
| 26 | For a second or two his eyes seemed to be searching her as he glanced at her dark , tightly fixed hair , her face , her shoulders and her long neck . |
| 27 | Yet , she admitted , he was ‘ ever a good man , and an easy man to her … and had compassion on her , and spoke for her as he durst , for dread of the people ’ . |
| 28 | All she had was his husky voice as he made love to her , his body against hers , and the chance to pretend to herself that he might love her as he expressed emotion through lovemaking day after day , night after night … |
| 29 | He knelt easily , powerful arms moving smoothly with the paddle , his face , in profile to her as he studied something on shore , rugged and uncaring . |
| 30 | Delaney pulled up , frightened at the sight of the dismembered barricade at the bottom , but began shouting for her as he dropped down . |